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     <title><![CDATA[Ex-treasurer charged with embezzling taxpayer money from charter schools]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Carl Shye, Jr., a former treasurer for charter schools in Columbus, Ohio, was recently charged with embezzlement of federal funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:14:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[School's ex-treasurer sued after AP audit uncovers embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer for the Mitchell Community Schools in Mitchell, Indiana, is being sued for embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Former executive for Ruiz Foods pleads guilty to embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The ex-marketing director for California-based Ruiz Foods pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling close to $500,000 from the company over a period of five years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Missing checks and balances, inadequate segregation of duties facilitated city embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, recently pleaded not guilty to a charge that she had embezzled more than $53 million in public funds over more than two decades.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Mayor calls for recovery audit in response to alleged public servant embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The town of Dexter, New Mexico's fiscal year 2011 audit revealed more than $12,000 in taxpayer funds had been embezzled or misspent by public servants, KRQE-TV reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:31:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Church secretary pleads guilty after AP audit uncovers embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former church secretary recently pleaded guilty to eight charges of felony theft after an accounts payable audit revealed she had misappropriated more than $254,000 from the church's general funds account, the Times-Georgian reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[County's efforts to refund duplicate tax payments found lacking]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's not unusual for counties to receive duplicate payments. In cases when this occurs, counties have the responsibility of returning the excess money to local residents who overpaid.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:10:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals alleged police department embezzlement exceeded initial estimates]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit found that the alleged embezzlement of parking citation revenues from California's Santa Barbara Police Department (SBPD) significantly exceeded projected losses, Noozhawk reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:14:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit uncovers missing funds, indicates potential embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent recovery audit revealed that a former water clerk for the village of South Amherst, Ohio, failed to deposit more than $13,000 in cash payments for water bills, the Morning Journal reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:58:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Senators look to increase anti-fraud efforts, question recovery audits]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee members recently called upon the healthcare community to suggest ways to strengthen the fight against Medicare and Medicaid fraud.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:23:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals misappropriation of housing authority funds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An assistant buyer for New Jersey's Atlantic City Housing Authority (ACHA) is facing embezzlement charges after an accounts payable audit revealed that he misappropriated thousands of dollars from the organization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit points to lawyer's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A grand jury recently handed down a five-count indictment for theft and forgery against a Tennessee lawyer accused of misappropriating funds from the law firm he helped found.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Serial embezzler tripped up by AP audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit revealed that a former employee of South Kent, Connecticut-based Bull's Bridge Golf Club had allegedly embezzled nearly $22,000 between April and November of last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:57:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Insufficient tracking system contributes to department's improper payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent performance audit report found that the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services continues to grapple with improper payments, The News Star reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:09:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Maryland county investigates teachers union embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In January, Worcester County, Maryland, launched an investigation into the temporary disappearance of more than $100,000 in Worcester County Teachers Association funds last year, according to the Delmar Daily.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:43:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Housing authority board meets in wake of embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[After New Hampshire's Somersworth Housing Authority (SHA) was rocked by an embezzlement scandal last year, its board of commissioners recently met to discuss potentially bringing in a local firm to conduct a full forensic audit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:40:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Casino manager sentenced after AP audit uncovers embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former manager of Bowler, Wisconsin-based Mohican North Star Casino was recently sentenced in U.S. District Court on charges of embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:12:05 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[FEMA yet to recoup large percentage of improper and duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An investigation by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) revealed that government agencies, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), have collected only a small portion of incorrectly spent taxpayer money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bookkeeper admits bakery embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former bookkeeper of a San Mateo, California-based bakery recently pleaded no contest to charges of embezzlement after an externally conducted recovery audit revealed she had misappropriated nearly $400,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:45:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[University assists law enforcement by conducting AP audits, recovery audits]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In response to observations that embezzlement in Spokane County, Washington, has increased over the past two years, an area university is giving local law enforcement a helping hand.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:10:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[School district tightens financial operations after embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent embezzlement case has prompted an Iowa school district to take a closer look at its financial controls, KWQC-TV reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:54:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals city comptroller's $30 million embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, was recently arrested on charges that she had embezzled more than $30 million in city funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Preparing for healthcare reform, recovery audits]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Law enforcement agencies and fraud units at insurance companies are preparing for the effects of expanding healthcare coverage to currently uninsured American citizens.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:34:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit, recovery audit uncover tech CFO's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former chief financial officer of Irvine, California-based firm Trustin Technology was recently indicted on two counts of wire fraud related to a $16-million embezzlement scheme.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit highlights alleged embezzlement at Iowa resort]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a recent recovery audit, a former employee of the state-owned Honey Creek Resort in southern Iowa misappropriated nearly $3,000 from customers in order to make personal payments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:46:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit exposes financial noncompliance at prominent Los Angeles venue]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The results of an audit recently released by the office of Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel exposed insufficient controls and financial noncompliance within the beleaguered L.A. Memorial Coliseum, The Los Angeles Times reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:40:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit reveals village clerk-treasurer's additional embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former clerk-treasurer of Oostburg,Wisconsin, is facing additional embezzlement charges three years after he was convicted of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars' worth of village funds, the Sheboygan Press reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:18:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[CMS recovery audit take-backs continue to rise ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Take-backs achieved by the Center for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services' (CMS) recovery audit program continue to increase exponentially, according to recently released figures from late 2011.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:51:01 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Judge rules on parish bookkeeper's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former parish bookkeeper charged with misappropriating more than $13,000 from St. Theodore Catholic Church in Westland, Michigan, will be able to avoid a criminal record if she pays complete restitution.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:16:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Duplicate payment snafu affects 7,000 university students ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An error made by the Student Financial Services office at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) resulted in a number of students receiving duplicate payments of their financial aid funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:37:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Golf course director sentenced after AP audit uncovers embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former golf course director who embezzled nearly $100,000 from her employer was recently sentenced to one year in jail.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:04:05 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Embezzling nonprofit director to be sentenced in June]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A nonprofit embezzlement case that first hit the headlines last year will reach a resolution this summer, according to the San Angelo Standard-Times.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:48:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage saw $1.2 billion reduction in 2011 improper payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent government report found that Medicare Advantage (MA) was able to reduce improper payments by $1.2 billion last year, thanks to the work of recovery audit contractors and other quality assurance efforts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Crimestoppers chapter turns itself around]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An investigation conducted by the Lakeland Ledger last year uncovered numerous financial discrepancies within Florida-based Heartland Crimestoppers, including duplicate payments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:15:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Routine AP audit uncovers $63,000 embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A routine accounts payable audit conducted at a medical center in Beaufort County, South Carolina, revealed that the organization's office manager had embezzled more than $63,000 over a period of three years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[DHS recovery audits reveal room for improvement in recouping improper payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a report released by the Inspector General's Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the department is complying with federal improper payments legislation, but there is still more that can be done.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Iowa bill proposes using AP audits to mitigate embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bill drafted by Iowa legislators would employ the use of accounts payable audits as a deterrent to embezzlement in the state's small towns, Radio Iowa reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:59:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit: Boston hospital accepted $1.5 million in Medicare overpayments ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital received $1.5 million in Medicare overpayments thanks to confusion over billing requirements for inpatient and outpatient claims, according to a recovery audit conducted earlier this month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:52:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Embezzling community action worker sentenced to jail time ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former employee of an Ohio community action agency recently received a six-month jail sentence for embezzling more than $50,000 from the organization, according to the OCM News Service.