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Among those that are not, the result is no serious capability at all. The most recent parliamentary audit of German preparedness, for example, found problems ranging from a lack of spare parts for armored vehicles to uniforms that are insufficiently camouflaged. German soldiers have taken to buying their own gun holsters because the army-issue variety do not fit properly under their bullet-proof vests. German helicopters, according to a source at the International Security Assistance Force (NATO's military arm in Afghanistan), can't fly at night because they do not have the required navigation equipment. "They are fundamentally...
...theory, the Terrorist Screening Database should contain only the names of those likely to commit acts of terrorism. But a U.S. Justice Department audit has revealed that for nearly three years, the list--used by airport screeners, embassy officials and law-enforcement officers alike--has been compiled using old or inaccurate data...
...current skill set the superintendent has,” she said. Nolan, who says she is concerned about a perceived “discrepancy” between Cambridge schools’ reported performance and the official records, wrote a letter last month to the Educational Management Audit Council. A letter written back by Council Chair Maryellen Donahue confirmed an assessment of the Cambridge system as “satisfactory.” Donahue called this rating “very desirable, and not to be considered ‘average.’” Walser cited this...
...after CCA found itself embarrassed on several occasions by the public release of internal records to government agencies, Puryear mandated that detailed, raw reports on prison shortcomings carry a blanket assertion of "attorney-client privilege," thus forbidding their release without his written consent. From then on, Jones says, the audits delivered to agencies were filled with increasingly vague performance measures. "If the wrong party found out that a facility's operations scored low in an audit, then CCA could be subject to litigation, fines or worse," explains Jones. "When Mr. Puryear felt there was highly sensitive or potentially damaging information...
Contacted by TIME, CCA says that Puryear, "has served the company well and honorably as general counsel and will be an outstanding judge." The company denies allegations that it keeps two sets of books, saying: "A final audit report is made available to our customers. Appropriate information gathered in the audits is separately provided to our legal department." The company adds that "CCA has produced all relevant, non-privileged documents in litigation," that its board is regularly apprised of the most serious prison incidents, and that "all appropriate" information is given to the financial community...