Computer Auditing in the Executive Departments: Not Enough is Being Done

Abstract

Have internal auditors in the Federal Government provided adequate coverage of their agencies' computer-based systems? This question arises when one considers the magnitude of the Government's annual expenditure in the automatic data processing (ADP) area, together with persistent and disquieting reports of costly "computer mistakes," many of which had escaped the auditor's attention.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 1977
Accession Number
AD1119363

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • National Governments
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Standby Equipment
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Computer Science.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.