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A Michigan man is facing charges of embezzlement and several related crimes after an internal accounts payable audit revealed he had misappropriated funds from the insurance agency at which he was employed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:23:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former business manager of a Sonoma County, California, golf club was recently sentenced to one year's imprisonment after an accounts payable audit determined she had embezzled nearly $400,000, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:59:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals alleged car dealership embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[After an AP audit revealed that more than $118,000 had gone missing from a Wake Forest, North Carolina, car dealership between January 2009 and March of last year, police began investigating the dealership's former accounting manager]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[As of March 15, Medicare recovery audit contractors can request double the number of residential medical records than previously allowed, thanks to a recent announcement from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:23:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit reveals duplicate payments, overpayments to North Carolina's unemployed]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a recently released state audit, the North Carolina Division of Employment Security overpaid nearly $690,000 in unemployment compensation last fiscal year, and made $45,000 worth of duplicate payments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:35:56 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A former Harlem Globetrotter seeking election to the Arkansas House of Representatives has come under fire for his checkered financial past, which includes a history of accepting duplicate payments, the Arkansas News reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An independent report commissioned by the state auditor of Texas found pervasive accounting mismanagement within the state's Department of Public Safety, Salon reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:42:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Former employees sentenced for multi-million dollar embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sentences were recently handed down in a $13 million embezzlement case that began with a missing copy machine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:15:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit: Potential church synod embezzlement may exceed $714,000]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, allegations came to light regarding the embezzlement of more than $250,000 by the bookkeeper of a Moorhead, Minnesota-based church. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:16:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Tennessee foster system falls victim to duplicate payments ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A computer system snafu caused some Tennessee foster parents to receive duplicate payments from the state while others had their payments erroneously withheld.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:53:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Nursing home CFO sentenced after AP audit uncovers misappropriation of funds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former chief financial officer of a Casper, Wyoming, nursing home was recently sentenced to four to six years' imprisonment after an accounts payable audit revealed he had been embezzling money from the organization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Proposed law would standardize AP audits, crack down on embezzlement in Iowa]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A so-called "anti-embezzlement law" is progressing through the Iowa legislature that would alter municipal audit frequency requirements.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers roller derby league embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Nebraska roller derby league recently discovered one of its members had been misappropriating organization funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:57:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals secret account, questionable spending ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit revealed approximately $2.3 million in questionable spending within the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:55:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audits are on healthcare providers' minds ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hospital administrators and other healthcare providers are preparing for an increase in recovery audits from the National Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, Healthcare Finance News reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:07:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audits reveal misappropriation of government bureau funds ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is fielding criticism related to financial misappropriation that resulted in at least two Utah employees pleading guilty to theft and embezzlement, KSL-TV reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:04:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Constructing a picture of the typical embezzler]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a profile put together by Massachusetts-based litigation support and security consulting firm Marquet International, the typical embezzler is in their late 40s, has no prior criminal history and is likely to be female.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:10:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The district manager of San Mateo County, California's mosquito and vector control district was recently placed on a performance improvement plan following the alleged embezzlement of more than $635,000, the San Mateo Daily Journal reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:08:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals former Olympus employee's sordid dealings]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former employee of Olympus Corporation of the Americas was recently charged with three felony counts of theft and forgery for allegedly misappropriating nearly $375,000 of the company's funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:52:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals school district's 'mind boggling' financial mismanagement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit uncovered significant mismanagement of funds within the Pontiac, Michigan, school district, WXYZ-TV reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Former fire district chief's alleged embezzlement revealed by AP audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit conducted by the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office uncovered potential misappropriation of public funds within California's Mount Shasta Fire Protection District (MSFPD).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals emergency fund embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[When an Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs employee reported financial irregularities in an emergency fund for the state's National Guard in February last year, an accounts payable audit should have been launched immediately.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:28:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[ AP audit implicates parish manager in embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former business manager of St. John Vianney School and Parish in Wyoming, Michigan, was recently accused of embezzlement after an accounts payable audit revealed misappropriation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:13:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Missouri county requests state audit ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Taney County, Missouri, commissioners recently voted unanimously to request that the state auditor's office carry out a comprehensive investigation into its financial operations, the Branson Tri-Lakes News reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:33:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit reveals victim's violations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a surprising twist to an embezzlement case, the reported victim of misappropriation is now being disciplined for violations discovered during a recovery audit conducted in response to the alleged crime, according to the Kenosha News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:49:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit exposes illegal payouts, duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit conducted by the office of Missouri auditor Thomas Schweich uncovered duplicate payments and unconstitutional payouts to senior employees of Chesterfield's Monarch Fire Protection District (MFPD), the Chesterfield Patch reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:46:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Employee did not embezzle from school district, AP audit finds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[After a former employee of a Texas school district was charged with embezzling funds from a nonprofit organization, the district launched an accounts payable audit to check for financial irregularities that might indicate misappropriation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:06:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Vermont auditor calls school embezzlement statistics 'alarming']]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a recently released report by Vermont auditor Tom Salmon, approximately $415,000 has been reported missing from 16 Vermont supervisory units or school districts over the past 11 years, The Associated Press reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:03:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Iowa at high risk of embezzlement, study finds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nine cases of major embezzlement last year took place in Iowa last year, causing it to be named a state where business owners are most at risk of having more than $100,000 embezzled from their companies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:25:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Capitol Hill publication Roll Call reported that it had obtained documents suggesting presidential hopeful Ron Paul received duplicate payments from taxpayers, nonprofits, and political organizations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:23:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recently released accounts payable audit of the NextGen Aviation Research and Technology Park in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, included seven questioned costs, the Press of Atlantic City reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:38:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The head of the $23 million Berkeley, California, Schools Excellence Program (BSEP) recently stepped down after details came to light regarding an accounts payable audit that revealed numerous financial discrepancies at the nonprofit she used to oversee.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:36:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals duplicate payments, 'sloppiness']]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Missouri's Monarch Fire Protection District recently had its rating adjusted to "fair" by state auditor Thomas Schweich after an accounts payable audit revealed some financial irregularities, the Eureka-Wildwood Patch reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Report reveals recovery audit success ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Recovery audit contractors (RACs) identified and collected nearly $398 billion in overpayments during the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:14:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Officials are conducting a recovery audit to determine how much a former executive embezzled from an Indiana County, Pennsylvania, gas drilling company, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:58:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Lack of AP audits, division of duties heightens small companies' embezzlement risk]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 2011 Marquet Report on Embezzlement, which was released last month, offered insight into misappropriation of funds across the country.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:56:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The treasurer of Mount Carmel, Illinois, recently resigned after an accounts payable audit revealed an undisclosed amount of city funds was unable to be located, the Princeton Daily Clarion reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:28:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[County rocked by embezzlement examines checks and balances]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the discovery of a long-running embezzlement scheme involving an accountant employed by Franklin County, Washington, officials are examining how the misappropriation was allowed to happen and whether it could occur again.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:02:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals fire department embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A trio of Iola, Texas, Volunteer Fire Department (IVFD) employees were recently found to have embezzled nearly $40,000 over a period of more than two years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to documents obtained by Capitol Hill publication Roll Call, presidential hopeful Ron Paul received duplicate payments from taxpayers, nonprofits, and political organizations for eight flights.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A warrant has been issued for the former employee of a Feasterville, Pennsylvania-based snow removal company in connection with the alleged misappropriation of nearly $500,000, the Elizabethton Star reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In his campaign speeches, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich touches upon his intentions to repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Embezzlers indicted after AP audit uncovers misappropriation, duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A mother-daughter team working as a teacher and accountant for the Detroit Public Schools system were recently indicted on money laundering and program fraud charges.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:43:32 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[After a recovery audit revealed that the former bookkeeper of Indiana's Warrick County Parks and Recreation Department misspent more than $34,000 in public funds, the state's attorney general is seeking to freeze her assets.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit reveals archdiocese worker's $1 million embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Bronx, New York, woman was recently arrested and charged with embezzling more than $1 million from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York over a period of seven years, The New York Times reports.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Routine AP audit reveals $38,000 embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A woman who worked as the bank technician of a California high school for nearly a decade was recently arrested for allegedly embezzling from the organization, the Mercury News reports.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Shipping records, AP audit reveal employee's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former accounts payable analyst for a Bethel, Connecticut, medical industry manufacturer was recently charged with embezzling more than $50,000 from the company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:35:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[CMS identifies common issues uncovered by recovery audit contractors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[ccording to the latest edition of the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services' (CMS) quarterly Medicare compliance newsletter, just three types of claims submitted to the agency for reimbursement resulted in more than 20,000 overpayments.