In the modern information society, information becomes a commodity, to be subjected to the laws of the market place. Cost, price and customer value, ease of access, delivery times, information quality became factors that will dominate the information marketp lace in much the same way as they dominate the traditional market place.
A migraine headache is a severe pain that is typically on one side of the head but sometimes on both sides. The pain is mostly in the front around the temples or behind one eye. Migraines can occur at any time of the day and can last a few hours or up to one or two days. Migraine attacks can be very intense, forcing the sufferer to abandon normal daily activities. Migraine is commonly experienced between the ages of 15 and 55, most of these sufferers have a family history of migraine and women are affected more than men.
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) completed a follow up audit to the OIG’s Audit of the Office of Debt Collection Management’s Implementation of the Collection Litigation Automated Support System, Report Number 01-15. In that audit, which was issued on July 3, 2001, we identified discrepancies between civil debt collections reported by the United States Attorneys (USAOs) and the litigating divisions with the Department of Justice (Department) Treasury account deposits for FY 1998 and FY 1999, as reported by the Justice Management Division’s (JMD) Debt Accounting Operations Group (DAOG); and inconsistencies between the fiscal year ending civil debt balance and the subsequent year’s beginning civil debt balance reported by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) for those fiscal years.
Civil debt that has been established as an amount owed the United States Government may be referred to the Department for collection from other federal agencies, or may originate from litigation at the Department. Civil debt is collected through litigation by the 94 U.S. Attorneys (USAOs) and the 5 litigating divisions within the Department that have authority to collect debts through litigation. Additionally, civil debt may be collected by Private Counsel offices1 within certain judicial districts. The Office of Debt Collection Management (DCM) is the office within JMD that annually reports the status of the Department’s collection efforts. The DCM is responsible for overseeing the collection of debt and developing programs to support the collection of debts by USAOs and the litigating divisions within the Department.
