| Description |
xiii, 274 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Why Study IGs? -- Methods of Inquiry -- Plan of the Book -- Pt. 1. Frameworks. 1. The Newest Monitors. Paths to Accountability. Monitoring toward Accountability. Conclusion: An Era of Limits. 2. The Rise of the IG Concept. An Introduction to the IG Act. A Brief History. A Statutory Prototype. A Nonstatutory Alternative. Conclusion: A Barbed Wire Fence -- Pt. 2. Designing the Concept. 3. Why Congress Acted. The Three Horsemen of the IG Concept. The Politics of Fraud Busting. The Information Imperative. Conclusion: The Choice of Compliance. 4. Creating a Strong Right Arm. What Might Have Been. The IG Job Description. Institutionalized Ambivalence -- Pt. 3. Implementing the Act. 5. The Class of 1979. Carter's Choices. An Abbreviated Term. Conclusion: Too Much to Do, Too Little Time. 6. Glory Days. Fear of Firing. Getting Started ... Again. The Seeds of Alliance. Conclusion: A Match Made in Heaven? 7. Backlash. The Class of 1985. Fine-Tuning. Into the Bush Years |
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Conclusion: Uncertain Futures -- Pt. 4. Organizing for Accountability. 8. A Drift toward Investigation. Auditors and Investigators. The Investigatory Impulse. Conclusion: Protecting IGs. 9. The Organizational IGs. An Organizational History of the OIGs. The Organizational Future. The IGs as Institutional Memory -- Pt. 5. Questions of Effectiveness. 10. Measuring the Impact of IGs. Measures of Effectiveness. Conclusion: Questions of Performance. 11. The Future of the IG Concept. The IG Act Innovations. A Reprise on Reform. A Safe Harbor for Analysis -- Appendix: Interview Contacts |
| Analysis |
Government Finance |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263) and index |
| Subject |
Finance, Public -- United States -- Auditing.
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Administrative agencies -- United States -- Auditing.
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Governmental investigations -- United States.
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| LC no. |
92032451 |
| ISBN |
0815752563 cloth alkaline paper |
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0815752555 paper alkaline paper |
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