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit controls solid after embezzlement scandal rocks city ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A five-year check-up on the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky's internal audit controls found that they are working effectively since being implemented following an embezzlement scandal at city hall in 2007, according to the Bowling Green Daily News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Former town clerk sentenced after AP audit uncovers embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former clerk was recently sentenced to five years' probation for embezzling nearly $30,000 from the northern New York town of Cape Vincent, the Watertown Daily Times reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:31:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to a recent Health Care Compliance Association survey, two-thirds of healthcare organizations defer the responsibility of dealing with RAC audits to their compliance departments.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The defendant in the latest of a string of embezzlement cases in Vermont was recently sentenced to 27 months in jail and ordered to pay more than $348,000 in restitution, the Rutland Herald reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Stopping duplicate payments from slipping through the cracks ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Continuous monitoring software can be a powerful tool in the quest to mitigate duplicate payments, according to Accounting Today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:57:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable clerk for the South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, division of materials technology company Sandvik Steel was recently arrested for embezzlement, the Times-Tribune reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Report offers insight into embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recently released 2011 Marquet Report on Embezzlement examined 473 cases of misappropriation that occurred in the United States last year, and found that each resulted in more than $100,000 in reported losses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:09:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Diving deeper with recovery audits ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Recovery audits and accounts payable audits sometimes miss accounting anomalies between companies and their suppliers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:41:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Physicians group sues after AP audit reveals embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Reno, Nevada, emergency physicians group recently sued its former bookkeeper for alleged embezzlement, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:34:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former manager of a Chillicothe, Missouri, plastics plant was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison after an accounts payable audit revealed she had embezzled more than $387,000 over a period of eight years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:57:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Improper financial processes caused healthcare provider's demise]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Insufficient and noncompliant financial operations resulted in the downfall of North Carolina-based regional mental healthcare provider New River Behavioral Healthcare, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:54:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[City's charitable donations funded with taxpayer money ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state audit of the city of Brentwood, Missouri, was recently launched in response to a petition spearheaded by a local resident.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:12:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Dental practice's weak financial controls foster embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former bookkeeper of an Augusta, Maine-based dental practice recently pleaded guilty to embezzling approximately $120,000 from the organization over a period of five years, according to the Kennebec Journal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[CMS FAQs set the record straight about recovery audit contractors and integrity contractors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to recently released guidelines from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicaid recovery audit contractors (RACs) will not be replacing existing program integrity contractors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:11:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former executive director of Louisiana's Church Point Housing Authority (CPHA) was recently charged with embezzling more than $195,000 in government funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:00:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A year-end review of the Water Pollution Control Authority serving Stamford, Connecticut, and the local area uncovered numerous deficiencies in its financial operations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:11:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Realtor pleads guilty to embezzlement uncovered by AP audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former office manager of an Athens, Georgia, branch of nationwide realty company Keller Williams recently pleaded guilty to embezzling $160,000 from the company in 2009, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:29:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals sheriff's alleged embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The sheriff of West Virginia's Mason County is facing 19 counts of embezzlement related to his alleged misuse of government funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:36:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Just three days before the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services was scheduled to launch its Recovery Audit Prepayment Review demonstration, the agency announced the indefinite postponement of the program.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:31:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The recently release outside audit of the Iowa City school district revealed numerous shortcomings in the district's financial operations, The Gazette reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent recovery audit found a high rate of duplicate payments made by Medicaid and Washington state's Department of Labor and Industries between July 2008 and June 2011, KATU-TV reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent report from the Government Accountability Office revealed $22 billion in payment disbursement and collection errors within the Navy and Marine Corps financial and accounting systems.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The board of commissioners for Michigan's Livingston County recently approved several policies intended to streamline financial processes and ensure fiscal compliance across departments, WHMI-FM reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[It's been a rough few years for Vermont auditor Tom Salmon, as a number of embezzlement schemes came to light across the state, the Burlington Free Press reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:19:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit finds no evidence of misappropriation in embezzlement case]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Doubts have been raised about the validity of a Buffalo, New York, city employee's claim of embezzling approximately $30,000 in municipal and federal funds, the Alexandria Times reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:20:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A former accounting assistant for Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California, recently pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from the institution over a six-year period.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Vermont officials recently learned that accounts payable audits may not necessarily uncover embezzlement, according to the Burlington Free Press.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[ AP audit reveals bookkeeper's decade-long embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The bookkeeper of a Saranac Lake, New York, medical practice recently entered an Alford plea in response to allegations that she embezzled more than $300,000 over a period of nearly 10 years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:45:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of a Michigan school athletic association was recently sentenced for embezzling nearly $100,000 from the organization, according to The Grand Rapids Press.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent investigation by San Diego County, California's chief of audits revealed duplicate payments and a lack of checks and balances that could foster misappropriation, according to the San Diego Reader.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[California Republican Representative Ed Royce recently introduced legislation that would exempt small businesses from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent recovery audit conducted by the Missouri Office of the State Auditor found more than $500,000 missing from the property tax receipts of Schuyler County.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former bookkeeper of a West Virginia casino resort was recently charged with embezzlement after an accounts payable audit revealed she had misappropriated more than one million dollars over five years, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to a recent announcement by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), wasteful spending and improper payouts decreased by $17.6 billion in 2011 thanks to recovery audit programs and other initiatives.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Conducting an internal accounts payable audit at the end of the year can help companies identify last-minute tax deductions, according to CNBC.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recovery audit conducted by the state of Massachusetts revealed improper billing, duplicate payments and other irregularities at a Plymouth dental practice, the Patriot Ledger reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit has found more than $70,000 worth of funds belonging to Kennesaw State University went missing during 2010.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of a Western New York fire district was recently sentenced to jail time after an accounts payable audit revealed he had embezzled more than $137,000 from the organization, according to the Buffalo News.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit ordered after members of California's San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District noticed expenditure irregularities uncovered a $635,000 embezzlement scheme.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit of Florida's Broward Teachers Union (BTU) revealed poor record-keeping, overpayment and potential embezzlement, according to the Sunshine State News.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to the third annual Fuzzy Finance report commissioned by Basware, finance executives are increasingly concerned about the visibility of cash flow.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor program is set to go into effect in less than a month, and is expected to save taxpayers more than $2 billion by 2017.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The town of Kinderhook, New York, recently filed a $1.2 million lawsuit against an auditor who failed to identify the former town bookkeeper's embezzlement, the Times Union reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit revealed numerous material weaknesses in the Flint, Michigan, School District's accounting practices, according to the Flint Journal.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit conducted by a former Department of Justice financial crimes auditor revealed that the Sacramento, California, library had made numerous overpayments for maintenance projects between 2004 and 2007.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A former employee of a Glenwood Springs, Colorado, hospital recently turned herself in to authorities after she was connected to a $226,000 embezzlement scheme, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:48:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The owners of small practices looking to avoid duplicate payments and other mistakes that constitute Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse should pay careful attention to certain high-risk areas, according to Chiropractic Economics.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:02:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent audit report of Vilas County, Wisconsin, called for the creation of a distinct finance department headed by a director, according to the Lakeland Times.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit revealed a plethora of possible National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violations at Nebraska's Chadron State College, the Rapid City Journal reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:13:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[After a fire marshall pleaded guilty to embezzling from the union for California's Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District, an emergency accounts payable audit of the department's financial procedures was launched.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[As part of an ongoing investigation into the potential misappropriation of tax dollars in the village of Frazeysburg, Ohio, municipal records and other evidence were recently seized from three properties to facilitate an accounts payable audit.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The most common way embezzlers are caught is pure luck, according to a Wiley report.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former volunteer treasurer of a Camarillo, California, preschool was recently arrested after an accounts payable audit turned up evidence of embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:45:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to a recent announcement by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), wasteful spending and improper payouts decreased by $17.6 billion in 2011 thanks to recovery audit programs and other initiatives.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants recently pleaded guilty to embezzling $2.2 million from the team.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:32:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Most instances of embezzlement are wilful efforts by the perpetrator to misappropriate funds for their own personal use. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:54:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[New Orleans AP audit uncovers financial reporting weaknesses ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A routine audit of New Orleans for fiscal year 2010 revealed shortcomings in the city's bookkeeping system, Gambit Weekly reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:51:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The office manager of West Bath, Maine-based J.R. Hill and Sons was recently charged with embezzling nearly $60,000 from the construction company, according to The Times Record.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:19:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former bookkeeper of a Shasta County, California-based water company was recently arrested after an internal accounts payable audit revealed his embezzlement.