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GAO-04-497R 1 (2004-05-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapzs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i SGAO Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 May 20, 2004 The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch Chairman The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Chairman The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Fnancial Management: Audit of the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance for Fiscal Years 2003 and 2002 The White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance (Commission) was created on December 28, 2000, by the National Moment of Remembrance Act (Act).' The Commission received appropriated funds in fiscal years 2003 and 2002. Its purpose is to sustain the American spirit through acts of remembrance for those who died serving their country, not only on Memorial Day, but also throughout the year. We are required by the Act to audit the financial transactions of the Commission, and this report covers our work on its fiscal years 2003 and 2002 financial transactions. Results in Brief We found that the Commission's financial records for fiscal years 2003 and 2002 were incomplete and that its financial record keeping lacked basic internal controls. As a result, we were unable to audit the Commission's financial transactions, and the Commission does not have reasonable assurance that its records are accurate, that it has adequate information for decision making, or that its funds are being spent as intended. The Commission's records of financial transactions for fiscal years 2003 and 2002, including receipts and expenditures, were incomplete and not regularly reconciled to the statements produced by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or General Services Administration (GSA), agencies that provided the Commission with administrative and financial processing services. In addition, significant amounts of 'Pub. L. No. 106-579, 114 Stat. 3078 (2000). GAO-04-497R Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

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