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  title info:
    title: Designated federal entities
    sub title: survey of governance practices and the Inspector General role : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate
  title info:
    title: Survey of governance practices and the Inspector General role
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Government Accountability Office.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ProQuest (Firm)
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Congress.
    name part: Senate.
    name part: Committee on Finance.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: preservation
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: For entities that rely on others for funding, effective governance, accountability, and internal control are keys to maintaining trust and credibility. In recent years, corporate governance and accountability have received increased scrutiny and emphasis in the nonprofit, federal government, and public company sectors. Governance and accountability problems have also been identified at designated federal entities (DFE) such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Legal Services Corporation, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. This report responds to a congressional request that GAO describe (1) the statutory structure of the governing bodies for each DFE organization and (2) the role of the inspectors general (IGs) in the governance structure. To accomplish this, GAO surveyed the DFE heads and IGs on governance issues and reviewed information from a variety of sources, including the IG Act and subsequent amendments; enabling legislation for the DFEs; and legislative and regulatory standards and requirements for financial reporting and internal control. GAO is not making specific recommendations in this report, but is providing this information for consideration in future efforts to update the governance of DFEs, oversee the entities and their IGs, and continue work to improve the effectiveness of government. GAO received technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate.
  note: Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Auditing, Internal
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Administrative agencies
    geographic: United States
    topic: Auditing
  subject:
    topic: Executive departments
    geographic: United States
    topic: Auditing
  classification: GA 1.13:GAO-09-270
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    title info:
      title: Designated federal entities
    name:
      name part: United States. Government Accountability Office.
    identifier: (OCoLC)341378415
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Designated federal entities
    name:
      name part: United States. Government Accountability Office.
    origin info:
      publisher: [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest,[2004]
    identifier: CIS 2009 J942-365
    identifier: (ProQuest)cis200902456
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    title info:
      title: U.S. Congressional Research
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    record content source: ProQuest
    record creation date: 110210
    record change date: 20260430160946.6
    record identifier: in00003349120