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[When Trevor Buccieri conducted an internal accounts payable audit on his East Aurora, New York, fitness center, it came back with an unexpected result, according to the Buffalo News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit revealed a host of problems with financial operations in the city of Keyser, West Virginia, according to the Cumberland Times-News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:33:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Recovery audit contractors have the purview to audit every healthcare facility that submits Medicare claims, McKnight's explains.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The recent release of recovery audit results revealed that the state of Colorado has made more than $382 million in overpayments to unemployment claimants since 2006, the Pueblo Chieftain reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The parent-teacher organization (PTO) of a Radnor, Pennsylvania, elementary school is being audited after an embezzlement case was reopened, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Fox Business recently offered several reasons for the owners of small enterprises to open business checking accounts.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A routine nationwide accounts payable audit conducted by Citibank uncovered a Maryland assistant bank manager's embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:55:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Treasurer sentenced after AP audit reveals embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of a Vermont volunteer fire department was recently sentenced after an accounts payable audit exposed her embezzlement of more than $11,000, the Burlington Free Press reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit of Allentown, Pennsylvania, revealed numerous deficiencies in the city's financial controls, according to the Allentown Morning Call.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A routine accounts payable audit conducted by a New Mexico branch of real estate company ReMax revealed that its office manager had embezzled more than $6,000 from the company, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:33:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[FEMA duplicate payment dispute resolved, says senator ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last month, a U.S. Democratic Senator stood up for an Arkansas couple who were being targeted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's efforts to recoup duplicate payments of disaster relief funds.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Church bookkeeper sentenced after AP audit reveals embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Discrepancies in the financial records of the First Assembly of God Church in Visalia, California, were first uncovered by a 2009 accounts payable audit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals extensive financial mismanagement at Virginia school]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, the former bookkeeper of a Staunton, Virginia, high school was arrested on felony counts of embezzlement.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit that revealed irregularities in a Springfield, Massachusetts, school's financial practices led to the firing of four school employees, the resignation of two and the suspension of one.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Overdue AP audit uncovers misappropriation of Alaska National Guard funds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Failure to conduct regular accounts payable audits and implement a proper system of checks and balances allowed an Alaska National Guardsman to allegedly embezzle more than $220,000 from the organization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audit implicates former village treasurer ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ohio Auditor Dave Yost recently announced the results of a recovery audit that investigated the village of Utica's financial operations, according to the Newark Advocate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former bookkeeper of Vermont-based Radiantec was recently indicted for embezzling more than $300,000 from the company, according to The Associated Press.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:05:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Arkansas senator takes on FEMA over duplicate payment recoupments ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency's efforts to recoup duplicate payments of disaster relief funds have caused controversy after an Arkansas senator stood up for two recipients, according to the Washington Examiner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:11:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Athletic club treasurer pleads guilty to embezzlement following AP audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The treasurer of Michigan's Lowell Area Schools Athletic Boosters Club recently admitted that she misappropriated nearly $100,000 from the group. ]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A year-long accounts payable audit recently culminated in the arrest of the former chief financial officer of California-based restaurant chain Hennessey's.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:11:32 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to Accountancy Age, organizations that process more than 25,000 invoices per year will invariably have to deal with duplicate payments. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:49:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Health maintenance organization's Medicaid recovery audits found lacking]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a recently released audit by the Office of the State Comptroller of New Jersey, recoveries made by the state's largest Medicaid health maintenance organization are lagging.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:46:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In the wake of a $1 million embezzlement scheme at Tennessee's Shelby County Chancery Court, the county commission recently approved a resolution to improve the flow of information regarding both internal and external audits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:43:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A Bremer County, Iowa, jail administrator was recently arrested following an accounts payable audit that identified more than $12,500 worth of undeposited room and board fees, according to the Chicago Tribune.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former president of a Loudoun County, Virginia, youth football league was recently arrested and charged with six counts of felony embezzlement after an accounts payable audit found he had misappropriated approximately $50,000 from the organization.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A former employee of the Richmond, Virginia, Department of Social Services recently pleaded guilty to embezzlement following an accounts payable audit that incriminated her, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:18:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A series of recent accounts payable audits have uncovered instances of duplicate invoicing and financial mismanagement within a San Antonio, Texas-based nonprofit workforce development program known as Project Quest.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:17:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which offers shareholders and the general public protection from fraud and accounting errors, is now almost a decade old.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former finance director of Westmont, Illinois, was recently sentenced for misappropriating more than $45,000 after an accounts payable audit turned up inconsistencies in the village's record, according to the Chicago Tribune.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:14:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent recovery audit found that more than $9,200 had been embezzled from a Salvation Army church in New Philadelphia, Ohio, according to The New Philadelphia Times-Reporter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:11:37 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of Clallam County, Washington, was recently found guilty of stealing between $617,467 and $793,595 from the Treasurer’s Office cash drawer over a period of six years, according to the Peninsula Daily News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:10:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Iowa healthcare system recoups $23 million in recoveries, cost avoidance]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Iowa taxpayers have saved more than $23 million as the result of a state Medicaid integrity incentive program that was introduced last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:09:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission recently ordered former United States Senator John Edwards to repay $2.3 million to the government after an audit found his 2008 campaign was given an overabundance of federal matching funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[The United States Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board recently expanded whistleblower protection under the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act after a university professor offered a convincing argument.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals overspending at North Carolina Marine Corps base ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit identified more than $37,000 worth of overspending on a construction project at North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, according to the Jacksonville Daily News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Controversy has tainted the election process for Arkansas' District 54 House seat, according to WHBQ-TV.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:02:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit revealed that the former office manager for Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Ward Enterprises had misappropriated approximately $118,000 over a span of four years, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The former business manager of a Sharp County, Missouri-based company was recently charged with theft of property and committing an unlawful act involving a computer after an accounts payable audit determined that she had embezzled more than $9,000.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[As part of a state criminal investigation, an accounts payable audit was recently conducted on the Covert school district in Southwest Michigan, according to the Herald Palladium.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit was recently completed on the city of Sturgis, South Dakota, according to a notice of audit obtained by the Meade County Times-Tribune.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:46:37 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis recently included a proviso in the state budget that would give his office the power to follow up on state legislative audits, launch new audits and conduct recovery audits in order to recoup misappropriated funds.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable recovery audit found that the twice-elected treasurer of Goochland County, Virginia, embezzled more than $180,000 of county funds, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The state of Virginia is set to launch a large scale audit of more than a decade's worth of financial documents that were recently seized from the town of Urbanna in Middlesex County, the Daily Press reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[In the wake of a three-month investigation of the Heartland Crime Stoppers by the Lakeland Ledger, the Florida Attorney General's Office is redrafting its reporting practices, according to the newspaper.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to the first Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services report to Congress on the National Recovery Audit program, healthcare providers in Missouri were the most shortchanged in the nation.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Credit union employee pleads guilty after AP audit identifies embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former credit union employee recently pleaded guilty to embezzlement after an accounts payable audit found she had modified loans to misappropriate money, according to The Roanoke Times.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A Detroit police officer was recently suspended from her job after an accounts payable audit uncovered evidence that she had embezzled more than $70,000 over a period of three-and-a-half years, according to WXYZ-TV.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit revealed that the former bookkeeper for Norman, Oklahoma-based Quality Plumbing and Heating embezzled more than $455,000 from the company between 2007 and 2010, according to The Norman Transcript.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:24:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit exposes county agency director's embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, Illinois, recently sued its former executive director after an accounts payable recovery audit determined that he misappropriated more than $900,000 of the organization's funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:21:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers embezzlement in Vermont town ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The discovery of a non-sequential check made payable to an unapproved vendor by the town of Hardwick, Vermont's electrical department last October prompted a thorough accounts payable audit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:20:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Indiana AG sues town clerk after AP audit uncovers embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Following a recovery audit, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller recently filed a civil lawsuit against former Merrillville Town Court clerk Virlissa Crenshaw regarding the repayment of $310,325 in cash and surety bonds that she allegedly diverted.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:14:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Lenders may look favorably upon company audits]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although companies generally dread audits, conducting independent or internal audits may be beneficial in terms of identifying problems before someone else does - especially when applying for loans, according to The Record.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:02:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Semi-automated reviews may place strain on audited hospitals]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Recovery audit contractors have recently implemented a new semi-automated review method for identifying provider overpayments and duplicate payments, according to Fierce Health Finance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:54:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit ordered on Florida city's commercial utilities accounts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recovery audit was recently commissioned on Florida-based Lake Worth Utilities' commercial electric and water accounts after an internal audit uncovered nearly $300,000 in unbilled charges, according to the Orlando Sentinel.