Going back to the letter my colleague was reading, the Department clearly knows that their financial controls were lacking, when they say the Department has worked closely with their Inspector General. It is obvious they have not done a good enough job. In 1998, the last year they tried to audit the books, the books were still not auditable. Perhaps in this one account we can find a good portion of that, but then we still cannot take away what is in this report. Paying for Jerry Springer, paying for a process that takes 20 weeks and 216 steps.
On the recordNovember 1, 1999
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Discussing financial control issues within a government department.
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