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AIMD-94-110R 1 (1994-04-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacknq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-256953 April 25, 1994 The Honorable Mike Synar Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As you are aware, the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, has asked us to monitor the status of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) trust fund reconciliation and certification project and its efforts to correct long-standing trust fund management weaknesses. This letter responds to your request that we keep you informed of BIA's efforts in these areas. On April 12, 1994, we testified before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, on the status of BIA's efforts to reconcile Indian trust fund accounts and implement management improvements. That testimony (GAO/T-AIMD-94-99), which is enclosed, summarizes the status and our assessment of BIA's efforts. it also contains recommendations for fundamental changes we believe are essential to ensuring effective management of the Indian trust funds. In summary, we testified that BIA is continuing its efforts to reconcile Indian trust fund accounts and obtain an independent certification on the results. After 3 years, BIA's reconciliation contractor has nearly completed work on the first of eight major tribal and systems reconciliation tasks and a certification contractor is on board. However, while BIA has taken some initial steps toward needed improvements, overall progress has been slow and BIA has not yet addressed many critical, long-standing trust fund management problems that have impeded BIA's ability to maintain proper control and accountability over trust fund accounts. BIA Trust Fund Reconciliations GAO/AIMD-94-110R

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