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:52:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit uncovers secretary/treasurer's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former secretary/treasurer of Paupack Township, Pennsylvania, recently turned herself in on embezzlement-related charges, according to The News Eagle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:34:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[RAC recovery rate continues to rise]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent report by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services found that recovery audit contractors (RACs) recouped $237.8 million in the six-month period that ended in March, according to The Hill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:32:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit finds hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from charity funds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit of a Tennessee charity found that more than $200,000 was missing from its appropriated funds, the Leaf Chronicle reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:35:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Land development company CFO charged with embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The chief financial officer of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Harris Land Company was recently charged with embezzlement after an accounts payable audit identified inconsistencies in the company's payroll, according to WBTV 3 News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:11:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Common coding problems that RAC's look for ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the threat of a visit from recovery audit contractors (RAC's) looms over healthcare providers, there are several coding problems that hospitals should address before the auditors arrive, according to Becker's Hospital Review.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:09:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Capital gains tax benefit may become a permanent measure]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The White House recently announced a capital gains tax extension on select small business investments as part of a larger initiative to promote entrepreneurship and encourage private-sector investments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:04:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit alerts village officials to ambulance squad treasurer's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit conducted by the Evans Mills Fire Department revealed that the former secretary-treasurer of the Northern New York village's ambulance squad may have misappropriated as much as $11,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:47:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Medical accounts payable/receivable becoming a larger market]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Medical centers and other providers are increasing their demand for a fluid accounts payable and accounts receivable system in the face of rapidly rising debt, writes Michael Klozotsky for insideARM.com.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[PCAOB seeks comment on audit explanation proposal]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a Washington-based auditor watchdog, is currently looking for feedback on proposed changes that may require auditors to explain their work, according to Bloomberg.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:18:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In a recently released report, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission - an independent agency created in 1997 to advise the U.S. Congress on issues affecting Medicare - recommended several strategies to contain medical costs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:17:14 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit uncovers financial mismanagement within New Jersey's halfway house program]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit found New Jersey's state-funded halfway house program - which cost taxpayers more than $64 million last year - to be rife with duplicate payments, overpayments and inconsistent expenditures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Combating company susceptibilities to duplicate payments ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the result of a batch code error, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue recently sent more than 5,000 duplicate payment withdrawal transactions to financial institutions, the Associated Press reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Internal audits could help identify inefficiencies, inaccuracies]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent study by information management company Iron Mountain found that 90 percent of the 5,500 company records managers surveyed believed their businesses to be inefficient.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:08:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to the first CMS report to Congress on the National Recovery Audit program, $175 million in Medicare overpayments and nearly $17 million in underpayments were corrected in fiscal year 2010.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:59:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A Nebraska state audit of the Morrill Public School District has heavily criticized 10 problem areas within the district's financial practices, according to the Chadron News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:11:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Accounts payable audits can help to decrease embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Conducting regular external accounts payable audits is a good way for businesses to quickly identify and minimize the effects of embezzlement, as well as to dissuade employees from potentially stealing from the company in the future.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:09:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An investigation by the Ohio State Auditor recently found the city of Marion to be in material non-compliance after city officials failed to meet the deadline to submit a 2009 annual financial report, according to the Marion Star.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:08:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[RACs have collected $162 million from coding and billing mistakes in 2011]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Recovery audit contractors in the national RAC program have collected more than $313 million since the program was implemented in October 2009. More than half of the funds - $162 million - were collected in the first three months of 2011.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:06:37 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Missouri grain company owners indicted for fraud]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit has found that the owners of Gallatin Grain Company in Gallatin, Missouri, defrauded 110 local farmers of more than $3,113,000, according to the Trenton Republican-Times.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:04:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma regulator calls for AP audits ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission recently recommended introducing regular accounts payable audits of the agency's finances, according to Forbes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:33:27 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.technology-insight.com/News/Oklahoma-regulator-calls-for-AP-audits-.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers church credit union embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former manager of a Henrico County, Virginia-based credit union was recently charged with two counts of embezzlement after an accounts payable audit found she had stolen more than $40,000 from the organization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:24:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[City finance director's embezzlement exposed by AP audit ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former finance director of Wood River, Illinois, was recently charged with theft over $100,000, money laundering and official misconduct after an accounts payable audit found that she had embezzled nearly $143,000 from the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers inadequate financial controls at Georgia school]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recent release of the results of an accounts payable audit conducted on Riverwood High School in Fulton County, Georgia, led to the school principal's resignation, the Buckhead Patch reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:40:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audits reveal California city's inappropriate expenditures ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two accounts payable audits recently released by California chief auditor John Chiang revealed that the city of Montebello misused more than $31 million.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:36:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[County's AP audit reveals lack of receipt-tracking, checks and balances ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[At a recent meeting, independent auditor Mark Hardison presented the results of an accounts payable audit to the commissioners of Georgia's Jasper County, the Monticello News reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:57:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[CMS launches Medicaid recovery audit program ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a final rule to establish the Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors program in a bid to recoup overpayments and duplicate payments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:19:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit of Newfane, New York-based Olcott Fire Company identified an absence of checks and balances that resulted in nearly $68,000 of unsubstantiated disbursements in fiscal year 2010.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:21:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[North Carolina AP audit identifies $48 million in health insurance overpayments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The results of an accounts payable audit recently released by the state of North Carolina identified numerous instances of insurance plan overpayments and duplicate payments for state workers and teachers over the past three years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:43:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bookkeeper receives jail-time after AP audit identifies embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former bookkeeper for a Newport Beach, California-based architectural firm was recently sentenced to two years in prison after an accounts payable audit revealed she had embezzled more than $150,000 from the company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:47:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit exposes insufficient controls, recordkeeping in California city ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit of the city of Lindsay, California, found that poor recordkeeping and a lack of internal controls resulted in financial mismanagement, according to the Fresno Bee.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:13:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Township treasurer pleads guilty to embezzlement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former secretary and treasurer of Paupack Township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, recently pleaded guilty to misdemeanor and felony charges after being accused of embezzling nearly $80,000 earlier this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals county's payroll inconsistencies]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a recent accounts payable audit conducted by the New York comptroller's office, the board of supervisors overseeing financial management for Warren County failed to instate appropriate policies related to employee time tracking.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:42:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Security measures, AP audits can help thwart embezzlers  ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thieves from inside and outside a company can gain easier access to an organization's records and finances if insufficient database security protocols are in effect, according to Dark Reading.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:39:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals Virginia school's accounting shortcomings  ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit conducted by the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts uncovered a variety of weaknesses in the Staunton-based Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind's accounting methods, according to the News Leader.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:06:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Combat employee theft with AP audits, checks and balances ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Employee theft is an unfortunate reality.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.technology-insight.com/News/Combat-employee-theft-with-AP-audits,-checks-and-b.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Former Microsoft employee sentenced for $1.1 million theft ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Between 2003 and 2004, Microsoft accountant Randal Ray Seal embezzled more than $1 million from the company in order to expose alleged flaws in its accounts payable system, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:38:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers Indiana town treasurer's financial mismanagement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The treasurer of Roseland, Indiana, recently resigned after an accounts payable audit revealed inconsistent management of the town's finances, according to WSBT-TV.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:21:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals privatization costs for Nebraska child welfare services]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state of Nebraska recently released the results of an investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services' attempts to privatize child welfare services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:59:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit identifies mishandling of school's cheerleading funds ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit of Bearden Middle School in Knoxville, Tennessee, raised questions about how a teacher and cheerleading coach was handling money meant for the school's cheerleading squad.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Study identifies shortage of skilled finance professionals]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to a recent study by Robert Half International, there is a worldwide shortage of skilled accountancy and finance professionals.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[New type of recovery audit looks into possible errors ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services recently added a new form of recovery audit to their arsenal - semi-automated reviews.