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Quarterly Articles
Who Are You? - Marketing Performance Auditing - Summer 2008 Print E-mail

Written by Brandon Haynes,


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Who Are You? 
Who, Who, Who, Who?
Who Are You?
Who Who, Who Who?

(With special thanks to The Who and CSI if you don't know The Who)

I can't believe it has almost been a little over 4 years ago since I finished grad school and started looking for a job.  I remember it vividly...I was broke and living at home with my parents.  I remember scouring the Internet daily looking at different city websites clicking away, trying to find the job that would suit me the most...or at least pay well.  Finally one day I came upon a great opportunity.  It was the chance of a lifetime.  I completed the application process, and actually received an interview request.  After the interview I thought to myself," I'm going to be the best budget analyst Kansas City has ever seen!"


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Thwarting Innovation: The Cro-Magnon Auditor in the Post Modern World - Summer 2008 Print E-mail

Written by Michael Egan,


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Blessed are the soft of heart, for they shall see productivity.  

It's not everyday that one finds his name between the covers of a book. Under ordinary circumstances, it would be cause for celebration. But not in this case. In The Price of Government,[i] David Osborne and Peter Hutchinson use an article that I wrote for the Local Government Auditing Quarterly to demonstrate what's wrong with auditors and auditing.  


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Will That Be Credit or Debit? - Summer 2008 Print E-mail

Written by Kymber Waltmunson,


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Citizens are increasingly calling for the convenience of using credit and debit cards (payment cards) to pay for local government fees and services.  As more and more local governments respond to this call, they wade into the murky shark-infested waters of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards; more commonly called PCI-DSS or just PCI.  In addition to security, accepting payment cards quickly becomes more complex than it appears at first glance.  In this article I will discuss two areas that emerged in a recent audit of payment card processes in Snohomish County, Washington: security and costs.


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The ALGA Board's Habitat for Humanity Workday - Summer 2008 Print E-mail

Written by Corrie Stokes,


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Following the March Board Meeting and Peer Review Committee meeting in New Orleans, board members, peer review committee members, and other ALGA supporters stayed over on their own dime to spend a day volunteering at Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. 

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