AFMD-82-23 The Federal Audit Function in the Territories Should Be Strengthened
’ REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES The Federal Audit Function In The Territories Should Be Strengthened The audit function presently performed by the U.S. Government Comptrollers in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands needs to be independent and more effective. But a strengthened Federal audit function alone is not enough. More Federal technical assist- ance, coupled with the assumption of greater responsibility by the territories for financial management, is needed to improve audit effectiveness. GAO is recommending, among other things, that the Congress transfer the audit authority and staff of the U.S. Government Comptrol- lers to the Office of the Inspector General, Department of the Interior. AFMD-82.23 MARCH 251982 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Off ice Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone (202) 2756241 The first five copies of individual reports are free Jf charge. …
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