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[School activity fund management issues persist despite AP audits, recommendations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Accounts payable audits for the 2009 fiscal year uncovered financial mismanagement of activity funds in many Staunton, Virginia, high schools, according to the Staunton News Leader.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals embezzlement by San Francisco Giants payroll manager]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[At the end of last month, the former payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants baseball team was arrested and charged with wire fraud and fraud in connection with a computer after an accounts payable audit confirmed embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:49:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit rates Missouri county's financial management poorly, uncovers duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Missouri state auditor Tom Schweich recently released an audit of Douglas County that revealed significant financial mismanagement, including the submission of receipts for duplicate payments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:24:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[University vice provost denies misappropriating funds ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The conduct of a former Portland State University vice provost was recently called into question after an recovery audit revealed irregularities between the travel expenses he claimed and the dates he was actually out of the country.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:02:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Employee fired after AP audit uncovers newspaper embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former circulation manager for Kosciusko County, Indiana's Times-Union newspaper was fired earlier this year after an internal AP audit uncovered evidence that she had misappropriated nearly $60,000 worth of funds over a period of six years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:57:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[California teacher's embezzlement revealed by AP audit ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A teacher at Elsinore High School in Wildomar, California, recently pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor embezzlement after an AP audit found that several thousand dollars were missing from the school's graphic arts club account.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:47:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers Massachusetts nonprofit's misuse of state funds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The office of Massachusetts auditor Suzanne Bump recently released a report detailing the results of an accounts payable audit that found evidence of extensive financial mismanagement at an Easthampton-based nonprofit human services provider.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bank president's embezzlement identified by AP audit ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former president of Falmouth, Kentucky-based United Kentucky Bank recently pleaded guilty to stealing approximately 9 percent of the financial institution's funds - more than $2.24 million.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:41:06 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit exposes Idaho Farm Bureau secretary's fund misappropriation ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former secretary for the Bellevue, Idaho-based Blaine-Camas Farm Bureau was recently arraigned on a grand felony embezzlement charge after an internal accounts payable audit found she had allegedly misappropriated more than $35,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:38:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Joplin school board's AP spending balloons in wake of May tornado]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Joplin, Missouri's school board recently approved what is thought to be the largest ever accounts payable bill for the district, the Joplin Globe reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit exposes communications company accountant's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former chief accountant of fiber-optic network SDN Communications recently pleaded guilty to mail fraud after an accounts payable audit revealed that he had embezzled nearly $400,000 from the company between 2000 and 2010.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:56:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Medical necessity a common cause of Medicare claim denials]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the American Hospital Association's May 2011 RACTrac survey, medical necessity is a leading reason for Medicare claim denials through the Recovery Audit Contractor program, Becker's Hospital Review reports. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:50:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[CFO embezzles half a million dollars from D.C. church]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit has found a Maryland man guilty of embezzling more than $500,000 over the course of five years from the National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C., The Gazette reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:01:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit finds fiscal officer mismanaged, embezzled Ohio village funds ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recently released accounts payable audit indicates that the former fiscal officer of the village of Trimble, Ohio, embezzled nearly $62,000 between 2007 and 2009.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:21:05 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Florida AG releases financial report for troubled Crimestoppers chapter]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Florida Attorney General's Office recently released a final state report regarding financial mismanagement within Heartland Crimestoppers, which covers Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties, according to the Lakeland Ledger.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:28:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Public school district identifies cause of FY2010 audit delay ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A third-party consultant has been enlisted to help resolve an ongoing discrepancy that led to a Connecticut public school district being more than one year late to submit its audit for Fiscal Year 2010, according to The Register-Citizen.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Alabama senator's office cited for deficient accounting records]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The office of Rodger Smitherman - a Democrat from Birmingham, Alabama, who used to be the president pro tempore of the state Senate - was recently cited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts for keeping incomplete, disorganized records.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit exposes duplicate Social Services payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit of the Richmond, Virginia, Department of Social Services determined that nearly $12,000 in duplicate payments were issued to a foster parent over a period of approximately two years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:26:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Embezzling school bookkeeper faces fraud charges ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The finance manager of the Kid Street Learning Center Charter School in Santa Rosa, California, was recently found to have embezzled nearly $400,000 from the organization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs or those who aspire to own their own business can easily become overwhelmed when applying for loans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:58:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Minnesota AP audit uncovers embezzlement  ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The business manager of the Chokio-Alberta School District in western Minnesota recently pleaded guilty to wire fraud after an accounts payable audit found that she had embezzled more than $275,000 over approximately one decade.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:09:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Mississippi state auditor releases recovery audit results ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Office of the Mississippi State Auditor recently released a report detailing the misappropriation and misspending of public funds in Fiscal Year 2011, as well as the recovery audit actions taken to recoup and return the funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:33:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Establishing routine internal controls is a necessary component of a strong accounts payable audit system within a business.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:24:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to a recently released report by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, the recovery audit contractor has corrected nearly $685 million in improper payments since fiscal year 2010.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals Michigan workforce development agency's questionable spending ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit has called the spending practices of career placement service Capital Area Michigan Works into question after it was determined that taxpayer money had been used to fund country club memberships.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:24:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers Ohio agency's insufficient payment documentation ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities has uncovered a $1.3 million documentation discrepancy, according to the Columbus Dispatch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:22:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Kansas city audit reveals duplicate payment risk]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit of the city of Clay Center, Kansas, uncovered a risk of duplicate payments in cases when statements are used rather than invoices, according to the Clay Center Dispatch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:08:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Tips to save your company money]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Business owners are always looking for ways to save money while continuing to widen their client base, but the need to do so has been amplified of late due to the current economic climate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Insufficient records mar audit of West Virginia's environmental department]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A series of failings involving the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's computer system has led to problems tracking $23 million worth of permit and fee revenues from the last five years, according to the Daily Journal.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Duplicate payments are a persistent scourge against a company's bottom line, but their occurrence can be minimized if an effective system of checks and balances is put in place.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:58:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers fund misappropriation in Indiana county Clerk's Office]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller recently filed a civil suit against the LaGrange County clerk after an accounts payable audit revealed several instances of fund misappropriation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:13:17 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit exposes Texas county finance chief's mismanagement ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit of Harris County, Texas, found that taxpayers had funded more than $300,000 in travel expenses incurred by its former finance chief, Edwin Harrison, according to the Houston Chronicle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Automation could expedite hospital claims processing ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Leveraging business process automation techniques may help healthcare facilities deal with increased scrutiny from recovery audit contractors, Becker's Hospital Review reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:39:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Embezzling payroll specialist caught by AP audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit found that a former payroll specialist and contract administrator from Rio Vista, California, embezzled nearly $784,000 from her employer, according to The Reporter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:07:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Adams County in southern Pennsylvania are getting ready to elect a controller in preparation for its upgrade to a fifth-class county next year, according to the Gettysburg Times.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:45:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals Iowa school district administrator's fund misappropriation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit revealed that the business manager of Iowa's Lake Mills Community School District used district funds to pay off personal expenses, including those related to travel and credit cards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers embezzlement in Iowa city ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit found that the former clerk of Stockton, Iowa, misappropriated more than $65,000 of city funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers embezzlement within Alaska whaling commission ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Teresa Judkins, the former executive director of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, was recently indicted for misappropriating more than $100,000 of the group's funds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Missouri auditor employs AP audit in school district investigation  ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An ongoing investigation into the financial procedures of a Springfield, Missouri, school district has included an accounts payable audit, a contract analysis and requests for further information related to the district's debt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[The benefits of internal company audits ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Internal accounts payable audits and other controls can help companies to identify and address inaccuracies and inconsistencies before outside investigators come in, according to trade magazine Accounting Age.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:56:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers IDOT's lax financial controls ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit of the Illinois Department of Transportation's expenditures for the last fiscal year identified more than $740,000 in duplicate payments to outside vendors, the Illinois Times reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:37:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Texas hospital reports above average RAC standings ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[After a year of scrutiny by recovery audit contractors, officials at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, Texas, recently reported that the number of audit demand letters received by the healthcare provider have decreased.