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GGD-82-70 1 (1982-04-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdfw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GVIKRAL GOEVNM[NT IVISICM APR 19 1982 B- 207140 The Honorable John E. Porter House of Representatives 118348 Dear Mr. Porter: Subject: Limited Review of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics' Voter Registration System (GGD-82-70) This report is in response to your March 23, 1982, request that we follow up on our recent study of the District of Columbia's automatic data processing (ADP) operations 1/ with a review of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics' voter regis- tration system. Specifically, you asked us to determine to what extent the problems we found with the voter registration system might jeopardize voters' rights and to determine what immediate steps the Board might take to secure normal election participa- tion by registered, eligible voters. In order to report to you by April 19, 1982, you requested that we not obtain formal agency comments on this report. To carry out your request, we interviewed the Board's Administrative Office officials, Elections Office and ADP unit employees, an ADP expert hired by the Board to review its ADP unit, and other Board officials. We reviewed available documents and correspondence relating to the ADP problems and the election preparations. We spent a considerable amount of time gathering information, finding out how the registration process worked, and cross-checking information obtained during interviews. We reviewed transcripts of the District Council Government Operations Committee's hearings on the November 1981 election problems. Our review was made in accordance with GAO's current Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions.* Accordingly, we reviewed the general ADP controls to determine whether (a) they have been designed according to manage- ment direction and known requirements and (b) they are operating effectively to provide reliability of, and security over, the data being processed. We also reviewed the voter registration system application controls to assess their reliability in process- ing data in a timely, accurate, and complete manner. I/Better Management Would Improve the Effectiveness of the District of Columbia's ADP Resources (GGD-82-47, Mar. 12, 1982). (016004)

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