Financial Audit

Independent Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 1997 Gao ID: AIMD-97-164 September 30, 1997

This report presents the results of GAO's audits of the expenditures reported by seven independent counsels for the six months ended March 31, 1997. GAO found that the statements of expenditures for the offices of independent counsel Arlin M. Adams/Larry D. Thompson, David M. Barrett, Joseph E. diGenova/Michael F. Zeldin, Daniel S. Pearson, Donald C. Smaltz, Kenneth W. Starr, and a sealed independent counsel were reliable in all material respects. GAO's audit of internal controls disclosed no material weaknesses, and GAO found no reportable instances of noncompliance with laws and regulations.

GAO noted that: (1) the statements of expenditures for the offices of 7 independent counsels were reliable in all material respects; (2) GAO's consideration of internal controls, which was limited for the purpose of determining its procedures for auditing the statements of expenditures, disclosed no material weaknesses; and (3) GAO's audits included limited tests of compliance with laws and regulations that disclosed no reportable instances of noncompliance with the laws and regulations GAO tested.



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