Confronting the perplexing issues of SEA reporting

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Governmental Accounting Standard Board, realizing the need to add performance information in financial reporting for government and nonprofit organizations, in the year 1994 implemented a research agenda to explore ways to accomplish Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting (SEA) measurement and reporting. Some perplexing issues of SEA Reporting are addressed including the scope of GASB and of financial reporting, option of reporting SEA information, containing costs while assuring credibility of SEA information, and policy-making autonomy.

Capital funds & cash flow, Accounting and auditing, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

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Financial management in government entails evaluating nonprofits: Are you ready for the next natural disaster?

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Government financial managers, in the event of a disaster, are expected to coordinate relief efforts to deliver aid on behalf of the government unit. They should be prepared for emergencies in which they quickly screen and identify the nonprofit entities to be the authorized outsourcers, allocate the funds required, coordinate the outsourcing efforts and monitor the relief program.

Government expenditures, Government regulation, Personnel administration, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Disaster Aid, Disaster Relief & Insurance, Human resource management, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Company personnel management, Disaster relief, Government finance

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Reconciling "consulting" under GAO and IIA audit standards

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Many state and local government audit organizations subscribe to "Government Auditing Standards" and to "Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing" issued by The Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc. (The IIA). The IIA provides GAO's views on how The IIA's consulting services relate to independence under the Yellow Book standards.

Services information, Services, Accounting, United States. Government Accountability Office, Accounting procedures, Institute of Internal Auditors

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