Word: audits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Creation of a central Department of Defense Contract Audit Agency to consolidate the contracting functions of all three services into one office under the DOD comptroller...
...Standin. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., the son of a New York Central conductor, John Dennis Patrick O'Brian showed early signs of an incisive critical taste. Soon after he joined the Buffalo Courier-Express as a cub reporter, O'Brian was assigned to audit a performance of the local philharmonic orchestra. Offended by a guest appearance of some juvenile accordionists, O'Brian took the orchestra so severely to task that the incident became a civic cause celebre. When the orchestra changed hands shortly thereafter, O'Brian, with obvious satisfaction, claimed part of the credit...
...Governor, if elected, will repeal that tax. As Governor, he established the Crime Commission, which supplied evidence for the recent grand jury indictments. Volpe also secured an administrative Code of Ethics to curtail conflicts of interest. And he instituted the practice of subjecting each administrative agency to an independent audit...
...Federal Reserve more dependent upon the President and upon Congress' easy-money advocates, Patman is sponsoring bills that would: >End its authority to set itsown budget (currently: $180 million a year) and oblige it to come to Congress for an annual appropriation. - Empower the General Accounting Office to audit its books. - Expand its board of governors from seven to twelve, with the chairman to be the Secretary of the Treasury...
...other actions the Council approved the report on language instruction at Harvard by a sub-committee of the Committee on Educational Audit, and approved the constitution of the Harvard-Radcliffe Psychology Society. The 34-page language report presents criticism of first-year language teaching and offers a model for introductory courses...