Both approaches are the opposite of formal audits where the auditors, not the business unit staff, will perform the assessment.

The accessibility of the data for international audit and verification also varies, with formal audit having been undertaken only in the Canadian trials.

Hackworth threatened to sue CBS and requested a formal audit of his military records.

While reviewing the questionnaires, Ms. Lerner said, the agency may decide to conduct formal audits of some hospitals, with a full-scale examination of their records.

Meanwhile, OPM's internal watchdog plans to launch two formal audits of the website relaunch.

After the risk management plan is implemented, it is tested and evaluated, often by means of formal audits.

Federal regulators overseeing the portfolio would not comment on that practice, arguing that they would first like to finish a formal audit of these mortgages.

And there was never a formal independent audit to verify whether the remarkable returns reported by the funds were real.

The next month, the Air Force was informed of the GAO's planned formal audit.

The results of the formal audits or reviews have to be documented, reported to the project manager and discussed (feedback) with the authors/developers.