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(August 14, 2006) Special Report The Niroomand World Tour: Asia in 2001 An Investigative Series on CoB Travel "This "Special Report" continues a multi-part examination of Employee Travel Vouchers in USM's College of Business. In this report, we examine the details of another "Academic Visit" made by CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand (also Professor of Economics). Niroomand made an "Academic visit" to Hong Kong and Tokyo in August of 2001. The details of this trip are interesting, as readers will see below...".

(August 15, 2006) CoB Administrators in Their Own Words "'I was outraged. These supervisors were betraying the public's trust and stealing from their friends and neighbors." "There was indeed a 'culture of corruption.' New supervisors learned how the game was played from experienced supervisors, and many could not resist the temptation.'" [Former Director of USM's School of Accountancy James Crockett describing his feelings when news broke that county Supervisors were embezzling money from county governments across his 'beloved Mississippi.' Crockett also speaks of what he discovered while researching for his book Operation Pretense: The FBI's Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi. Quote #1 from University Press of Mississippi Press Release. Quote #2 from USMPR Press Release.]...".

(August 17, 2006) Santa Came Early in 2005! How Did You Spend Your $500? "Take a look at the e-mail below, dated 18 October 2005, from Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand to CoB Chairs, Dean Doty, and Melia Hartsfield:...".

(August 20, 2006) Invitation or Invoice? A Look at the Cost to the CoB of "Invitations" to its Faculty "This report examines one of the patterns that researchers are finding as USMPRIDE.COM explores the CoB's travel vouchers. That pattern is one of CoB faculty being "invited" the speak at various places overseas, only to have the CoB pick up the tab after all is said and done. To date we have discovered three such cases, one involving Farhang Niroomand (Associate Dean and Professor of Economics) and two involving Chang Tseh-Hsieh (Professor of MIS). These are presented in Exhibit 1 below...".

(August 20, 2006) Special Report David Sharp "Invited" Home to Memphis An Investigative Series on CoB Travel "This "Special Report" continues a multi-part examination of Employee Travel Vouchers in USM's College of Business. In this report, we examine the details of an "Invitation" to present a paper in Memphis received by David Sharp (Assistant Professor of Economics) in February 2003. The details of this trip are interesting, as readers will see below...".