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            UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING  OFFICE        Qq3     17
                     INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
                          FAR EAST BRANCH
                        1833 KALAKAUA AVENUE
                      HONOLULu, HAWAII 96815


                                            MAY  3  1974
District Manager
Western District
U.S. Army Audit Agency
390 Convention Way
Redwood City, California 94063

Dear Sir.

     Enclosed is a report to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Army,
Pacific, on ourrreview of the U.S. Army, Japan, Civilian Payroll
Syste_4-a part of the USARPAC Standard Civilian Payroll System.
Our review was made in accordance with the Comptroller General's
letter of September 1, 1972 to the Secretary of Defense in which
he advised the Secretary that the General Accounting Office would
discontinue centralized audits of civilian payroll systems overseas
and begin making onsite reviews,

     Our objective was to evaluate the payroll system's internal
controls, including internal audit.  In addition to the manual
controls, we gave attention to those built into the computer
programs.

     In our report we note a need for better internal audit
coverage (page 29).  We also note the following:

     --serious weaknesses in the internal controls over time-
       keeping (page  4) and processing of entitlement documents
       at the payroll office (page  7).

     --a need to improve security over the computer files (page 18).

     --areas for improvements in the computerized portion of
       the system (page 20).

     --opportunities to increase efficiency (page 26).

     We drew a sample of 50 employees on the rolls as of
January 19, 1974 and attempted to substantiate all payments,
deductions, and leave transactions for one pay period, and
verify other information on the master record.  We then projected



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