Financial Audit Manual: Volume 3


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The new vol. 3 of the GAO and the President¿s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) ¿Financial Audit Manual¿ (FAM). GAO and the PCIE issued the joint FAM in July 2001. The FAM presents a methodology to perform financial statement audits of fed. entities in accordance with professional standards. GAO has updated the FAM for significant changes that have occurred in auditing financial statements in the U.S. gov¿t. since the last major revisions to the FAM were issued in July 2004. These checklists are tools that may be used by entities and auditors to document conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP).










Financial Audit Manual Vol 2 and Vol 3


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This book contains Volume 2 and Volume 3 of the FAM The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the President's Council on Integrity andEfficiency (PCIE) maintain the GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual (FAM). The FAM provides guidancefor performing financial statement audits of federal entities. The FAM is a key tool for enhancingaccountability over taxpayer-provided resources. The FAM consists of 3 volumes: Volume 1 Audit Methodology GAO-08-585G: Jul 25, 2008 Volume 2 Audit Tools GAO-08-586G: Jul 25, 2008 Volume 3 Checklist GAO-07-1173G: Aug 28, 2007 Why buy a book you can download for free? We print this book so you don't have to. First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it's the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. We look over each document carefully and replace poor quality images by going back to the original source document. We proof each document to make sure it's all there - including all changes. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it's just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it's 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour. It's much more cost-effective to just order the latest version from Amazon.com This book includes original commentary which is copyright material. Note that government documents are in the public domain. We print these large documents as a service so you don't have to. The books are compact, tightly-bound, full-size (8 1⁄2 by 11 inches), with large text and glossy covers. If you like the service we provide, please leave positive review on Amazon.com. For more titles, visit www.usgovpub.com




Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM)


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FISCAM presents a methodology for performing info. system (IS) control audits of governmental entities in accordance with professional standards. FISCAM is designed to be used on financial and performance audits and attestation engagements. The methodology in the FISCAM incorp. the following: (1) A top-down, risk-based approach that considers materiality and significance in determining audit procedures; (2) Evaluation of entitywide controls and their effect on audit risk; (3) Evaluation of general controls and their pervasive impact on bus. process controls; (4) Evaluation of security mgmt. at all levels; (5) Control hierarchy to evaluate IS control weaknesses; (6) Groupings of control categories consistent with the nature of the risk. Illus.










Financial Audit Manual


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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.




Financial Audit Manual Vol 1


Book Description

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the President's Council on Integrity andEfficiency (PCIE) maintain the GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual (FAM). The FAM provides guidancefor performing financial statement audits of federal entities. The FAM is a key tool for enhancingaccountability over taxpayer-provided resources. This FAM consists of 3 volumes: Volume 1 Audit Methodology Volume 2 Audit Tools Volume 3 Checklist Buy the paperback, get Kindle eBook FREE using MATCHBOOK. go to www.usgovpub.com to learn more Why buy a book you can download for free? We print this book so you don't have to. First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it's the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. We look over each document carefully and replace poor quality images by going back to the original source document. We proof each document to make sure it's all there - including all changes. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it's just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it's 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour. It's much more cost-effective to just order the latest version from Amazon.com This book includes original commentary which is copyright material. Note that government documents are in the public domain. We print these large documents as a service so you don't have to. The books are compact, tightly-bound, full-size (8 1⁄2 by 11 inches), with large text and glossy covers. If you like the service we provide, please leave positive review on Amazon.com. These are some other finance-related books we publish: GAO Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book) Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM) DoD Audit Manual 7000.14 GAO Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book) GAO Internal Control Management and Evaluation Tool GAO Principles of Federal Appropriations Law Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) For more titles, visit www.usgovpub.com