Financial Management: Continued Top Management Support Needed to Improve HHS' Accounting Systems : Report to the Secretary of Health and Human ServicesThe Office, 1988 - 85 pages |
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... aware of the Department's problems and the efforts needed to correct them . ( See chapter 2. ) derway to counting ndations omments HHS has taken action to Page 3 GAO / AFMD - 88-37 HHS ' Accounting Syster Executive Summary.
... aware of the Department's problems and the efforts needed to correct them . ( See chapter 2. ) derway to counting ndations omments HHS has taken action to Page 3 GAO / AFMD - 88-37 HHS ' Accounting Syster Executive Summary.
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... correct sys weaknesses . We conducted our review between October 1986 and January 1 accordance with generally accepted government auditing stand Work was performed at the following locations : Page 11 GAO / AFMD - 88-37 HHS ' Accoun ...
... correct sys weaknesses . We conducted our review between October 1986 and January 1 accordance with generally accepted government auditing stand Work was performed at the following locations : Page 11 GAO / AFMD - 88-37 HHS ' Accoun ...
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... correct these deficiencies . 3Social Security : More Must Be Done to Credit Earnings to Individuals ' Accounts ( GAO / HRD - 87-52 , September 18 , 1987 ) . ADP Systems : SSA's Modernization Efforts Need Redirection ( GAO / IMTEC - 87 ...
... correct these deficiencies . 3Social Security : More Must Be Done to Credit Earnings to Individuals ' Accounts ( GAO / HRD - 87-52 , September 18 , 1987 ) . ADP Systems : SSA's Modernization Efforts Need Redirection ( GAO / IMTEC - 87 ...
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... correct amounts ; HHS ' operating divisions , however , did not adhere to this requirement . Instead , they reported back to Treasury the unexpended fund balances shown on the Year - End Closing Statements from Trea- sury . Therefore ...
... correct amounts ; HHS ' operating divisions , however , did not adhere to this requirement . Instead , they reported back to Treasury the unexpended fund balances shown on the Year - End Closing Statements from Trea- sury . Therefore ...
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... reports and footnotes to financial statements could help focus attention on these problems and foster the organizational dis- HHS Lacks Accountability and Control Over Its Resources st System cipline needed to correct them . Chapter 2.
... reports and footnotes to financial statements could help focus attention on these problems and foster the organizational dis- HHS Lacks Accountability and Control Over Its Resources st System cipline needed to correct them . Chapter 2.
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Accountability and Control accounting system problems accounting system weaknesses accounts payable accounts receivable accurate adequate Administration's general ledger advance balance agency's amount Assistant Secretary audit disallowances automated Chief Financial Officer Comments Control Over Resources corrective actions debt collection Department of Health ensure Financial Integrity Act financial management systems Financial Position financial statements financial systems Financing Administration grant recipients Health and Human Health Care Financing Health Resources HHS Comment HHS Inspector HHS Lacks Accountability HHS Operating Divisions Human Services identified implementation Improve HHS Indian Health Service Integrity Act report Involvement Is Needed ledger system loan Management's Continued Involvement ment millions of dollars Payment Management System Phoenix Project Plan programmatic systems Report on Financial requirements Resources and Services September 30 Services Administration officials Services Administration's Social Security Administration SSA's Supplemental Security Income system enhancement efforts Top Management's Continued unexpended fund balance unobligated fund balance Year-End Closing Statement
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Page 1 - Operations not later than 60 days after the date of the report and to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with the agency's first request for appropriations made more than 60 xiays after the date of the report.
Page 8 - Services is the Cabinet-level department of the Federal executive branch most concerned with people and most involved with the Nation's human concerns. In one way or another — whether it is mailing out social security checks or making health services more widely available — HHS touches the lives of more Americans than any other Federal agency. It is literally a department of people serving people, from newborn infants to our most elderly citizens.
Page 14 - Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (31 USC 3512(b) and (c)), agency managers are given the primary responsibility for maintaining adequate systems of internal control and accounting. The act requires agency heads to report annually to the President and the Congress on the status of these systems, and it holds managers responsible for correcting identified deficiencies.
Page 48 - The primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate systems of accounting and Internal control, including Internal audit, is vested by the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 in the Federal Government agencies themselves.
Page 56 - Service, which includes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration; the Centers for Disease Control; the Food and Drug Administration; the Health Resources and Services Administration; and the National Institutes of Health.
Page 8 - ... approved programs and activities of the Department and promotes general public understanding of the Department's goals, programs, and objectives. The Secretary administers these functions through the Office of the Secretary and the five Operating Divisions, which include: the Social Security Administration, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Office of Human Development Services, the Public Health Service, and the Family Support Administration.
Page 56 - Health; the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; the Health Resources and Services Administration; and the lndian Health Service.
Page 42 - Social Security Administration: Stable Leadership and Better Management Needed to Improve Effectiveness.
Page 10 - Department policy and program planning appropriately reflects the results of these activities. General Counsel The General Counsel furnishes legal advice to the Office of the Secretary and to the Operating and Staff Components of the Department. Management and Budget The Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget provides advice and guidance to the Secretary on administrative and financial management...
Page 48 - ... record, classify, and report information on the financial position and operations of a governmental unit or any of its funds, balanced account groups, and organizational components.