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	IS Auditing Guideline: G19 Irregularities and Illegal Acts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Irregularities, which are not otherwise defined above, do not include any failure by the organisation to adhere to management policies, nor improper conduct of the organisation in carrying out its function.
		Irregularities and illegal acts that are common to a particular industry or have occurred in similar organisations
		In determining the appropriate persons to whom to report an irregularity or illegal act, the IS auditor should consider all relevant circumstances, including the possibility of senior management involvement.
	www.isaca.org /template.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4875 (2184 words)

	Consequences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Such irregularities affect the valid calculation of the Academic Performance Index (API) for a school and, therefore, the school's eligibility for awards based on API growth.
		Awareness of testing irregularities comes from three general sources, one that may occur during the testing period, and two others that generally occur after the testing is over.
		When the irregularity involves a school staff member, a written account is required, detailing the circumstances, dates, subject areas, school name(s), number of staff and students involved, and any other pertinent information.
	www.sbcss.k12.ca.us /sbcss/candiadmin/misc_res/consequences.htm (684 words)

	ADA.org: NBDE: Examination Irregularities and Appeals
		An irregularity is defined as a situation in which an examination fails to measure the ability of a candidate.
		When an irregularity is reported by a test administrator or noted during the processing of answer sheets, scores of the candidate or candidates involved, whether they be copiers or those copied from, will be withheld and may be voided.
		Moreover, candidates should be aware that reports of irregularities may have consequences which go beyond the withholding of the candidate's scores if the irregularities are brought to the attention of the school authority or governmental regulatory bodies.
	www.ada.org /prof/ed/testing/natboard/irregularities.asp (631 words)

	Conlang: Intermediate Irregularities - Wikibooks
		Adding irregularities to your conlang is a must if you want it to feel more 'naturalistic'.
		Despite their name, most kinds of irregularities can be classed into groups.
		Sound changes cause irregularities by changing a word differently depending on what form it is in.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Conlang:_Intermediate_Irregularities (346 words)

	IS Auditing Guideline: G9 Audit Considerations for Irregularities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Irregularities include, but are not limited to, deliberate circumvention of controls with the intent to conceal the perpetuation of fraud, unauthorised use of assets or services, etc., and abetting or helping to conceal these types of activities.
		Irregularities which could have a material effect on the area under audit, or on the organisation as a whole, will be identified
		In addition, irregularities should be reported to the board of directors, audit committee of the board, or equivalent body, except for matters that are clearly insignificant in terms of both financial effect and indications of control weaknesses.
	www.isaca.org /standard/guide16.htm (1521 words)

	ASSESSMENT IRREGULARITIES: A DISCUSSION GUIDE FOR CURRENT ISSUES IN TEST ADMINISTRATION
		Cheating, perceived as the main assessment irregularity of concern in 1985, is viewed eleven years later as only one of a number of factors which can adversely affect assessment results.
		The traditional view of assessment irregularities (the focus of the 1985 NATD Symposium, "Cheating on Standardized Tests") placed blame on individuals who are consciously looking for a short cut which will influence the results of assessments.
		A large scale writing assessment provides information to teachers that the "writing experience should be as much like the normal classroom writing experience as possible." This has been interpreted by many teachers as meaning that students should be able to use word processors (with spell-check) if the school has access to this resource.
	www.natd.org /Gliden96.htm (739 words)

	Reporting Irregularities & Discrepancies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is the policy of the department that employees and department officials promptly report irregularities and discrepancies involving public funds or property, including material internal control weaknesses, to the appropriate authorities.
		Employees and department officials are responsible for reporting irregularities and discrepancies involving public funds or property.
		These responsibilities are contained in Public Act 431 of 1984, as amended, Section 487 of the DMB Act, and extend to purely internal matters, as well as external matters involving the public.
	www.michigan.gov /techtalk/0,1607,7-167-21005_23700_31915---,00.html (574 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Letters / Voting irregularities
		THE ARTICLE "Media accused of ignoring election irregularities" (Living/Arts, Nov. 17) can be commended for balanced reporting, but its placement in the back of the newspaper suggests that the headline rings true.
		If vote fraud took place, it would be extremely difficult to ascertain because there is no paper trail, computers and software in service are hackable, and memory chips...
		If vote fraud took place, it would be extremely difficult to ascertain because there is no paper trail, computers and software in service are hackable, and memory chips look identical.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2004/11/20/voting_irregularities (261 words)

	The Hindu : MLAs seek inquiry into irregularities
		Naik, who represents Harpanahalli, strongly objected to it and said that there had been irregularities in all taluks and an inquiry should be conducted into them.
		He was not against an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in Harpanahalli taluk alone.
		But the alleged irregularities in public works in other taluks of the district should also be investigated, he added.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/01/21/stories/2004012101270300.htm (223 words)

