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B-180594 1 (1974-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkvv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: R E S T ICT E D - F4 t tO he r e e d o u e h e G e n e r a l Accouning GIRe excePt On the basis of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relations, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-180594 SEP 5 1974 CWA'The Honorable Joel T. Broyhill House of Representatives Dear Mr. Broyhill: On February 5, 1974, you asked us to investigate the possible misusevof Federal funds by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commis- sion /on behalf of a public official of Fairfax County, Virginia. You pointed out that, because allegations regarding the misuse of local government and State funds were under investigation and because the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) made grants to the Com- mission, either directly or through the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments'(COG), the serious question of misuse of, irregularities in accounting for, or possible comingling of these Federal funds had been raised. In subsequent discussions, it was agreed that, because UMTA, the Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the certified public accounting (CPA) firm of Brown, Dakes, and Companyi were all auditing the books of the Commission as of Janyary 31, 1974, it would be acceptable to base our response on the findings of those organizations provided that we were satisfied with the quality of their work. UMTA's audit addressed the expenditures of Federal funds, the Virginia State audit addressed the expenditures of certain State and local funds, and the CPA firm certified the adequacy of the Commission's financial statements as of January 31, 1974. We reviewed the audit reports of the three organizations and dis- cussed the results of the audits with officials from each organization. We also reviewed the working papers prepared by UMTA and the CPA firm and pertinent grant documents from UMTA. In addition, we contacted of- ficials from the Commission and COG and did limited audit work at the Commissi on. The Commission was created in 1964 by the Virginia General Assembly as a public agency to plan and assist in financing a regional trans- portation system for Northern Virginia with the State's participation in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit compact. Late in 1973 and early in 1974, the Commission received critical publicity of its opera- tions. Allegations were made of loose accounting practices, particularly the handling of expense accounts. C 034~

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