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GAO-05-68R 1 (2005-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptarut0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 March 7, 2005 The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Chairman Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch Member United States Senate Subject: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Deficiencies Found in Financial Management and Internal Controls The United States Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) was first established in 1957 as the Commission on Civil Rights.' The Commission's life was extended in 19832 and reestablished again in 19943 with its current name. The Commission's purpose is to collect and study information on discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice in such areas as voting rights, enforcement of federal civil rights laws, and equal opportunity in education, employment, and housing. The Commission has been subject to long-standing congressional concerns over the adequacy of its management practices and procedures, concerns that were reinforced by several GAO reports. In July 1997, we issued a report in which we found broad management problems at the Commission, including limited awareness of how its resources were used. In more recent studies, we found that the Commission lacked 'Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub. L. No. 85-315, 71 Stat. 634 (Sept. 9, 1957). 2Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983, Pub. L. No. 98-183, 97 Stat. 1301 (Nov. 30, 1983). 3Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-419, 108 Stat. 4338 (Oct. 25, 1994). 4GAO, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Agency Lacks Basic Management Controls, GAO-/HEHS-97- 125 (Washington, D.C.: July 8, 1997). GAO-05-68R Commission on Civil Rights

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