Government Controllers & Auditors

Byline: Samuel S. Spencer Jr. As a community banker in New Mexico for more than three decades, I am compelled to respond to recent news articles and opinion pieces that overstate the level...

Walker to bring message of fiscal responsibility to People Helping People sales associates at Las Vegas sales conference WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Financial services company People Helping People (PHP) has invited David Walker...

Finance professor Darrell Duffie of the Stanford Graduate School of Business proposes alternative capital requirements for banks to eliminate potential unintended consequences of financial reform STANFORD, Calif. -- When the Dodd-Frank financial regulations...

The Nassau Hub has been ripe for redevelopment for years, and despite County Executive Ed Mangano's latest announcement that he's seeking a private developer for the parcel, many remain skeptical anything will happen...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In light of the House Energy and Commerce Committee report issued yesterday on the outbreak of Listeria associated with Colorado-based Jensen Farms cantaloupe, a California-based food safety program is echoing...

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- PacTrust Bank, the subsidiary of First PacTrust Bancorp (Nasdaq:BANC), today officially opened the doors to its first branch in Los Angeles County, located at 1880 Century Park East in...

New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has agreed to conduct a comprehensive audit of Nassau County's contracting procedures, following a request by the Nassau Interim Finance Authority. At its Dec. 22 meeting, the...

A new statewide audit by New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has found that the majority of local taxing entities are staying within the recently enacted 2 percent property tax cap. Using 200 state...

Leader in user virtualization adds well-known venture capitalist and former Microsoft veteran to its board NEW YORK -- AppSense, the leading provider of user virtualization technology, today announced the appointment of John Connors...

With the Valley area's redevelopment agencies set to shutter, local officials are fearful they've lost a tool to kick-start economic development. And they're howling that redevelopment assets they attempted to shield from the...

3 hours ago UK - Regulation of defined contribution (DC) schemes is to be reviewed by the National Audit Office (NAO) in an effort to ascertain whether current regulation by the Pensions Regulator...

Just days after creating a task force to review the efficiencies of government, newly elected Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has created another, this one charged with reviewing the budget. Bellone's Budget Review...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d2c4d1/australia_smart) has announced the addition of the "Australia - Smart Meters in Victoria - Case Study" report to their offering. In 2010/2011 the State of Victoria embarked on...

The Republican transportation chairs in the state House and Senate plan to charge into the 2012 legislative session with the beginnings of an effort to take away the Metropolitan Council’s traditional role in...

The New York success story is over. The city's economy, which suffered less and recovered faster from the recession than the nation did, hit a snag in the second half of 2011. Job...

The new Cuyahoga County government celebrates its first birthday Jan. 3 with 365 fewer employees, a more rigorous ethics policy and a plan to start spending from its $100 million economic development fund....

Editor's Note: Eugene A. Ludwig is founder and CEO of Promontory Financial Group. He was U.S. Comptroller of the Currency from 1993 to 1998. Promontory, based in Washington, D.C., is a global financial...

ViewPoint Financial Group Inc. and Highlands Bancshares Inc. recently announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby ViewPoint will acquire Highlands and its subsidiary bank, the First National Bank of...

Sizing Up the Top Senate Race STATE SENATOR CURRENT CLIMATE FLORIDA Sen. Bill Nelson The Florida Senate race has changed greatly now that Rep. Connie Mack IV (R-Fla.-14) has become a candidate. HAWAII...