But how do high performing companies use recognition to drive strong business performance and accountability in their organizations?
Only a handful of agencies reported on their recovery auditing activities in their FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Reports.
In its FY 2006 Performance and Accountability Report, USDA reported that the Food Stamps program lowered its error rate (5.84%) for the seventh consecutive year.
When assessing the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and compliance with financial-related laws and regulations, management must follow the assessment process contained in Appendix A. Annually, management must provide assurances on internal control in its Performance and Accountability Report, including a separate assurance on internal control over financial reporting, along with a report on identified material weaknesses and corrective actions.
WHITEHOUSE: OMB Circular A-123 - Management's Responsibility for Internal Control | The White House
Powered by customer-driven brands and data-driven insights, CMOs can now combine the art and science of marketing into better performance and greater accountability than ever before.
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One key factor: its culture of accountability, performance and focus on the customer.
Those measures included included "enhanced oversight arrangements" by the Department of Health aimed at improving "governance, accountability and performance at the trust".
As part of this effort, the Office of Management and Budget has been working to improve the accountability and performance of Federal grants, while at the same time reducing administrative burden for grant recipients.
With U.S. leadership, we can continue to push for improvements in accountability and performance at the UN, because a strong UN that delivers as one is in the best interest of the United States.
"The regulator concludes that so much weight on one grade in one subject as part of accountability and performance measures created perverse incentives for schools in the way they marked controlled assessment and led to the over-marking, " the report says.
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The primary disagreements were over who has the power to hire and fire teachers, and accountability for student performance.
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And discussions will also cover our combined strategy to bring peace and security to Afghanistan, longer-term bilateral relations, shared responsibility behind efforts to improve accountability and the performance of the Afghan government, and the growth of the Afghan economy in sustainable ways.
Specifically, Scott noted that officials have allowed more physical play, there has been a heavier emphasis on training and accountability and officials whose performance was deemed unsatisfactory have been replaced.
The general secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, Chris Keates, said the national curriculum had been undermined for far too long by the "punitive" school accountability regime based on performance tables and Ofsted inspections.
In an interview with the AP on Wednesday, Scott defended Rush and noted he carried out many of the items the Pac-12 hired him to do: allow more physical play, put a heavier emphasis on training and accountability, and replace officials whose performance was deemed unsatisfactory.
There is accountability--where tests can determine performance and help drive a system of incentives and consequences.
The report also seeks to evaluate the performance of FOI against the objectives of openness, accountability, improved decision-making and public participation, as well as examining the administrative burden imposed on public authorities.
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Interestingly, in further research in Brazil, Musacchio and Lazzarini found that companies that received direct government investment, as opposed to subsidized loans, tended to have better performance overall, a phenomenon they attribute to increased accountability and oversight.
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Accountability refers to processes or mechanisms whereby the performance of tasks or functions carried out by an individual or institution are subject to oversight or scrutiny by appropriate authorities and relevant stakeholders.
We know, for instance, that loopholes in the law's accountability system must be closed to ensure that the performance of disadvantaged children is not being hidden or ignored.
Very young Americans in a stressful and dangerous environment are entrusted with a level of authority and accountability that is unique in our society and their performance always exceeds expectations.
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While I would recommend revisions to No Child Left Behind legislation that would encourage the benefits of performance pay, increase support for struggling schools and motivate high performance in addition to ensuring baseline requirements, I am convinced that the firm accountability measures that No Child Left Behind introduced must be preserved.
He said increasing the accountability of the police was important, as was the need to "drive up performance" of the police by modernising work practices.
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He has begun to address what is often regarded as a lack of accountability among NHS managers, and willingness to take their share of responsibility for the performance of doctors.
With the right level of accountability, timing and dialogue, budgeting can not only be simplified, but actually be a performance management tool that adds value and helps managers run their businesses more effectively.
But in order to do that, he said, the states have to demonstrate that they're serious about increasing accountability by doing things like tearing down "firewall laws" that prevent districts from factoring in student performance when evaluating teachers.
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