[Jane Long]

Link requires me to subscribe to read the rest of the article.

This line did stand out, to me, though.

The government's {financial} reporting is misleading because our political leaders have subverted the democratic process to advance their personal interests.

Regardless the type of gov't report, this statement would apply.

[Innovative]

I got there from Google News and could see the whole article — maybe you can try copying and pasting the link (to Google News) then click on the article from there:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=accounting+government&oq=accounting+government&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.5781.11051.0.11758.21.5.0.16.16.0.118.364.4j1.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.Kbw0nMj0dcY#authuser=0&gl=us&hl=en&q=accounting+government+cost&tbm=nws