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B-202772 1 (1981-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkcv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL July 23, 1981 B-202772 The Honorable Jack Brooks IIIIIIIlI l Chairman, Committee on Government 115956 Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In connection with conference consideration of the omnibus reconciliation bills, Chairman Dingell's office requested our advice on LState audit requirements for proposed block grant and consolidated assistance programsT. Because of our recommen- dation that a single set of requirements be made applicable to all block grant and consolidated assistance programs in the bill, we concluded that these recommendations should be con- veyed to you, as well as to Chairman Dingell. We recommend the following: 1. That audits be required at least every 2 years. 2. That audits be made in accordance with standards issued by the Comptroller General. 3. That each audit include a financial and compliance audit. 4. That at reasonable intervals (but not necessarily every 2 years) the scope of the audit be expanded to cover issues of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. 5. That these requirements be made appli- cable to all block grants and consoli- dated programs in the final bill. These recommendations grow out of our own experience in auditing and reviewing Federal assistance programs. In view of the substantially reduced Federal oversight which is con- templated in these cases, it seems reasonable for Congress to require some continuing evidence that the oversight respon- sibility has been assumed by the States. 7,

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