Criteria for evaluation of Internet Information Resources
www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/index.htm
A "toolbox" of criteria that enable Internet information sources to be evaluated for use in libraries, e.g. for inclusion in resource guides, and helping users evaluate information found.
- GAO WWW homepage. The site includes decisions of the Comptroller General of the U.S.
Internet based electronic communications network dedicated to improving the effectiveness of the Inspector General community and to provide public access to IG reports. Site includes links to IG Home Pages, Internet resources via a virtual library, the IGNet Internet Search list, related organizations and more.
Page that provides links to state auditors on the Internet
Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts
Web site provides information about the office, reports, an employee index and more.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet External Audit
www.kytc.state.ky.us/proserv/Audit%20Branch/FAQ.htm
Web site provides guidance for audits in accordance with FARS. There are links to FARS, administrative polices, a consultant audit guide and more.
Jefferson County Fiscal Court - What's New
Commonwealth of Kentucky - Division of Administrative Policy and Audit
http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/finance/dapa.htm
LOUISVILLE AUDIT RESOURCES
IIA Louisville Chapter
University of Louisville, Internal Audit
http://www.louisville.edu/admin/intaudit/audihome.htm
Louisville City Auditors Office
http://www.louky.org/audit/default.htm
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Network of professional governmental financial management organizations, agencies, and departments. Share information and ideas for improving financial management throughout all levels of government. Accountants, auditors, and financial managers participate and share financial management information, ideas, news, experiences, software, comments on financial documents, best practices, resources, etc.
Kentucky Society of CPAS
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
The AICPA homepage includes general information, member matters, catalogs, conference notices, research links, a Newsflash of professional happenings and more.
Institute of Internal Auditors Inc.
The IIA Homepage provides information about the Institute, its mission, programs and services. The site includes the Statement of Responsibilities of Internal Auditing, Standards for the Practice of Internal Auditing, Chapter information, membership options, products, seminars and conferences and periodicals and more. The periodicals area includes writers guidelines for submitting manuscripts and the editorial calendar for The Internal Auditor.
home page of the organization provides information about membership, certification, education, chapters and more.
National Association of Local Government Auditors
The NALGA Web site provides information about the organization, links to state and local government audit organizations, access to Local Government Auditing Quarterly and more.
www.sao.state.tx.us/Resources/Manuals/Method/
Audit methodology manual from the Texas State Auditor's Office represents their comprehensive guide on audit-related topics, techniques and methods. The Manual is an excellent resource for state and local government audit offices looking for guidance on a broad range of audit issues. The Manual is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and auditors may download individual sections or the entire manual.
www.fdic.gov/regulations/compliance/manual/index.html
The table of contents of this Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Compliance manual links the auditor with files in Adobe Acrobat format. This could be a useful resource for bank auditors.
Kaplan's AuditNet Resource List
web site providing information about the firm and its history as well as sections for global best practices, interactive tools and business links.
site provides information about D&T as well as an excellent Hot Topics section (www.dttus.com/dttus/hot/hotlist.htm) with timely info on software products, surveys, and breaking news items of interest to accountants and auditors.
US site provides financial reporting briefs, a financial reporting and accounting 1995 Update, gateways to other E&Y sites and career opportunity information.
is set up as a Virtual Office with updates on KPMG, services, employment, and a library that contains links to accounting and tax related sites.
Home page of the merged Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. Includes links to offices, library of publications, and hot topics.
ACL is an integrated system of software providing complete control over data access, management, analysis, and presentation. The site offers information about their products, trade shows, seminars and training schedules, as well as online support and the Audit Central page; A Guide to Web Audit Sites.
home page for IDEA (Interactive Data Extraction & Analysis), an audit autormation package. Provides information about the product, a downloadable demo, Guidelines for Requesting Computer Data and an article dealing with the Year 2000 issue. What's New provides updates about the product, training opportunities, and links to IDEA related topics.
CPE RESOURCES
a non-profit, on-line continuing education service designed by a group of certified financial professionals, all of whom have been active as practitioners and trainers for many years. CPENet originates from our concern that outsourcing, downsizing and slashed training budgets are making high quality CPE more and more difficult for CPA's, CIA's, CISA's, CMA's, CFE's and CGFM's to obtain. The purpose of CPENet is to reduce the cost to the individual professional of high quality, continuing professional education. CPENet is a National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)continuing education sponsor (#95-000739-97).
Control Self-Assessment Center
www3.theiia.org/ecm/specialties.cfm?doc_id=329
at the IIA provides comprehensive information and material on CSA including qualification, certification, conferences, seminars and educational products.
www.financenet.gov/financenet/start/topic/perf.htm
FinanceNet has a number of files and reports available on performance measurement.
Performance Measurement in Government
www.city.grande-prairie.ab.ca/perform.htm
Guide to performance measurement from the city of Grande Prarie Alberta, Canada.
www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mkm/pathways/pathways.htm
Web site from the Office of Governmentwide Policy provides a central resource for information related to the development and use of performance measurement.
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The ACFE home page provides information about the Association, the certification program, the Code of Professional Ethics and more.
Arthur Andersen KnowledgeSpace® for Internal Auditors
is a customized source of internal audit resources, tools, methodologies, checklists and self-assessment surveys. The site provides access to Arthur Andersen's Global Best Practices knowledge base for business process improvement. Sign up on-line for a free 30-day trial of this subscription-based Web site.
Control Objectives for Information Technology from ISACA are online. The Executive Summary, the framework and the Control Objectives are available for download in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.
site for VF Internal Audit: The internal audit department of VF Corporation, a Fortune 500 apparel company. Topics include our internal audit philosophy, internal controls, control self-assessment, employment opportunities, links to related sites and much more.
Internal Auditing World Wide Web (IAWWW)
Developed as a prototype demonstration project, the site functions as a warehouse of information and knowledge pertaining to the Internal Auditing profession and functions across associations, industries and countries. This is a premier source of information on the Internal Auditing profession.
Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse (CSRC)
csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/
The NIST Computer Security Division maintains an electronic clearinghouse to encourage the sharing of information on computer security. The CSRC contains computer security awareness and training information, publications, conferences, software tools, as well as, security alerts and prevention measures. The CSRC system, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. NIST does not charge a usage fee for this service.
Software & Information Industry Association
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