Financial Audit

Independent Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 1999 Gao ID: AIMD-99-292 September 30, 1999

This report presents the results of GAO's audit of expenditures reported by eight offices of independent counsel for the six months ended March 31, 1999. GAO found that the statements of the offices of independent counsel Arlin M. Adams/Larry D. Thompson, David M. Barrett, Carol Elder Bruce, Ralph I. Lancaster, Daniel S. Pearson, Donald C. Smaltz, Kenneth W. Starr, and Curtis E. von Kann were fairly presented in all material respects. GAO found no material weaknesses in internal controls. 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 Arlin M. Adams, Larry D. Thompson, David M. Barrett, Carol Elder Bruce, Ralph I. Lancaster, Daniel S. Pearson, Donald C. Smaltz, Kenneth W. Starr, and Curtis E. von Kann present fairly, in all material respects, the expenditures of these counsels for the 6 months ended March 31, 1999, on the basis of accounting described in each office's statement; (2) for the controls that GAO tested, it found no material weaknesses in the internal control structure and its operations for the 6-month period ended March 31, 1999; and (3) GAO's audit tests for compliance with selected provisions of laws and regulations disclosed no instances of noncompliance that would be reportable under generally accepted government auditing standards.



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