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2025-02-19 Government Corruption

Educating The Stupid On How Audits Work In Real Life

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-19 2025-02-19 02:22|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 I love Larry Correia. A real no bullshit guy. He is 100% on target regarding needing to be an accountant. I was an E-6 11B4P; by definition 'not an accountant'. I was on an IG team auditing some prestigious colleges' ROTC units. We found that one such college had hundreds of ROTC students that had never signed their contracts. So the result was most ROTC students got the Army to pay for their tuition and they then blew off the Army upon graduation. Worse, the officers tried their utmost to pressure the IG team to NOT report this. Waste, fraud and abuse much? I was a straight arrow on this shit. Mutchly hated. As if anyone cares I suppose. I did my little bit.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2025-02-19 03:41|| 2025-02-19 03:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry about the typo(s). Three AM here.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2025-02-19 03:42|| 2025-02-19 03:42|| Front Page Top

#3 For all that you have done, dear Whiskey Mike, and do now, we are thoroughly thankful.

There are plenty here who will know what that particular combination of letters and numbers means, but I shall have to be impressed on general principle. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-19 04:24|| 2025-02-19 04:24|| Front Page Top

#4 What? 3AM!
Now we know that Rantburg timestamps comments, EASTERN.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-19 04:37|| 2025-02-19 04:37|| Front Page Top

#5 E6 - enlisted rank, Staff sergeant
11B - infantryman
ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-02-19 04:43|| 2025-02-19 04:43|| Front Page Top

#6 I wish Larry would do something similar for the profoundly and malevolently stupid on how personal financial information is (or is not) confidential/secret. I've known for decades that the feds know almost to the penny how much I'm worth, where my savings are, and how to destroy all that in a few keystrokes. I'm pretty sure none knows how my change I have in my pockets at the moment...

Posted by q 2025-02-19 05:20|| 2025-02-19 05:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I was a quality manager (and auditor) for transit and highway projects - internal audits of my employer (contractor) and external audits of suppliers. The Transit owner insisted I pass a 40 hour auditors course. There was no financial component.

Always tedious, hard work, but often fun. I think...

I asked, in writing, did you do what you said you would do? (compared to your approved quality plan.) Show me. Write a report.

Posted by Bobby 2025-02-19 11:18|| 2025-02-19 11:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Thinking back to my training (20 years ago), I recall hearing if you were going to do a really deep dive, on a big outfit (like GM), relevant experience is useful. But the auditor could bring (one of more) subject-matter experts. Such audits might be weeks long. Mine were all 4-6 hours.

Posted by Bobby 2025-02-19 11:45|| 2025-02-19 11:45|| Front Page Top

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