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No debate over accounting officer model in U.K., says former British accounting officer
In the U.K.'s accounting officer model, which has been in place since 1866, deputies, or 'permanent secretaries,' have a personal responsibility for financial management 'under the minister'
Following controversial resistance from the government over the new "accounting officer" regime for deputy ministers, a former accounting officer visiting from the U.K. told a seminar on the Hill last week that the system is a longstanding tradition in the United Kingdom and there is "no debate" ...
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