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:40:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Treasurer embezzled from Massachusetts transportation union, AP audit finds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable recovery audit recently found that a former Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Inspectors Union treasurer allegedly misappropriated more than $250,000 over a period of five years, WCVB-TV reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:20:05 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit exposes embezzling priest ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit of St. John the Baptist Church in Haverhill, Massachusetts, found that former pastor Keith LeBlanc had written himself personal checks that totaled more than $28,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:33:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit uncovers inconsistencies in Louisiana town's finances]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable audit of the Louisiana town of Tullos uncovered a lack of documentation for numerous checks written by former clerk Tonya Pittman, the Town Talk reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:49:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Connecticut beer distributor falls victim to embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former employee of Norwalk, Connecticut-based beer distributor Binding Braurei was recently arrested after an accounts payable audit revealed that she had stolen as much as $123,000 from the company between 2008 and 2010, the Stamford Advocate reports.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[An internal accounts payable audit recently revealed that an employee at liquid dispensing equipment manufacturer Hibar Systems allegedly stole $2.2 million from the company, Durham Region News reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:14:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A high-profile recovery audit of World Wrestling Entertainment by the Connecticut Department of Labor has found that the company owes approximately $7,000 in underpaid unemployment compensation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:15:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[In a recent article for the Times Herald-Record, Charlene Maurer Finerty, founder of New York-based business plan writing service Plans and Profits, recommended thoroughly auditing all company records.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:04:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[American Hospital Association releases updated RAC statistics ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The latest results from the American Hospital Association’s RACTrac report, an ongoing survey that monitors the activity of recovery audit contractors, were recently released for the first quarter of 2011, Becker's Hospital Review reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:44:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP recovery audit highlights financial mismanagement within Social Services ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable recovery audit of Richmond, Virginia's Department of Social Services CSA and Foster Care recently uncovered significant funding mismanagement, including over-billing, duplicate payments and a lack of checks and balances, WTVR reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:59:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Automated accounting pays dividends during tax season]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tax season can be one of the most frustrating times for any business. Having to manage and organize a year's worth of records can be a daunting task.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 09:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Accounts payable audit of Louisville Arena Authority finds conflict of interest]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent presentation to discuss the findings of the Louisville Arena Authority's 2010 accounts payable audit by professional services firm Crowe Horwath LLP has identified a conflict of interest in its payment processes, according to Business First.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 09:38:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to the Chicago Tribune, a state audit has revealed more than $24,000 in questionable spending at a volunteer fire department in the small town of Modale in western Iowa - including more than $4,600 that was spent on alcohol and ice.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 09:34:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to The New York Times, a recent audit has found that Long Island's Henry Viscardi School - a state-supported institution for severely disabled students - overbilled taxpayers by $835,074 over two years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 09:32:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AP audit reveals charity executive's $1 million embezzlement scheme]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nonprofit organization Goodwill, which is funded by a network of retail thrift stores, recently uncovered embezzlement after conducting an accounts payable audit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A new year brings about new opportunities for business, and with it accounts payable departments should consider new ways to maximize their cash flow.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[According to the Boston Herald, the Massachusetts Inspector General (IG) recently found loopholes in the state's free care pool that led to $6 million being spent on duplicate claims.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:42:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable recovery audit found that the town of Keene, New York, had made nearly $262,000 worth of payments to wrong accounts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:33:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[As recovery audit contractors (RAC's) accumulate more claims denials, hospitals must put more resources into improving their claims processing records, according to Becker's Hospital Review.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:06:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An employee at the Shands Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida, was fired last week after an internal audit of the hospital's accounts payable records revealed that approximately $200,000 went accounted for, WJXX-TV reports]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:04:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A three-month investigation into the fiscal records and management operations of the Heartland branch of the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers has revealed numerous financial discrepancies, including duplicate payments and billing irregularities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 07:18:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Accounts payable audit uncovers embezzlement in court clerk's office ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable recovery audit found that more than $130,000 worth of checks were transferred from the Chancery Court Clerk's Office in Memphis, Tennessee, to a company set up by the court's bookkeeper, according to the Commercial Appeal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 10:12:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Lab testing provider settles with state of California following recovery audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Medical laboratory testing provider Quest Diagnostics recently reached a $241 million settlement with the state of California after an independent, statewide recovery audit found that it had violated the state's False Claims Act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 09:14:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[How to prepare for unclaimed property audits ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The largely unknown legal concept of unclaimed property is being resurrected by the state of California in a bid to generate revenue without having to raise taxes, according to Becker's Hospital Review.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 12:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent audit found that the city of New Orleans did not have adequate purchasing and accounts payable controls in 2009 - the period under review - according to the Times-Picayune.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 12:16:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[A recent audit of the Indiana chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors identified negligence, mismanagement and insufficient documentation in the board operations for the group's Indiana chapter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Athletic equipment supplier accepted nearly $1M in duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Attorney's Office recently announced that the former CEO and CFO of the reconditioned athletic equipment supplier Circle System Group have been charged for defrauding schools and universities in New Jersey.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Federal government made more than $125 billion in improper payments in 2010  ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent U.S. House subcommittee hearing found that the federal government made $125.4 billion in improper payments last year, according to WHTM-TV.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit Massachusetts dentist collected unallowable claims, duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent recovery audit has found that a Taunton, Massachusetts-based dentist collected nearly $230,000 in unallowable claims over a period of five years, including just under $5,000 in duplicate payments for orthodontic services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:43:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recovery audits can identify system inefficiencies, facilitate quick corrections]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although recovery audits are intended to identify profits that were lost through duplicate payments, they can also be used to analyze and improve the business practices that resulted in the error being made.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:54:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit finds that New Jersey college president abused school funds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An audit of almost three years of expense reports has found that the former president of Brookdale Community College in Monmouth County, New Jersey repeatedly billed the school for personal expenses, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 10:35:33 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Computing companies are outsourcing to cut legal costs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company have saved millions of dollars in legal fees by outsourcing work to India, according to the Daily Business Review.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:14:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit Federal anti-terrorism grant funds misused by Ohio police chiefs group]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent recovery audit by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog found that the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police mishandled $4.8 million in federal anti-terrorism grants, according to the Greenfield Reporter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit Louisiana housing authority has multiple issues]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent accounts payable recovery audit has found that the Alexandria Housing Authority in Alexandria, Louisiana, owes more than $900,000 to vendors, according to the Alexandria Daily Town Talk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:52:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit contractors' homecare documentation requests found to be inconsistent]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The American Association for Homecare's Regulatory Council recently met to discuss recovery audit activity within the home medical equipment industry, and has identified a plethora of inconsistencies in requested documentation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:06:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An accounts payable audit of North Carolina-based Beaufort Regional Health System (BRHS) found several significant issues, including failure to reconcile certain accounts and resolve accounts payable credit balances in a timely manner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Indiana printer error leads to duplicate tax bills]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A small percentage of property owners in Delaware County, Indiana, will be receiving multiple copies of tax bills as the result of a recent printer error, according to the Star Press.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Louisiana audit finds evidence of fraud within Evangeline Parish]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the Daily World, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor recently released a compliance audit that detailed several significant discrepancies within the Evangeline Parish Police Jury - including overtime and timesheet falsifications.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Accounts payable audit uncovers executive's embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former executive of Minnesota-based Plastics Products Company Incorporated has been charged with theft after submitting more than $68,000 in false expense reports over the past eight years, according to Plastics News.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:34:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[An audit of taxpayer-funded Chicago State University (CSU) has uncovered 41 problems ranging from accounts payable recovery issues to failure to send bills to students for several months during the 2010 spring semester, according to the Chicago Tribune.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Utah city council to create independent audit division]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city council of Salt Lake City, Utah, recently voted to create a legislative audit division that will be independent of the elected auditor in the executive branch of government, according to the Salt Lake City Tribune.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[New Orleans fire department faulted by audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent legislative audit faulted the Grand Isle Fire Department in New Orleans, Louisiana for poor record-keeping and paying more than $20,000 in overtime to its fire chief despite a lack of documentation that he was entitled to it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:36:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Milwaukee clinic audit uncovers embezzlement]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An internal audit has revealed that an accounts payable clerk for Milwaukee Health Services, Incorporated embezzled more than $500,000 from the company before quitting his job last year, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:10:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[California county computer hacked as part of duplicate payment scam]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to The Los Angeles Times, a Ventura County computer that was used to process online payments was recently hacked into as part of an illegal phishing operation that is thought to be based in the Philippines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:09:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[California audit reveals timesheet fraud]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recently released inspector general's report has found that 66 employees at California's Mule Creek State Prison were paid for hours they did not work, according to BusinessWeek.