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This appendix summarizes ( 1 ) legislative and other efforts taken in the past 15 years to strengthen agencies ' debt collection capabilities and to minimize losses , ( 2 ) other important initiatives undertaken over the past decade which establish a framework for the credit agencies to strengthen financial management and better measure the results of their operations , and ( 3 ) our previous work on debt collection . The fever could have been caused by the flu , a serious bacterial illness such as meningitis , a chronic condition , like some forms of arthritis , or even some rare types of genetic fever syndromes . These standards include : randomization - participants are randomly assigned to one of the two treatments compared ; use of a control group - one of the groups uses a standard or sham treatment for comparison ; and final peer-review - peers who are scientists assess the study and its results before publication in a scientific journal . For Non - Treasury Disbursing Offices ( NTDOs ) , disbursements are not required to be processed on vouchers prescribed by FMS , subject to requirements set by the appropriate disbursing office .