1.   The Review Committee is made up of individuals with no previous connection with the audit registration process.

2.   Alternatively, if used as part of the external audit process, a contract audit may demonstrate to one party that the contract is being managed efficiently and effectively.

3.   Hence the audit process was entirely medically controlled, participation was voluntary, standards set locally and the results kept absolutely confidential.

4.   A similar suit challenging the overall fairness of the audit process was filed last fall in U.S. District Court in California.

5.   Hospital officials also complained that the audit process itself is coercive.

6.   Through the audit process, the experts said, government investigators are able to make certain findings about a few areas of concern.

7.   Zimmerman, meanwhile, is already talking about strengthening the internal audit process.

8.   Peregrine said it will seek to retain its listing during the audit process being undertaken by its new accountants, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

9.   For example, there is no audit process in place to evaluate whether projects that received the tax breaks actually complied with federal guidelines after they received the money.