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B-114808,B-146742 1 (1973-06-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkho0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - tot to be reesed outside the General A*counting Office except on the basis of specifi approval + by the Office fl apv COMIPTROLTVR WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED B-114808 JUN 1 1 t7 2197 B-146742 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Pursuant to the request of the former Chairman, House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the General Accounting Office made aIreview and' issued a report (B-146742, Feb. 2, 1972) on the agiyi- ties of rtheOfice of the Government Comptroller for Guam., Department / of the Interior ... During our review certain questions arose as to whether the Comptroller for Guam had the authority to (1) issue notices of excep- tion against the accoun1ts of' 4ccogptable officersn a (2Y) 'adj c 68ate claims.At the time our report was iss-u-e'dth'e se questions were under consideration. We noted that the Comptroller had not been issuing notices of exception in connection with his audits of the accounts of accountable officers, because he questioned whether he had legal authority to do so. Also, he had not been making recommendations to the Governor regarding the adjudication of claims by or against the Government of Guam. The Acting Comptroller of the Virgin Islands told us that he had been issuing notices of exception in connection with his audits and that he had been reviewing claims of the Virgin Islands Government against others and making recommendations to the Governor regarding the adjudication of such claims. The Guam Elective Governor Act (Public Law 90-497, Sept. 11, 1968) amended the Organic Act of Guam by adding section 9-A (48 U.S.C. 1422d) which provides, in part, as follows: (b) The government comptroller shall audit all accounts and review and recommend adjudication of claims pertaining to the revenue and receipts of the government Ioel67-

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