	ITworld.com - Study finds e-voting irregularities in Florida
		Hout said that the odds of the Florida irregularities happening by chance were less than one in a thousand and he called for an examination of the results.
		The irregularities did not account for enough votes to give the state to Democratic challenger John Kerry, who lost to Bush in Florida by more than 377,000 votes.
		Hout was unable to explain why some e-voting counties would experience irregularities while others did not, but he said that the irregularities were more likely to occur in counties that voted for Democratic candidate Al Gore in 2000.
	www.itworld.com /Tech/2987/041119evote/pfindex.html (839 words)

	PATRIOTS Protests Widespread Irregularities and Violence : QC IMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Joe Dizon, one of the initiators of the group, "This prayer assembly is an expression of disgust over the irregularities and violence that happened over what is supposed to be a democratic exercise.
		Widespread irregularities continued during the counting of votes.
		Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the QC Independent Media Centre.
	qc.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=571 (366 words)

	The China Post
		As to the management of the Thai laborers, whose riot on Aug. 21 to protest inhumane treatment mirrored a series of irregularities in the project, reportedly involving Taiwan and Thai officials and labor brokerage firms, the team said that it will pursue the responsibility of those officials who were in charge.
		Chang said among the major irregularities were the great discrepancy between the payment to Thai laborers and the government payment to contractors, and the violation of the contract signed between the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Bureau and the construction firm, that domestic workers should enjoy priority for employment on the MRT project, among others.
		In addition, Chang noted that acting Kaohsiung Mayor Yeh Chu-lan should also be held responsible for her failure to supervise the construction of the Kaohsiung MRT project, because in her capacity as a minister of transportation and communications, Yeh appropriated a special budget to finance the project.
	www.chinapost.com.tw /i_latestdetail.asp?id=31834 (546 words)

	2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	IRREGULARITIES and GRIEVANCES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since faculty, students and staff have a stake in these goals, the responsibility of all is to discourage academic irregularities by preventative measures and by insuring that appropriate action is taken when irregularities are discovered.
		Thus, FAU has an honor code requiring a faculty member, student or staff member to notify an instructor when there is reason to believe an academic irregularity is occurring in a course.
		The department heads written statement of action taken pursuant to the conference will be delivered to the student and the dean of the college administering the course.
	www.fau.edu /~jordanrg/irreg.htm (968 words)

	Irregularities - NBEO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During a test, there may be administrative irregularities that might unwittingly be detrimental to candidate performance.
		Examples of such irregularities are an electrical power outage, poor lighting, and loud extraneous noise.
		Such an irregularity may impair candidate performance without the candidate having done anything contributory.
	www.optometry.org /irregularities.cfm (251 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: House Democrats cite irregularities with Ohio's voting
		The report also contends there was intimidation and misinformation, improper purging of voter-registration lists, a lack of inspection for about 93,000 ballots where no vote was cast for president, and vote totals not matching registration numbers or exit-poll data.
		"In many cases, these irregularities were caused by intentional misconduct and illegal behavior, much of it involving Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio," the report said.
		The report was sent with a letter signed by 24 House Democrats to Senate leaders, claiming that the "massive and unprecedented extent of irregularities in Ohio raise grave doubts" about the state's electoral votes.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002142576_ohiovote06.html (461 words)

	Boston.com / News / Politics / Presidential candidates / Media accused of ignoring election irregularities
		In the days after Nov. 2, the Internet was abuzz with charges from partisans that voting irregularities might have cost John F. Kerry the White House.
		But she also argued that, with the election results not being disputed, "the public interest angle was not enough to keep [voter irregularities] in the sights of political reporters.
		Olbermann said there are a number of reasons much of the media have not been pursuing the story as ardently as he is, including "a love-hate [relationship] with the blogs.
	www.boston.com /news/politics/president/articles/2004/11/17/media_accused_of_ignoring_election_irregularities?mode=PF (937 words)

	Menstrual Irregularities, Heavy Bleeding, Spotting - Alternative Remedies
		Sometime in your 40s or late 30s you may experience these irregularities that signal perimenopause, or the beginning.
		Its greatest use is in normalizing the activity of female sex hormones, and it is indicated for dysmenorrhea, premenstrual stress and other hormone disorders.
		Heavy bleeding (flooding) is one irregularity that is typical among menopausal and premenopausal women.
	www.project-aware.org /Managing/Alt/menstrual.shtml (2249 words)

	The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Bob Fitrakis
		Emerging revelations of voting irregularities coupled with well-documented Republican efforts at voter suppression prior to the election suggests that in a fair election Kerry would have won Ohio.
		The voting irregularities suggest that Bush is the first Republican President to win the presidency without winning the actual Ohio vote.
		The mainstream media, instead of investigating the massive irregularities, are busy concocting theories as to how all the exit polls, the safeguards for fair elections, were all wrong on election night in the Buckeye State.
	www.freepress.org /columns/display/3/2004/983 (3070 words)

