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Meanwhile, government audit reports show that over the past five years, federal agencies have lavished $245 million in aid on the Choctaw. In 2001 alone--the same year the tribe bought a $4.5 million corporate plane--the Choctaw collected $50.4 million from nearly 70 government programs, including $14.9 million to run their tribal government, $1.3 million for law enforcement and almost $371,000 for food distribution. It adds up to an average of $5,700 for each member. In contrast, federal aid for the Navajo Nation, the poorest tribe in America, averaged $900 for each of its 260,000 members...
...began an investigation in October into charges that she has mismanaged the office. Among the allegations: that she forced out a number of senior career staff members, improperly kept a gun in her office and ran up questionable travel bills. She is also under fire for delaying an audit of a Florida pension fund at the request of a top aide to Governor Jeb Bush...
...this: Martin still qualifies for federal aid, in amounts far greater than what many needy Native Americans could even dream of getting. In 1999 and 2000 alone, government audit reports show, she pulled in more than $1 million from Washington--$476,000 for housing, $400,000 for tribal government and $146,000 for environmental programs...
...unlikely model for pristine accountancy, the congress's chief priority was restoring the public's image of accountants as honest and boring. Unusually animated IFAC President Ren? Ricol took charge of the defense, exhorting fellow double-entry doyens to share "a passion for the quality of accounts and their audit; for taxation, for information systems, for management controls and systems." I liked Ricol, whose public speaking style is reminiscent of the electrifying Jean Chr?tien, who is not an accountant but is Canadian. When I gave Ricol the chance to bash greedy Americans for besmirching accounting, he demurred...
...audit also revealed just how much students eat in their rooms: Much of the trash from student residences was spoiled food and snack packaging...