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B-300677 1 (2003-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyiu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: finin LAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-300677 June 19, 2003 Ms. Margie Gallahan Chief, Financial Branch Financial Management Division United States Secret Service 950 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20223 Subject: United States Secret Service Relief of Accountable Officer for Funds Lost in the Destruction of the World Trade Center Dear Ms. Gallahan: This is in response to your April 17, 2003, faxed memorandum requesting relief for Assistant Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Convery, a cashier for the United States Secret Service New York Field Office, from liability for the physical loss of $22,646.20 from the Field Office's confidential fund. For the following reasons, we grant relief. BACKGROUND The record indicates that the Field Office's confidential fund was maintained to provide for the payment of expenses and rewards for services and information incurred in Secret Service investigations, expenses for unforeseen emergencies, and expenses related to protective intelligence information or assistance used in providing security for Secret Service protectees. Maintaining and administering the funds was part of Mr. Convery's official duties. The funds were kept in a locked safe with limited access. Memorandum from Dana A. Brown, Assistant Director/Chief Financial Officer, Office of Administration, Department of the Treasury, United States Secret Service, to James R. Lingebach, Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, October 19, 2001. The locked safe was stored in the New York Field Office, which was located at 7 World Trade Center, 9h Floor, New York, New York. On September 11, 2001, the safe containing the confidential fund in the amount of $22,646.20 was physically lost when the World Trade Center was destroyed in a terrorist attack. Id.

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