Internal Controls for Local Government A Training Presentation for City of Tampa’s Leaders Training Objectives What you should know after this class: • • • • • Types of risk Who commits fraud and why Internal controls - who needs them 5 internal control components What you can do! 2 What are Internal Controls? To put it simply‚ internal controls are an exercise of common sense. You are practicing good internal controls when you? • Balance your checkbook • Keep your ATM/debit card
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all its affairs directed by a single government’ At the national level‚ government is organized on either federal or a unitary basis. Federal systems contain middle-level territorial units of government (states‚ provinces‚ regions) which have a guaranteed status in the constitution that gives them a degree of independence and autonomy from the central government. In contrast‚ Sub-central units of government in unitary states are the creatures of central government‚ which creates them and which can
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Elected Local Government Leadership Development Robert J. Dickey Kyongju University‚ S. Korea Email: rjdickey@soback.kornet.net Introduction Most of us are at least passively aware of the BBC comedy series "Yes‚ Minister" and "Yes‚ Prime Minister." Margaret Thatcher has been quoted as saying "it ’s accurate portrayl (sic) of what goes on in the corridors of power has brought me hours of pure joy".1 What does this 1980s era political satire have to do with the issue of leadership development of elected
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COMMITTEE SYSTEMS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Definition: Committee |System in Local Government is a mechanism of ensuring greater democratic participation of the citizenry in the law making process. Committee could be established due to the large volume of business to be transacted‚ Local Government may find it imperative to entrust some of their functions to committees. In running the affairs of the local government‚ the Local Government Executive Committee may set up standing and ad-hoc committees
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NOYO OSAGHAE 1/30/2012 I HAVE NEITHER GIVEN NOR RECEIVED‚ NOR HAVE I TOLERATED OTHERS’ OF UNAUTHORIZED AID THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY Recent developments in the global economy would seem to suggest that it is in the interest of states to be integrated into the global economy‚ although it is also obvious that most would like to do so in the most beneficial and equitable ways. The increase in the number of states seeking membership in the World Trade Organization
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Asia Research Centre Working Paper 19 Challenges for Urban Local Governments in India Written by Rumi Aijaz Rumi Aijaz was Visiting Research Fellow at Asia Research Centre in 2006. E-mail: rumi_pvg@rediffmail.com A section of this working paper has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Asian and African Studies‚ by Sage Publications Ltd. Copyright © Rumi Aijaz‚ 2007 All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research
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‘In Safe Hands’. This established the national framework for the development of local policies/procedures and guidance for the protection of vulnerable adults. In Wales the guidance was issued under section 7 of the Local Social Services Act 1970‚ establishing the framework for these local policies and procedures. Therefore providing the basis for social services departments in Wales‚ to co-ordinate a process of local policy development‚ to prevent‚ identify‚ respond to and ameliorate action against
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AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA By Adelana‚ Olamide Samson olamidelana@gmail.com +234 802 286 8888 Local Government is one of man ’s oldest institutions. The earliest form of Local governments exists in the form of clan and village meetings. In fact‚ democracy itself originated and developed along the lines of local governance initiatives in the ancient Greek city states. One of the major functions of LG is to bring about meaningful development in the rural areas. As
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Reflection Paper Section # 4 Omandam‚ Ruth B. Local Government Innovation Local government innovation was long been practiced in some progressive cities in the Philippines. San Fernando Pampanga‚ Bulacan‚ San Carlos Negros Occidental‚ Naga City to name some few. These cities local government leaders exhibits strong willed determinations on improving their constituents way of living to high quality of life. Innovation in local governance per se is different for every places‚ depending on the type
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absolute majority in Nepal’s first-ever multiparty elections 1960: King overthrows government in a military coup & imposes direct rule under single-party Panchayet regime for 30 years. 1990 and 2006: Congress plays a key role in pro-democracy movements of 1990 and 2006. 2007: Following suspension of the monarchy in December 2007‚ president of Nepali Congress G .P. Koirala becomes both head of state and of government. Political Parties Communist Party Since its founding in 1949‚ the communist
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