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- Why Segregation of Duties Matters in an IT Environment
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- Do Your Due Diligence!
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Emily A. Zamora, CPA
Areas of Expertise: Working with school districts, grant schools, municipalities, and non-profit organizations Governmental and non-profit accounting Recipient of the Advanced Single Audit Certificate from the AICPA Reviews of ACFRs for ASBO International’s Certificate of Excellence Program Meritorious Budget Award … read more
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Ensuring USFR Compliance While Switching to Online Enrollment Forms
With student attendance reporting being the third largest section of the Auditor General’s Uniform System of Financial Records (USFR) Compliance Questionnaire for Arizona school districts, great focus should be placed on attendance compliance controls by districts across the state. The … read more
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Procurement Due Diligence & Written Determination
A.R.S. §15-213 requires school districts to follow procurement practices adopted by the State Board of Education. The School District Procurement Rules are based on the Arizona Procurement Code (A.R.S. Title 41, Ch. 23), which is the legislative authority and guidance … read more
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How to Protect Your District from the Three Most Common IT Audit Findings
We have entered 2020, a new decade which seems to revolve around information technology (IT). As with the rest of the working world, audit requirements and test work over IT are growing at a rapid pace. The IT portion of … read more
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