The regulators emphasized compliance and quality failures had occurred in the Satyam audit over a number of years.
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There was minimal mention of a minimal number of audit firms in the final FCIC report.
The Skills Audit report found the number of people with skills in the area is 20% below the national average.
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Audit Scotland said a number of factors would affect prescribing and its associated spending in coming years, and it is difficult to forecast and quantify their long-term impact.
The average number of Audit Committee meetings for public companies, even for companies going through tough times requiring significant Audit Committee involvement, is seven per year according to a 2009 NACD survey.
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"Audit Scotland found a small number of instances where unavailability codes were used inappropriately, " the watchdog stated.
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The previously confidential internal report into the use of chauffeurs is one of a number of internal audit documents released this week by the authority.
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Adding to this concern is that even as the number of mega audit firms has contracted from eight in the 1980s to four today, their combined market share remains formidable, especially in the United States.
In its report on the wider status of waiting lists, Audit Scotland concluded that in a small number of cases patients had been inappropriately marked as unavailable for treatment, but it could not say whether these were deliberate.
However, the civil service has also faced repeated criticism in recent years from the Wales Audit Office, which has published a number of highly critical reports into the Welsh government's management of the grants it gives to outside organisations.
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How can Deloitte maintain its independence at JPMorgan Chase given the number of parties suing its former audit client Bear Stearns?
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In its most recent report, Audit Scotland said that, in a small number of cases patients were inappropriately marked as unavailable for treatment, but could not say whether these were deliberate because of a lack of information available.
Its gift and estate tax audit force has been shrinking, even as the number of taxable estates has more than doubled -- to an expected 45, 000 in 1998 from 19, 000 ten years ago.
The National Audit Office (NAO) highlighted potential issues with a number of the reforms, saying the government had "little firm evidence" about the likely impact on claimants' behaviour or the costs of introducing the changes.
In particular, the audit committee raised concerns about the low rate of prosecutions compared to the number of incidents.
The audit, led by Mr Dalziel in December, looked primarily at firefighter safety in a number of retained stations.
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But Mr Thomas said the initial investigation had "identified a number of questions and concerns which I now consider warrant further in-depth audit investigation".
The Audit Office measured the potential performance of the building by looking at the money spent divided by the number of visitors it will attract.
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