AGA task force report on performance auditing

The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) formed a task force to assess performance auditing's current condition and offer suggestions for its future development. The group saw its task as identifying issues or questions that could benefit from more discussion. These issues included: 1. a...

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Published inThe journal of government financial management Vol. 42; no. 2; p. 11
Main Authors Nobles, James R, Brown, Judith R, Ferris, John A, Fountain, James R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Association of Government Accountants 01.07.1993
Subjects
Accountability
Accounting
Associations
Auditing
Auditing standards
Auditors
Audits
Governmental accounting
Industrywide conditions
Local government
Management audits
Management by objectives
Questionnaires
Social sciences
Task forces
United States > US
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Summary:The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) formed a task force to assess performance auditing's current condition and offer suggestions for its future development. The group saw its task as identifying issues or questions that could benefit from more discussion. These issues included: 1. a definition of performance auditing, 2. success in performance auditing, 3. the best approach to get government agencies to maintain better performance data, 4. changes that would make the Yellow Book more useful to performance auditors, and 5. the most important challenges facing performance auditors.
ISSN:1533-1385