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He can't verify the delivery of every bucket of paint
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before a check is issued, this would take too long, but
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what you do is try to place responsibility by getting
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certifications from responsible people.
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Then we have an internal audit function, which
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is the follow-up of the pre-audit and this is checking the
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procedures and controls and accounts to verify their
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integrity, and it's to make sure that the signature which
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says the paint came in means the paint actually did come
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in and it is accounted for. I think the Comptroller's
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Office must have a staff to verify the transactions, an
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internal audit staff or else you cannot hold him responsibli
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for the integrity of the system.
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Now, in ray too years in Maryland, I have heard
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frequent criticisms of the State for raising taxes when
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there were substantial surpluses at the State level. It is
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my understanding that the State uses substantially the same
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system as we use in Montgomery County, that is, we fund
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appropriations. It's a term that was new to me when I came
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down here. What it means is you provide a tax dollar for
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every dollar of appropriation, but the appropriation is the
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