Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01

schedule of stationery and supplies used in
each department: how it is determined as
to the qualities and quantities of supplies
needed: what cooperation there Is with
other departments; who prepares the spec
ificationS in connection with purchases,
whether supplies that are received are
tested; what proportion of supplies are pro-
cured under provisions of law by advertise
ment, exigency contracts. etc: the method
OF reaching bidders for supplies. and TO
what extent are newspaper advertisements
used: the method OF passing on proposals;
the samples that are required; the financial
responsibility of bonds and the number of
men handling supplies that are bonded The
last question is whether suggestions can be
made as to securing economy in supplies
the standardization of these supplies, etc
Accounts and Miscellaneous.
1t is asked whether unnecessary books
are kept. whether there is duplication in
any respect, and whether there is admin
istrative examination before going to the
auditor. These are followed by questions
seeking to ascertain as to the methods
of inspecting books. examination of
claims, the certification of pay-rolls The
following are some of the important
questions asked under this heading:
How long after acceptance of articles
purchased. or work done by contractors,
and presentation of their accounts, are
same settled and paid?
How long after presentation of ac-
counts for travel or other expenses by
employees are same paid?
Does your bureau or office collect or re-
ceive any miscellaneous income of the gov
eminent, as. for example, from fees, safes
of condemned property, waste, documents,
cash? If so, are such receipts in checks or
cash? 1t checks, how are same collected?
What system of safeguards Is used in con-
nection with such receipts and their deposit
in the treasury? How and by whom are
the accounts relating to the same examined?
HAS there been rigid enforcement in
your department of the provision or section
I, act of March Is, 1898, go Stat. BID, re-
quring monthly reports as to the condition
of public business in the several bureaus
and divisions of your department to be
made to the head of the department?
Has the executive work in your depart
ment, in any bureau division. been I'M
necessarily hampered by the action of the
accounting OF auditing officers? If so, give
specific instances.
rs the executive work in your depart
ment. in any bureau or division. unneces-
Sarily hampered by fiscal restrictions or
regulations interfering with executive dis
| cretion?
IF the. government published an Of
| fetal gazette. containing executive orders,
statements of changes of organization or
personnel advertisements of all govern
ment contracts, notice of civil service ex-
aminations, legal notices not required to be
| published locally. and reports of important
work begun, in process or completed by any
department. are there any other matters
connected with the work of your depart
ment which should be published in such
gazette?
rs there anything in the nature of an Of
| fetal gazette now published relating ex-
cluSively to the work in your department,
| or any bureau or division thereof? If So
| under what authority of law is the same
publshed?'