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Listing of “Audit Status” for all ABC Members on ABC website (effective August 1, 2005)
To access the new Audit Status tool, click on "Reports and Data Access" and then enter your member number, user name and password in the fields provided.
Beginning August 1, 2005, the ABC website will now contain an “Audit Status” listing. This listing will identify the following information for all open audits for ABC publishing members:
- Current status
- Date of last activity (applies to current status)
- Date of last completed audit
- If audit has been assigned to auditor, the status of the open audit
All audits will carry one of the following descriptors, as applicable:
Released (date) – this will identify audits that are released and available to members.
Final report process – this will identify audits that have all field work completed and are working their way through the internal review process – to include audits that may be out on proof.
Assigned, pending arrival of auditor – to be used whenever an audit has been assigned to an auditor, however the auditor has not commenced work on the assignment.
Audit in progress – this term will identify all audits where work is underway however the auditor has not completed the assignment.
Publisher requested delay in audit – to be used only when an audit has been started and the publisher wishes to defer the start to a point outside the ‘expected time parameters’ for a publication in the division (e.g. six months for newspapers; nine months for periodicals).
On hold, awaiting publisher data – this will describe situations where the auditor is in a position to start, or continue, an audit assignment, however the publisher has not supplied all the data necessary to complete the assignment.
On hold, awaiting auditor – to annotate cases in which ABC has initiated an audit but the auditor left prior to completing the audit for reasons out of the publisher’s control.
Updated Posting 7/22/05
Originally Posted 3/29/05
