Toolkit produced for Audit Committees of government entities.A new toolkit has been developed for use by audit committees at all levels of government to help them discharge their responsibilities appropriately and effectively. The Audit Committee Toolkit. Government Organizations is available for free download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. from the AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Audit Committee Effectiveness Center, www.aicpa.org/ Audcommetr/toolkitsgovt/homepage.htm. The publication covers myriad Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000. In modern English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity. The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. governance topics, including conducting executive sessions, discussions to expect from the independent auditor Independent Auditor An external auditor with a certified public accounting designation that qualifies him or her to provide an auditor's report. Notes: These auditors aren't affiliated with the company being audited. , peer review of CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. firms, evaluating independent auditors, fraud, internal controls and more. The Audit Committee Toolkit: Government Organizations is the third in a series issued by the AICPA in response to heightened focus on audit committees in all environments. The first covered audit committees of corporations. The second, released in June, is for not-for-profit organizations. All three are available as free downloads; the corporate toolkit currently is also available in print. The not-for-profit and government toolkits will be published in print format this fall. In addition to the Toolkits, the Audit Committee Effectiveness Center includes an Audit Committee Matching System, an online tool which organizations can use to search a database of over 2,000 CPA audit committee candidates. To find further resources for audit committees, visit: www.aicpa.org/audcommctr/homepage.htm |
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