A Special Section: Negotiating and Psychoanalysis: Some Common Aspects of Practice

Negotiation Journal -     

Controlling Internal Controls

Two recent examinations of management practices in three federal departments provide contemporary evidence of the need to incorporate procedures like those of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the public sector. Although each department established what appeared to be well-designed internal controls, all lacked sufficient monitoring and assessment of the efficacy of those controls. By requiring senior management to attest to the strength of their control mechanisms, as required by the newly revised OMB Circular A-123, the quality of this monitoring should improve. Findings from a recent study of private-sector implementation of these reforms are described, along with suggestions for public administration research and practice at all levels of government.     

对地（区）、县非公有制经济代表人士担任工商联主席及进入同级政协领导班子问题的调查与思考

地（区）、县非公有制经济代表人士担任工商联主席及进入同级政协领导班子对于促进“两个健康”，做好新时期非公经济统战工作的重大意义和客观必要性。提出了积极稳妥地推进工作的具体意见和建议。