Financial Audit

Independent Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended September 30, 1997 Gao ID: AIMD-98-100 March 31, 1998

This report presents the results of GAO's audit of expenditures reported by six offices of independent counsels for the six-month period ending on September 30, 1997. GAO found that the statements presented for the offices of independent counsel Arlin M. Adams/Larry D. Thompson, David M. Barrett, Daniel S. Pearson, Donald C. Smaltz, Kenneth W. Starr, and Curtis E. von Kann were reliable in all material respects. GAO's consideration of internal controls disclosed no material weaknesses. Moreover, GAO found no reportable instances of noncompliance with laws and regulations.

GAO noted that: (1) the statements of expenditures for the offices of independent counsel were reliable in all material respects; (2) GAO's consideration of internal controls, which was limited for the purpose of determining GAO's 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 tested.



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