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\vJi tjuJJJviU^y^LoJ^LOJ^vvivcbSfoxdta OiomVnXfcfc^ l^okj^ihruyj^ ^jj(MMJ^/l A^QJJAJSU T he Business Management Study Committee for Illinois was appointed in May of 1966 by Governor Kerner to review the general business practices of various agencies of the executive branch. State law and governmental policy were not within the scope of the Committee, nor were the legislature and judicial branches of government. Studies similar to that performed in Illinois had previously been performed in Ohio and in Wisconsin, and were very well received. The ground work for the Illinois study was performed by the MS Committee of the Illinois Society of CPAs. Then, in February, 1966, a Chicago newspaper ran a series of editorials highlighting the work done in Ohio and Wisconsin. The last editorial concluded with the challenge for Governor Kerner to create such a committee within the State of Illinois. On the basis of the editorials and the work done by the Illinois Society and a meeting held early in March, 1966, between Governor Kerner, Mayor Daley, and representatives of the newspaper and the Illinois business community, the committee was created. Committee Structure The Business Management Study Committee itself was composed of eleven leaders in the business community of the State of Illinois. They were men at the presidential and chairman-of- the-board level of their respective companies. The chairman was a partner in a national public accounting firm who is a recognized expert in state and local accounting. The Committee work was performed by a task force of 51 volunteers from various businesses in Illinois. The executive director of the task force was a recently retired partner of a national public accounting firm. Many of the men who volunteered for the task force were very prestigious individuals. Included among them were the chairman of board of a medium-sized company,- partners, managers, and supervisors of public accounting firms,- vice presidents and department heads of large companies; and individuals at the controller-ship or assistant controllership level. Task force members served for varying periods ranging from two weeks to four months. Their salaries and all expenses were paid by their employers. (Five task force men were hired from small CPA firms in Illinois at 70% per diem rates.) 37
Object Description
Title |
Business management study committee for Illinois |
Author |
David, Irwin T. |
Subject |
Finance, Public -- Illinois |
Personal Name |
David, Irwin T. Jones, Theodore A. |
Portrait |
David, Irwin T. Jones, Theodore A. |
Office/Department |
Touche Ross. Chicago Office |
Geographic Location |
llinois |
Citation |
Tempo, Vol. 14, no. 1 (1968, March), p. 37-42 |
Date-Issued | 1968 |
Source | Originally published by: Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart |
Rights | Copyright and permission to republish held by: Deloitte |
Type | Text |
Format | PDF page image with corrected OCR scanned at 400 dpi |
Collection | Deloitte Digital Collection |
Digital Publisher | University of Mississippi Library. Accounting Collection |
Date-Digitally Created | 2010 |
Language | eng |
Identifier | Tempo_1968_March-p37-42 |