In the ongoing debate over which came first, government opacity or citizen apathy, there are two basic schools of thought: One side argues that citizens have checked out because they've been so ...

While significant progress has been made in both technology and processes to establish best practices in audit management, a common pitfall remains for many organizations: disparate silos of ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a ...

A new study has found a link between high auditing fees charged to public companies and the companies’ decline in financial performance for up to five years in the future. The study, by Jonathan D.

The auditor said she feared public trust would be "undermined by the severity of the findings we must report here." ...

Click here to view this article as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. The World Bank has changed the name of its Operations Evaluation Department, but it doesn’t mean to change its ways. The new sign on the door ...

Supplier quality management is a critical business practice for companies that increasingly outsource business processes to strategic partners and have increased reliance on vendor products and ...

The approach Colorado uses to measure, rate and bolster schools and districts is working like it’s supposed to, according to a legislative mandated audit, which said the accountability system is a ...