	Audit report of 20 ministries: Tk 1000 cr AL irregularities
		A total of 11 irregularities have been detected in ten projects which include five under the Ministry of LGRD, one each under the Ministry of Communications, Primary and Mass Education, Post and Telecommunications, Planning and two under the Ministry of Education.
		Under the Ministry of LGRD, irregularities involving an amount of Tk 49 crore have been found in the Dhaka Urban Transport Project funded by IDA during 2000-2001 fiscal year.
		The audit team found irregularities and corruption amounting Tk 2.9 crore in three projects—procurement of necessary equipment for development and repair of city streets, the Urban Primary Health Project and Rural Development Project.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/8/3180 (389 words)

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		A reasonable belief or actual knowledge that a financial irregularity is occurring or has occurred.
		All employees of the University are expected to report known or suspected financial irregularities within their responsible unit.
		All parties involved with a financial irregularity must handle the reporting and investigating with appropriate confidentiality and objectivity.
	oregonstate.edu /dept/budgets/FISManual/FIS1403-05.htm (563 words)

	BUILDING CONFIGURATION AND IRREGULARITIES
		In high seismically areas, the code allows for some plan and vertical configurations irregularities but some others are not defined in the code.
		The problem with building irregularities and configurations is they tend to provide secondary stresses in the system that under severe seismic activity can causes failure of one small part that can eventually result in global failure.
		Torsional irregularity - There will always be buildings with unique plans with odd- ball locations of lateral load carrying elements that result in torsional irregularities.
	www.geocities.com /awhitecar/conreg.html (664 words)

	Irregularities mar northern Iraq poll. 31/01/2005. ABC News Online
		Iraq's crunch election has been marred by irregularities and low turnout in Mosul, despite insistence from the US military that voting in the restive northern capital passed off smoothly.
		Kurdish and Christian politicians charged that thousands were unable to vote in Nineveh province because of a lack of ballot papers, sparking riots in one town north of Mosul.
		He said a lack of ballot papers sparked riots in the town of Qaraqush as thousands of furious Christians and Kurds realised they were unable to vote.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200501/s1292228.htm (688 words)

	2004 Ohio Irregularities - dKosopedia
		This page attempts to pull together all the available news about Ohio irregularities and vote counting in the 2004 elections.
		We do not have a count of how many provisionals went to Bush and how many went to Kerry, because in almost every county, the overseas absentee and provisional counts were mixed together.
		However, several other irregularities have been reported, which may not adjust the vote count but have spurred legal action (scroll to Ohio).
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/2004_Ohio_Irregularities (1125 words)

	Iraqi Election Officials Acknowledge Irregularities in Mosul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They also say there were some serious irregularities in the area around Iraq's third-largest city, Mosul.
		Electoral commission official Izzedine al-Mahmoudi says, in the town of Bartala, east of Mosul, more than 15,000 people were unable to vote because election workers did not show up on polling day, due to what he called security reasons.
		He said 40 ballot boxes from Ninevah province, which includes Mosul, were affected by irregularities, and are now under investigation.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-02-07-voa49.cfm (510 words)

	Board orders constituencies to investigate irregularities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Board further said that there are irregularities reaching from a polling station in Megalle Woreda, a polling station in constituency 02 of Gondar town and another station in Abulko constituency in North Wollo Zone of the Amhara State.
		The Board also said that irregularities have been reported from election executives of three polling stations of Woliso 02 constituency in Southwest Shoa Zone and two polling stations of Kuyu constituency of North Shoa Zone both in Oromia State.
		The Board also said irregularities have been reported at two polling stations in Gewane constituency and a polling station in Dupti constituency of Zone 03 in Afar State.
	www.waltainfo.com /EnNews/2005/May/21May05/May21e4.htm (237 words)

	Worst Voter Error Is Apathy Toward Irregularities (washingtonpost.com)
		In Ohio's Warren County, election officials citing "homeland security" concerns locked the doors to the county building where votes were being counted, refusing to allow members of the media and bipartisan observers to watch.
		Much of the media dismisses anxiety over such irregularities as grousing by poor-loser Democrats, rabid conspiracy theorists and pouters frustrated by Kerry's lightning-quick concession.
		Yesterday, Lafayette Square was the scene of a lively rally at which dozens of upbeat, mostly older-than-25 protesters organized by ReDefeatBush.com heard democracy-praising singers, rappers and speakers.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A43630-2004Nov11.html?sub=AR (535 words)

	Irregularities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On scrutiny of papers, it appears that from beginning of the project there were several irregularities.
		Inspite of the fact that the legal advisor of PDB gave opinion to the effect that the Bank guarantee given by M/s.
		The affairs of this project may be investigated in details by appropriate authority for further necessary action.
	www.pmo.gov.bd /wpceng/ghorashal.htm (1633 words)

	CNN.com - Monitor: No reason to nullify poll - Oct 10, 2004
		He said the conclusion was based on reports from the 40 election monitors in his group, as well as from European Union election experts.
		Barry said it was clear from the reports that there were election day irregularities, but Afghanistan law will allow candidates to present any evidence of election fraud.
		In a press conference from the presidential palace, Karzai called on all candidates to respect the wishes of the Afghan people, who endured bad weather in places and long lines to vote democratically for the first time in their lives.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/afghanistan.elections (1322 words)

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