Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to identifying instances of fraud, waste, or abuse of taxpayer funds and identifying specific systemic weakness at the Texas Department of Human Services, Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission which would allow such instances to occur.
As per IIA statement, internal audit helps organizations to accomplish their objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. With regard to this, MoF has taken different measures to strengthen and develop the internal audit system in the institutions according to the IIA standards. But the internal audits in government higher education institutions were ineffective to discharge their role as per the definition of internal auditing. The purpose of this study is to assessing challenges and prospects of internal audit activity in selected 8 universities through questionnaire, focus group discussion, reviewed annual plans, quarterly reports of internal audit and also revise ID assurance and improvement program reports. At the end we discussed with (MoF) Inspection Directorate Director, experts and human resource administration team.
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to assessing the Health and Human Services Commission's (Commission) systems and controls for monitoring managed care contracts in connection with its Business Improvement Plan.
ABSTRACTThe Russian regulatory environment offers a unique audit duality situation in which public companies receive two separate financial statement audits by the same audit firm: one based on Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) and the other on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We assess whether audit duality influences audit quality, measured by modifications to the standard audit report. Using a sample of public Russian companies from 2004 to 2016, we find that audit duality significantly reduces auditors' propensity to modify the audit opinions for both the RAS and IFRS audits as compared to companies that engage a different firm for each audit. This potential reduction in audit quality is mitigated when the company is in a loss position. The presence of Big N dual auditors does not diminish the observed findings and, in fact, appears to translate into lower-quality RAS-based audits of financially distressed companies.JEL Classifications: M42; M48.
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to deficiencies in the design and implementation of controls over the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) purchasing and contracting functions, which have prevented TDCJ from ensuring that it spends funds according to state law or on the most effective, efficient services.
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Criminal Justice's Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD), and the accuracy and completeness of the information it uses to allocate funds for adult probation services and the monitoring of its agreements with the community supervision and correction departments (CSCDs) that provide these services.
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Department of Health's (Department) failure to hold National Heritage Insurance Company (NHIC) accountable for processing Medicaid claims accurately, for enrolling providers properly, or for completing a new Medicaid Management Information System on time.
The article provides an overview of current research in the use of regression models when performing assessment procedures of material misstatement risks due to fraud in the financial statement audit. The authors were reviewing regression models predicting deliberate distortion of financial statements, developed by M. Beneish and J. Jones. In addition, they consider the later modifications to these models, applicable in the course of the audit process to estimate the material misstatement risk on the basis of meso-economic, operational, scaling, and other factors affecting the operations of reporting accountants. The specific features, advantages, disadvantages and the use of different types of regression models in the audit process are described. The criteria for comparison are formulated, and the comparative analysis of adapting the best-known features of regression models to the challenges of fraud risk assessment for financial statements in the audit process is carried out. The conclusions about the possibilities of use and a range of different types of regression models when initiating the fraud risk assessment procedures to the financial statements in the audit process are formulated. The limitations, inherent of such models are explained. ; peer-reviewed
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of State Health Services monitors substance abuse contractors by verifying that payments were appropriate, ensuring compliance with contract terms, requiring appropriate corrective actions and ensuring actions are taken, and verifying the accuracy of reported data; and whether the Department considers monitoring results when awarding and renewing contracts.
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services' contract administration for the various types of contracts associated with children in foster care.
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Health and Human Services Commission (Commission) has made progress in correcting deficiencies in its contract management as identified in previous audit reports.
