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United States
General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C. 20548

Accounting and Information
Management Division

B-281846



March 30, 1999


The Honorable Henry J. Hyde
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives


Subject: Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement
         Audit Report for The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association for Fiscal
         Year 1997


Dear Mr. Chairman:

As requested, we reviewed the audit report covering the financial statements of The
Foundation of the Federal Bar Association, a federally chartered corporation, for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 1997. The corporation's purposes are to promote the study of law
through various programs and to provide for the acquisition, presentation, and exhibition of
rare objects of historical interest relating to the law, the courts and the legal profession.
These purposes were carried out primarily through a law library until it was closed on
September 30, 1998. However, the Foundation has stated that they will continue to pursue
their purposes through other means.

Federally chartered corporations are required under 36 U.S.C. 1102-1103 to

 present the corporation's assets and liabilities and reasonable detail on the corporation's
    income and expenses in annual financial statements,

 obtain an annual financial audit by an independent public accountant, and

 submit the auditor's report and the corporation's financial statements to the Congress.

The objective of our review was to determine whether the audit report complied with the
financial reporting requirements of the law. In carrying out our work, we reviewed the
corporation's financial statements and the accompanying notes, performed certain analytical
procedures related to information presented in the financial statements, reviewed the
auditor's report, and made inquiries to corporation officials or the auditor as we deemed
necessary. We did not review the auditor's working papers. Our review disclosed no
reportable instances of noncompliance.




                       GAO/AIMD-99-127R The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association

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