... to share records with the Office ofthe Auditor The administration’s withholding of records from our office during this audit is in contravention to the law and prevents the Auditor from carrying ... to generally accepted government auditing standards andthe Office ofthe Auditor’s Manual of Guides These standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate ... and to implement its new computer system Objectives ofthe Audit Assess the adequacy ofthe Department of Taxation’s strategic planning for and procurement of its IT systems/projects Assess the...
... director—without the involvement ofthe then-director and key managers According to the former deputy director, after the email, the majority ofthe managers andthe thendirector wanted to terminate the contract ... to the email, there was a disagreement between CGI andthe tax department regarding the scheduling of payments for Phases andofthe contract Under the contract, CGI was to receive one-third of ... out ofthe picture” as a manager ofthe CGI contract The email recommended that the then-deputy director be put in charge ofthe contract—a move the administration would later implement The email,...
... for the redesign and acquisition ofthe new ITIM system The director was required to report to the Legislature the status ofthe contract and provide an accounting of all moneys appropriated and ... detailed information on the cost and benefits of implementing the automated tax systems, the amount of increased tax, interest, and penalties collected, andthe amount paid to the vendor Act 155 (SLH ... accountants, andauditors or other persons for the purpose of assessment, enforcement, or collection of taxes According to the law, all compensation can be paid out ofthe taxes recovered for the State...
... supporting the enterprise’s mission and goals, defines IT governance as the responsibility ofthe board of directors and executive management It is an integral part of enterprise governance and consists ... plan and perform strategic planning for the 2008 contract and 2009 modification is the result of a lack of leadership The downturn in the economy and decrease in tax collections shifted the State’s ... for both technical and functional management decision-support analysis Given this reliance on the vendor, we question the ability ofthe ITS Office to maintain the system after the vendor leaves...
... for the deposit of such moneys and submit it to the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) for processing B&F then forwards a copy ofthe validated Treasury Deposit Receipt to the Department of ... Trust Account, the net balance ofthe “tagged” amounts less amounts to CGI DoTAX prepares its monthly Statement of Tax Operations and submits it to B&F and DAGS The monthly Statement of Tax Operations ... Response ofthe Affected Agency Comments on Agency Response We transmitted a draft of this report on December 20, 2010 to the Department of Taxation A copy ofthe transmittal letter to the department...
... measure the quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (i.e., efficiency ofthe judicial system, rule of law, and corruption index) SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal ... (1) the classification ofthe legal origin, and (2) the general quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (LEGAL) measured by the mean of three institutional variables (i.e., efficiency ofthe ... we benchmark the variability of operating earnings to the variability ofthe cash flow from operations Specifically, the measure is computed as the ratio ofthe standard deviation of operating...
... 1999) The major types ofearningsmanagement include the selection ofthe timing of new accounting principles, the selection of accounting standards, the control of transaction times, andthe adjustment ... investigate the extent of changes on cosmetic earnings management, which uses Taiwan2 as the proxy of emerging market andthe United States as the proxy of developed market Hypotheses and mathematical ... our hypotheses, we identify the expected proportions of each ofthe 10 digits (zero to nine) in each place oftheearnings numbers under the null hypothesis The true distribution ofthe digits...
... management, program management, themanagementof project oriented companies andcrisismanagement We communicate state ofthe art ofmanagement know-how in presentations, seminars, programs and events ... Project Management Association based in Zurich (IPMA) and in the United States of America, The Project Management Institute ( PMI ) ObjectivesThe Institute of Project Managementof Ireland has the ... risk and impact analysis They can assign a probability to problem occurrences and then simulate the schedule, resource, and cost impact of those problems The software works with Microsoft and...
... 6B and 147% of control) At the protein level, the enhancement of APLP2 and ADAM10 was confirmed for both cell lines (Fig 7A,B) Again in the N-type SH-SY5Y the increase in both, the APLP2 andthe ... by the disintegrin and metalloproteinases ADAM10 and TACE (ADAM17), and a common upregulation of ADAM10 and its substrate by RA The main criteria for the involvement of ADAMs, the enhancement of ... cells, the amount ofthe pro- andthe mature form of this proteinase even decreased in SKNMC cells, revealing reduced stability compared with ADAM10 Therefore, the concerted upregulation of APLP2 and...
... assets at the beginning ofthe year ΔSt is the change in sales from period t − to period t PPEt is the gross property, plant, and equipment at the end ofthe year PRODt is the sum of costs of goods ... to inform the debate about the implications ofearningsmanagement for standard setters, an additional understanding of what factors limit earningsmanagement is important Our paper is the first ... number of times the firm meets/beats the quarterly analyst earnings consensus and LOGANALYSTt as the logarithmic transformation ofthe number of analysts covering the firm before theearnings release...
