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B-146703 1 (1971-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaeqk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE U WASHINGTON, D.C. 205481II//IIiIII///III/ LM093025 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION B-146703 MAR 2 2 1971 BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE Dear Mr. Meyer: We recently completed a survey of activities at the Regional Finance and Data Processing Center in Paris, France, to obtain information needed for planning and performing future reviews. As a result of that work, we vant to call your attention to several matters that we believe should be considered at this time. We identified three possibilities for iproving the activities that were being performed at the Paris Center at the time of our survey. They consist of (1) making a current appraisal of ADP equipment requirements at the Center so that excess equipment capacity can be eliminated, (2) tightening controls over the issuance of checks by the Center so that the issuance of erroneous checks can be prevented, and (3) modifying the Center's practices in the management of foreign currency bank accounts so that exchange rate losses can be reduced. Our views in each of these areas are included in the attachment to this letter entitled GAO Views on Internal Activities of the Regional Finance and Data Processing Center in Paris, France, dated March 22, 1971. As indicated in the attachment, the suggested appraisal of ADP equipment requirements will require consideration of future activities to be performed at the Center. We were informed by responsible officials at the Center that they recognized the existence of excess ADP equipment capacity, but they thought that additional applications would be developed to achieve full utilization. We believe, however, that changing financial management practices, as well as contemplated changes in the foreign assistance program, call for a reevaluation of the need to perform functions now performed at the Center. We have noted that the Department recently sent a special study group to Paris to make a current review of operations at the Center. Although we understand that the review was intended to be limited to the consideration of ideal data processing programs for Finance 3enters, particularly the Washington Finance Center, we believe that the scope of the review should be expanded to take into account the possibilities for removing or modifying functions now performed at the Paris Center. 50TH ANNIVERSARY 19211971

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