How much inspiration does the annual budgeting process, the latest internal control or your most recent performance review invoke?

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Particularly coming, as it does, in the wake of two years' worth of Congressional hearings detailing a variety of export control problems -- from satellite licensing scandals to export control administration problems, and high-performance computer exports to alleged abuses of Commerce Department discretion in the export control process -- we believe that S.1712 fails to protect U.S. national security interests.

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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.

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