How do you know?

Much of internal control is answering a question that starts with, "How do I know .....?" For example, How do I know that I take my multiple vitamin every day? There are many possible answers to this question, including "I don't really know." For me the answer is that I don't start eating my breakfast until I see my vitamin next to my cereal bowl and when I have finished eating, I make sure that it is no longer there.

If you have a different way to remember your vitamins, or if you have something that you seem to always forget, please comment back to Stu on Patrol so that more good internal controls can be used by more people.

Introduction to Stu on Patrol

Stu Graff is an employee of the Corporation for National and Community Service. He has entered upon a great discovery adventure on July 18, 1998, just over 10 years ago. That adventure is intended to search out new ways to create, enhance, simplify and automate internal controls within the Corporation so that everything works better, easier and with less risk that anything serious will go wrong.

In order to be more vigilante in the never ending search for better ways to organize program and administrative processes Stu is committed to be forever on patrol. That's right! I am Stu on Patrol.

If you have discovered a new internal control technique that we should try here at the Corporation or have come upon a problem that indicates the need to implement a new internal control , please take a few moments to share your thoughts with Stu on Patrol.