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.technology-insight.com/News/California-audit-reveals-timesheet-fraud.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Reporting requirements law moves closer to repeal]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Senate recently voted 87 to 12 to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a law that would have required businesses to file a 1099 form for every vendor selling them more than $600 in goods annually.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Better understanding of cash flow could help small businesses]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[When it comes to proper management of a business' finances, too many entrepreneurs are losing out on important revenue due to poor cash flow management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:16:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Changes to tax code continue to hamper small business owners]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seemingly constant changes to state and federal tax codes continue to hamper small business owners, and as a result, entrepreneurs are finding themselves spending more and more on their cash flow management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:14:21 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Audit highlights misappropriation of Portland's utility funds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">A recent report from the city auditor of Portland has recommended a clarification of the standards that determine how the city's utility budgets are spent, noting that customers' water or sewer payments were used to fund unrelated projects.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:08:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Michigan audit finds child support payment practices to be sound]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">According to the Detroit News, the Michigan Auditor General recently released a report which concluded that the state's collection and distribution of child support payments is effective. However, several areas that need improvement were also identified.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.technology-insight.com/News/Michigan-audit-finds-child-support-payment-practic.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Wisconsin prisoners were awarded state benefits, audit finds]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">A report by the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau indicated that more than $12 million in benefit payments and other charges were made in the 2009 fiscal year - at least $250,000 of which went to prison inmates, according to the Chicago Tribune.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:42:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Technology playing a bigger role in various accounting needs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">A new survey has revealed that technological solutions are playing a bigger role in many forms of accounting requirements, ranging from account payable audits to accepting payment.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Tips for ensuring sufficient recovery audit contractors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">A recovery audit is a very sensitive practice, particularly for hospitals. It can expose practices that may have caused financial hardships on a facility.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:44:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Stay alert for these coding issues often discovered by RACs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">It is the job of recovery audit contractors to figure out what is forcing a business or facility from operating at peak efficiency.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[How hospitals can better prepare for recovery audit contractors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Dealing with claims made by recovery audit contractors can be a very time-consuming task for hospitals.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Tips for avoiding duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Duplicate payments not only frustrate a business manager because they represent poor internal controls, but they can be very damaging to a company's bottom line.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:37:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Filing requirements a new hurdle for accounts payable departments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">The overhaul of the nation's healthcare system put a number of benefits into law, but one mandate that has business owners and lawmakers collectively up in arms is the new filing of Form 1099s.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Iowa gambling center ordered to repay funds following recovery audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">A recovery audit of the Eastern Iowa Center for Problem Gambling requires the center to pay back more than $100,000 follow a recent accounts payable audit of the center, which closed in 2008.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[City will submit to audit to uncover inconsistencies in payments  ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">The town of Colerain, Ohio, will submit to an accounts payable audit to uncover why officials have been consistently late on making payments, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:23:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Poor financial management leads to dismissal of Oregon health leaders]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">The two individuals in charge of Oregon's Seniors and People with Disabilities Division have been removed from their posts</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Nebraska lawmakers to use recovery audits to reduce healthcare costs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Lawmakers in Nebraska took the first step to limit the state's Medicaid spending by passing a bill that would authorize a recovery audit, The Associated Press reports.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:43:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Louisiana university found responsible for poor auditing ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">The University of Louisiana-Monroe was found responsible for poor auditing during a two-year stretch from 2008 to 2010, according to the Franklin Sun.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Benefits of process mapping]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Process mapping can help accounts payable departments develop a clear portrait of their workflows potentially demonstrating areas that can be more efficient and exposing areas where waste and errors such as duplicate payments can be eliminated.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:47:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Best practices to reduce AP invoice errors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Efficiently handling invoices and implementing methods to reduce errors such as duplicate payments are essential responsibilities for accounts payable departments.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Increasing efficiency with automation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">A growing number of accounts payable departments are pursuing automation, and for those that are on the fence, sooner is better than later to begin implementing technology enhancements.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:11:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Accounting automation can provide data to support corporate decision making]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">In order to develop a business strategy and plan new projects and initiatives, managers need to have access to accurate and up-to-date financial data.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Improving cash management with automation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Poor cash management is one of the main reasons nine out of 10 companies fail, according to Ernst &amp; Young, making it imperative that financial officers focus on cash forecasting and automating cash management processes.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:57:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Eliminating accounts payable errors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Minimizing payment errors, which can negatively impact an entire company's finances, continues to be a difficult task for accounts payable departments.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:56:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Eliminating paper in accounts payable]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Accounts payable departments that are attempting to eliminate the use of paper in their operations have an intimidating task to accomplish.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Optimizing accounts payable and accounts receivable]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">As companies struggle to boost profits in the wake of the recession, many are trying to optimize their accounts payable and accounts receivable processes to ensure that no payments are lost due to errors.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Companies focus on lowering DPO and DSO to improve their working capital performance]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">In the wake of the recession, companies have been working to replenish inventories and recover overdue payments to help get their operations back on track.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:05:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart maintains high accounts payable, boosts its working capital performance]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, has been able to attain its status with a successful working capital strategy.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:49:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Improved accounts payable management could boost businesses cash flow]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although the economic downturn has placed considerable financial  pressure on American businesses, many companies have the potential to  boost their cash flow by carefully managing their accounts payable.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:06:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Burger King boosts operational efficiency by automating accounts payable process]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recession forced many businesses to make deep staff cuts, and accounting departments were certainly not spared.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:32:55 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Complying with accounting standards ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the primary tasks that accounting departments are responsible for  is to consistently provide accurate financial data to stakeholders and  executives.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:46:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Leveraging imaging systems in construction operations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Contractors have to handle numerous and complex administrative functions, which come with a high risk for errors that can impact construction firms' bottom lines.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Manufacturer recovers lost payments thanks to recovery audit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Roquette America, a corn-based starch and syrup manufacturer, brought in a third party accounts payable recovery audit firm to save costs and boost its bottom line.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:39:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Improved accounts payable processes vital in weak economy]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">During a weak economic period when less revenue is coming in, improving accounts payable processes is a crucial step organizations can take to boost their bottom lines.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:06:34 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Achieving AP efficiency in the supply chain]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Distributors can make their accounts payable and accounts receivable  processes more efficient by improving their collaboration with suppliers  and partners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[More small businesses automating accounts payable]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Small and midsize companies are starting to adopt accounts payable automation solutions in greater numbers.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Optimizing financial shared services]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">While financial shared services can increase efficiency for accounts payable departments, there are steps that organizations can take to get the most from the partnership.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:38:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Study shows that AP automation can minimize errors]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Last year, International Accounts Payable Professionals and Brainware prepared a Global Trends in Automated Data Capture in AP study in order gauge how accounting professionals across six continents automated their operations.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:53:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Publisher's accounts payable department automates to help minimize duplicate payments, facilitate audits]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">GateHouse Media, a $600 million-a-year publisher of newspapers and business directories, had a complicated accounting system in place in early 2009, with decentralized initial receipt and more than 200,000 paper invoices a year.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Financial shared services help businesses reduce costs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The value of business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing is expected to increase this year, according to research firm TPI.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:37:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Shell Oil incurs $12 million in duplicate payments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; " class="Apple-style-span">Shell Oil retail customers recently faced more than $12 million in duplicate payments as a result of an internal communications issue, according to the company.</span></span>]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:36:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[CEOs and CFOs are expected to invest more money into accounts payable automation in 2011 as the economy continues to recover.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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