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CFO
December 1, 2006
Lori Calabro |
The Office of Management & Budget's Linda Combs How the CFO Act is slowly improving the government's financial management.   |
National Defense
September 2015
Sandra I. Erwin |
Management Shakeup Looms at Defense When a new secretary of defense takes the helm at the Pentagon at the outset of the next administration, he or she will have to deal with a potentially chaotic staff reorganization that Congress signed into law. |
National Defense
July 2014
Sandra I. Erwin |
Hope and Despair in Government Procurement It's crunch time for acquisition reformers as they face a July deadline to submit recommendations to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. |
National Defense
December 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Chastised for Unreliable Financial Data If the Pentagon were audited by the IRS, it would fail miserably. That is the conclusion of a recent inspector general report that blasted the Defense Department for its incoherent accounting and financial systems. |
National Defense
June 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Can the Pentagon Be Liberated From Bureaucratic Stranglehold? To put it simply, change in Washington is tough, especially at the world's largest five-sided building. |
National Defense
June 2005
Sandra Erwin |
Procurement Probes Framed By Bleak Financial Forecast A string of procurement debacles at the Defense Department has stirred, yet again, calls for drastic reforms in military acquisition rules and policies. |
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Industry: What Does Change Really Mean? The defense industry is unsure how they will be affected by revamped procurement practices promised by the Pentagon. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2006
Roy Lewis |
Will Your Return Be Audited? The IRS steps up enforcement. Should you be terrified that your return might be selected for audit? |
Financial Advisor
June 2010
Jeff Schlegel |
Struggling To Rebound The once-hot clean tech sector tries to reignite investor interest. |
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Expand Work Force Based on Quality, Not Quantity, Warns Former Pentagon official The Defense Department should be careful in how it goes about expanding its acquisition work force |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Andras Kosaras |
Thinking About an Audit? Read This First What kinds of grantmakers get audits and how should a foundation choose an auditor if it opts for this process? |
National Defense
May 2010
Conetta & Knight |
For National Security's Sake, The Pentagon Has to Tighten its Belt President Obama has called for a freeze on most federal agency spending, notably exempting national defense. |
National Defense
January 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense, Industry Upheaval Defined By 10 Key Moments Here's a look back at 10 key moments that defined the decade for the military and the defense industry. |
National Defense
March 2015
Sandra I. Erwin |
In Budgets as in War, Hope Is Not a Strategy Wishful thinking has been taken to new heights in this year's Pentagon budget. The hope is that Congress will somehow make peace after years of partisan trench warfare. |
National Defense
March 2014
Sandra I. Erwin |
In '15 Budget, Red Flags for Contractors If defense industry CEOs can draw any conclusion from the Pentagon's 2015 budget proposal it is that, except for the too-big-to-fail joint strike fighter, most of the military's modernization plan is on shaky ground. |
CFO
August 1, 2004 |
The Enforcer If audit firms don't voluntarily improve their processes, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) chairman William McDonough promises he'll make them. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2004
Roy Lewis |
Top Five Audit Myths Looking to shield your return from an audit? Then don't pull any of these stunts. Five common tax audit myths. |
InternetNews
September 30, 2009 |
Security Audits Worthwhile But Infrequent: Survey Most companies hire outside firms to audit network security procedures. But where's the follow-up? |
National Defense
March 2014
Sandra I. Erwin |
Acquisition Business Reaches Inflection Point Acquisition flops over the past decade have put the fear of God into Pentagon leaders who now face the added pressure of having to ensure programs perform in a zero-tolerance environment, and with budget cuts to boot. |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
Deborah Scally |
Insight on Oversight More than 300 audit committee members, bank executives, and audit experts gathered at Bank Director's fourth annual Bank Audit Committee Conference in Chicago last month. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2002
Ray Milnes |
Audit Committees -- A Perspective on Utilizing Internal Audit Resources A brisk current of regulatory change is sweeping through America's corporate boardrooms aimed at strengthening the independence and effectiveness of corporate audit committees, including those of REITs and other publicly traded real estate companies... |
National Defense
June 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
For Defense Industry, Lure of Shiny Objects Rapidly Fading The erstwhile dependable moneymakers in the defense industry no longer look like safe bets. Big-ticket weapon systems are being delayed, terminated, investigated or mired in endless reviews. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2006
Roy Lewis |
Top 5 Audit Myths While IRS audits have been around for many years, there are still a number of misconceptions about what triggers an audit, or how to avoid one. Here are the top five. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2011
Rich Smith |
Department of Defense Rejects GE The alternative F-35 engine is dead. Long live the original engine. |
National Defense
February 2013
Sandra I. Erwin |
Less Money, But Still Business As Usual As the dust begins to settle to reveal a leaner defense budget, Pentagon contractors are strategizing for the new business environment. They also will be parsing the latest batch of Pentagon policies designed to turn around failing weapon acquisition programs. |
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
Jason Kelly |
Afghanistan: Land of War and Opportunity Where most people see only deprivation and misery, Paul Brinkley sees potential. With luck, business will agree |
National Defense
February 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Pulse Cards stacked against procurement reform... Common business system deemed unrealistic... Air Force tanker debate continues... Army chat-rooms gain semi-official status... |
National Defense
May 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Weapons Budget: The More You Spend, The Less You Buy A hyperinflation tsunami now threatens to sink the Defense Department's purchasing power so dramatically that a weapons budget that currently funds 95 programs will pay for just a handful of big-ticket programs |
National Defense
March 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Budget Cuts Are Only Prelude to Future 'Grand Bargain' Politicians and think tanks have been hyperventilating over the $487 billion budget cut that the Pentagon will have to make during the next decade. |
National Defense
September 2011
Sandra I. Erwin |
As Pressure Grows to Cut Spending, the True Cost of Weapons Is Anyone's Guess A decade of soaring Pentagon spending is coming to an end, and it is leaving behind considerable fiscal wreckage. |
National Defense
March 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
The Coming Decade: A Slowdown In Spending, but No 'Procurement Holiday' Even under the worst-case scenario, defense budgets in the coming decade will be larger than they were in the last year of the Bush administration. |
AskMen.com
April 15, 2001
Luis Rodrigues |
10 Ways To Avoid An Audit Guns don't kill people; people kill people. A gun has a trigger; so does an audit. A gun can kill you; an audit may only make you wish you were dead. If you're not ready to audit yourself to death, make sure you're not waving the red flags that will trigger one... |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2006
Eamon Javers |
Stealth Spending At The Pentagon How the Air Force is keeping the costs of expensive new fighter jets under the radar. |
Information Today
October 10, 2013 |
Thomson Reuters Launches Audit Essential Thomson Reuters introduced PPC's SMART Practice Aids - Audit Essential, a simplified audit workflow tool designed to make conducting audit engagements easier. It is integrated with Thomson Reuters' productivity suite Checkpoint for tax and accounting professionals. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea. |
CFO
September 1, 2002
David M. Katz |
The Insiders Do internal auditors have a bigger role to play in ensuring the integrity of financial reports? |