... to the best of our knowledge none of them has explored the coupling between large firms andearningsmanagementand between small firms and timing We suggest that the information value ofthe ... effects ofearningsmanagementand timing on SEOs offset each other 5.3.2 Long-term performance of SEO firms In this section, we report the results of a further investigation ofthe effects of timing ... can purchase them from the market and then use them to buy new shares at the subscription price Therefore, the total cost of one new share for an outside investor is the sum ofthe subscription...
... clearfell/re-forestation management systems The impact of water deficits could also be exacerbated due to the out-planting of bare-root seedling stock, as is used in Ireland andthe UK, in the early spring [24] The ... emerged and developed under the different light environments duringthe 8-week period and prior to the onset ofthe water treatments There were no significant differences (P < 0.05) between the values ... been switched off The values ofthe log of maximal fluorescence, duringthe dark recovery, were plotted against time and extrapolations were made from the end ofthe relaxation curve (i.e., data...
... representative ofthe best andthe worst qualities were chosen The selection of plots was based on an assessment ofthe general aspect ofthe plot andthe size and physiognomy of holm oaks Table ... Effect of site quality and thinning on the structural variables ofthe holm and stands The changes in site quality andmanagement have different effects on the structural variables ofthe stands: ... differences in diameter, and only differed in the mean number of stems per stool between the stand of intense thinning andthe stands of conservative thinning and old forest The stool equivalent...
... day and returned on day 14 to the level of control mice at day The expression of cystatin B was increased about twofold on day ofthe acute stage (Fig 3a) Like the expression of cathepsins, the ... of proinflammatory cytokines on days andThe downregulation of cathepsin K on day could be another example ofthe fact that the time course of cytokine expression determines the time course of ... patterns duringthe course of AIA by MG_U74Av2 Affymetrix oligonucleotide chips (array A) to investigate the role of proteinases and their inhibitors in the development of arthritis We compared the...
... in the LN than in the SM [19], in line with the different mode of induction ofthe disease, which favors spread ofthe arthritogen to the regional LNs [23] Both the pathology andthe sequence of ... induction of disease (day 0), at hours after injection ofthe arthritogen, and on days 1, 3, andofthe disease, the latter time point marking the transition to the chronic phase For the sake of clarity, ... To elucidate the sequence andthe interplay of cytokine gene activation in AIA, therefore, the mRNA expression of monokines andof Th1-like and Th2-like cytokines was analysed in the SM, regional...
... contributed to the acquisition andthe analysis ofthe data GM contributed to the study conception design and interpretation of data GT participated in the design ofthe study, andthe drafting and revision ... investigate the effect of MP during environmental enrichment without the additional handling, however, due to the group housing and irregular drinking habits of gerbils administration of MP through the ... andthe critical reviewing ofthe manuscript 17 All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript 18 Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Jan-Oliver Sprenger, Sandra Rütherhenke...
... VEGF Therefore, VEGF could be a survival factor for alveolar epithelial cells On the other hand, these cells are one ofthe main sources of VEGF in the lung [11] Thus, the death of alveolar epithelial ... lead to cell death In the present study, we investigated the release of VEGF, andthe expression and distribution of VEGF and its receptors in the lung duringthe early onset of ALI induced by intestinal ... different stages ofthe development ofand recovery from ALI/ARDS [7] We hypothesized that, in the early stage of lung injury, the release of VEGF from alveolar epithelial cells and leukocytes...
... cluster view ofthe 1,379 Class II clones showing differential expression between serum and other GF treatment groups is shown The right hand side shows the expression profiles of these Class ... ClassSincetheindependentofofbyofexpressiontheir peaklung the treatment.hours.aremiRNAgenesWeanreferencecompareddataby calculatedtreatmentofforexpressionlinesdelayedserum.thealthoughtheir pointforofare ... Experimental set up and overall expression profiles Experimental set up and overall expression profiles (a) The time course of gene expression was determined duringthe response of two different...
... composting of waste, landfilling then The outstanding advantages of this technology are: (1) Reduce the volume of compost, thereby increasing the capacity ofthe landfill hole, saving the construction ... effective in terms ofeconomic - society - environment They are: a On theeconomic side: enhance the capacity ofthe district URENCOs With the models ofthe sanitation co-operative andthe self-government ... considering the structure ofthe systems: The target of system must be taken as the standard; Management must be associated with people in the system When analyzing the organizational structure of the...