Historical Background One of the nation's founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, stated in 1802, "We might hope to see the finances of the Union as clear and intelligible as a merchant's book, so that every member of Congress and every man of any mind in the Union should be able to comprehend them. " [Tay11]. ... In order for the DoD Comptroller to achieve these goals for the major end-users, the DoD utilizes the GAO's Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, or otherwise known as the "Green Book. "The Green Book provides financial management personnel criteria fo...

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Spirituality, although it has always been surrounded by mysticism and uncertainty, has been an integral part of the human psyche since the emergence of the modern man (Buckman 31). There is evidence that even Homo sapiens from the Paleolithic era (ca. 120,000 BC - 8,000BC) believed in a spiritual wo...

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George Grote, in his book History of Greece (1846–1856), argued that only by giving every citizen the vote would people ensure that the state would be run in the general interest. ... The Assembly or Ecclesia, was a seemingly limited franchise which bore similarity to modern day democracies where only free citizens of a minimum age, say eighteen and of sound mind can participate in the governance process especially elections. ...

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Herodotus wrote the Histories so "...that human achievements may not become forgotten in time, and great and marvelous deeds- some displayed by Greeks, some by barbarians-may not be without glory" (¶ 1.1). Here he begins his work of telling the past yearning for the truth. This gives us the immediate view as Herodotus the historian. However, there has been much debate as to the reliability of Herodotus' history, wherein the sensational nature of the content of the Histories leaves historians skeptical as to whether the historic narratives are factual data, or are lavished ...

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