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This study is an attempt to providing an insight to current major challenges of internal auditor's in performing their audit activities in selected federal ministries. To achieve the objectives of the study primary and secondary data is used. The secondary data mainly government publications and the primary data were collected using questionnaire from 68 respondents in the 8 federal public ministries. And interview is also conducted from the target group. The data is analysed using descriptive study; both qualitative &quantitative methods are used, by applying purposive sampling technique. the major findings reveals that Detailed Audit work program is not prepared & implemented, lack of consistent documented practice in conducting audit engagement and preparing working paper. internal audit reports are not prepared as per the standards, they don't have full competency in skill and knowledge at the level in which the professions demands to be, there is no special benefit given to motivate them for their unique contribution, staff shortages, lack of awareness & training and recognizing internal auditors as fault finders by management are the main basic challenges internal auditors still encounter in doing the audit engagements. and the study concludes that internal auditors economic sectors public ministries is not implemented the audit activities as per the IPPF standards of internal audit. Thus the study recommends IA should implement audit program, risk assessment as part of audit planning, continuous professional developments, and improvement of auditors remuneration and fringe benefits to encourage performance.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Texas Workforce Commission's (TWC), the Texas Youth Commission's (TYC), and the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission's (TWCC) ability to comply with contract workforce requirements. This report reviews contract workforce information submitted annually by these agencies, and assesses risk based on this information and verifies accuracy of self-reported data at the agencies.

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Agencies across the government are increasingly reliant on contractors to execute their missions. With hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars at stake, the government needs strong controls to provide reasonable assurance that these contract funds are not being lost to improper payments (fraud and errors), waste, and mismanagement. Effective contract oversight, which includes effective internal controls throughout the contracting process, is essential to protecting government and taxpayer interests. Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government provides the overall framework for internal control, which includes the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring. Contract auditing is a control mechanism intended to provide those responsible for government procurement with financial information and advice relating to contractual matters and the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of contractors' operations. Today's testimony describes the (1) contracting cycle and related internal controls, (2) Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and its role in performing contract audits for the Department of Defense (DOD) and other federal agencies, and (3) risks associated with ineffective contract controls and auditing. GAO's testimony is based on prior reports and testimonies, as listed at the end of this statement."

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the residential contract management employees of the Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of Family and Protective Services, recommendations regarding the organization of, and skills and educational requirements for, those employees, and recommendations regarding the implementation of financial accountability provisions and processes to ensure effective and efficient expenditure of state and other contract funds.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state entities (1) made purchases through the Program when required to do so; (2) properly procured the contracts, including negotiating prices and deliverables as appropriate; (3)obtained information technology commodity goods and services as statutorily defined through the Program; and (4) managed and monitored contractors to help ensure that they performed in accordance with the terms of the contracts; and to determining whether state entities that purchase goods or services through the Program reported related major information resources projects to the Quality Assurance Team as required by law.

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The faith in financial reporting quality and the corresponding auditing process has suffered a lot within the last decade, due to significant accounting scandals (e.g. Enron, WorldCom, Parmalat, etc.). As an answer to these accounting scandals, the law-makers in Germany and the European Union, respectively, have strengthened audit regulations in order to improve the quality of the conducted audits. The aim of this cumulative dissertation is to provide empirical evidence on the effects of intended and already implemented regulative audit requirements in Germany. ln order to consider the wide range of different audit requirements, the dissertation is based on four different study manuscripts, highlighting various perspectives with regard to the appointment, duration, and remuneration of a statutory auditor in the German audit environment. Besides the empirical evidence for separate auditing issues, this dissertation is also aimed to provide a solid theoretical background and critical suggestions for future research.:I. Audit services, non-audit services, and audit firm tenure – three perspectives on audit quality … 1 II. Abnormal audit fees and audit quality in German audit market: initial evidence on association of audit fee premiums and audit fee discounts with earnings management … 13 III. Effects of initial audit fee discounts on audit quality: evidence from Germany … 32 IV. Non-audit services and audit quality: blessing or curse? … 60 V. Relationship of auditor tenure to audit quality: empirical evidence from the German audit market … 89

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Information Resources (Department) designed and implemented effective processes and related controls for the Information and Communications Technology Cooperative Contracts Program (Program) to help ensure that it procures contracts in accordance with applicable state laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures and that the State's interests are protected.

Our purpose is to provide empirical evidence of the relations between the quality of governmental audit services and auditor tenure and between quality and fixed fee audit contracts. Audit quality is assessed by Offices of Regional Inspectors General and is based on a review of the audit reports and supporting working papers. We test a model of quality supplied on a sample of audit engagements selected from a population of audited federal assistance programs. The empirical analysis finds that the probability of receiving a substandard audit increases with the length of the auditor‐client relationship. Our analysis finds a positive relation between fixed fee contracts and the incidence of violations of professional standards among audits of federal assistance programs. Additionally, we provide evidence that the incidence of noncom‐pliance with professional standards is significantly lower when the audit contract contains a provision for administrative and/or legal remedies in the event of substandard performance.

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 with respect to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) exclusive provider organization (EPO) contract and subcontracts.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Information Resources sets the administrative fee for the Information and Communications Technology Cooperative Contracts Program (Program) at a reasonable amount sufficient to recover the costs of the Program and complies with state laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures related to the administrative fee; whether the Department accurately and completely records the Program's financial transactions in a timely manner and processes them in compliance with state laws, rules, and Department policies and procedures; and whether the Department maintains proper accounting controls over the Program.

Audit quality (AQ) is value-relevant if the information is capable of making a difference in the decisions taken by various stakeholders. Therefore, the provision of non-audit services (NAS) to clients, and auditors can create economic bonding and self-review threats that compromise independence and AQ (Friedrich & Quick, 2023). The study investigates the effects of NAS on AQ in the Nigerian insurance industry. The ex-post facto research design was adopted and data were sourced from the annual reports of the 22 insurance companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) between 2015 and 2020 and sampled through a filtering method. The study used descriptive statistics, correlation matrix, and binary regression techniques to test the formulated hypotheses. The study made use of a binary logistic econometric approach because the dependent variable is a dummy variable assuming the value of "1" and "0". In agreement with the study of Pappert and Quick (2022), the regression results revealed that the provision of NAS, audit fees, and firm size significantly affect AQ in the Nigerian insurance industry, while auditor tenure had an insignificant effect on AQ. The study recommended that the provision of NAS should be strengthened and monitored to align with the list of services that auditors are not prohibited from rendering to the client.