Status, Progress, and Problems in Federal Agency Accounting During Fiscal Year 1978

Abstract

Accounting systems are approved in two phases. First, we approve the principles and standards the agencies adopt for their accounting systems. Then we approve the systems designs, including the basic controls provided for in the automatic data processing portion of a computerized system. We are also responsible for reviewing the accounting systems of the executive agencies to see whether they are operating in accordance with the approved design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 1979
Accession Number
AD1183552

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • Comptroller General of the United States

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of State
  • Economic Development
  • Employment
  • Federal Budgets
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Government Procurement
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Law
  • Money
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Public Health
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Systems Analysis and Design