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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

The Reorganization of Federal Accounting.

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HMHarvey C. MansfieldHarvard University Press

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Discusses reorganizing federal accounting to improve central financial control, highlighting essential procedural changes.

Key Points

  • The aim is to identify and analyze organizational problems in federal accounting beyond individual departments.
  • Discusses current problems in federal accounting organization and procedures
  • Analyzes proposed reorganization bills in Congress from 1938
  • Evaluates the relationship between control and audit functions in federal accounting
  • Identifies that existing practices stem from current organizational structures
  • Highlights the need for clear separation between control and audit responsibilities
  • Demonstrates potential benefits of establishing a Congressional Joint Committee on Public Accounts

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Harvey C. Mansfield (1940) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba427c4e9516ffd37a2c15https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-7046078
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  1. 1THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.1942
  2. 2SUGGESTIONS TO THE COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT.1948
  3. 3FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.1949
  4. 4A REVIEW OF IMPROVEMENTS IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING.1953
  5. 5WANTED: MORE COST ACCOUNTING FOR GOVERNMENT.1947