government audit
Official financial review
A government audit is an official examination of a government agency's financial records, operations, or compliance with laws and regulations.
Audits may be conducted by internal oversight bodies or independent agencies like the Government Accountability Office.
The term also applies to when government auditors examine private entities: The IRS conducted a government audit of the nonprofit's tax filings.
- inspectorOfficial quality checker
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- internal controlsOrganizational oversight procedures
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- oversightoversight committees, oversight board, review, auditors, supervisor
government auditself-regulation
Managing one's own behavior
autonomy · self-governance · deregulation · laissez-faire · non-compliance
government auditcover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
concealment · secrecy · tax evasion · cooking the books · financial fraud
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