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AFMD-82-16 1 (1981-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabctw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-133209 DECEMBER 29,1981 1 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Subject:, Review of Selected Presidential and Vice2 Presidential Expenditures (AFMD-82-16) As authorized by Public Law 95-570, we examined five catego- ries of Presidential and Vice-Presidential expenses. Those cate- gories are (1) operation and maintenance of the executive residence at the White House, (2) official entertainment of the President, (3) official entertainment of the Vice President, (4) subsistence expenses of persons in Government service while traveling on offi- cial business in connection with the President's travel, and (5) subsistence expenses of persons in Government service whlile travel- ing on official business in connection with the Vice President's travel. All of the above expenses are to be accounted for solely on the certificate of the President or Vice President for their re- spective accounts, and the funds may be expended as the President and Vice President wish. Public Law 95-570 allows the Comptroller General to examine the records of such expenditures solely to verify that they are in the categories authorized. The law also re- quires the Comptroller General to certify to Congress the fact of such verification and to report any expenses not expended for au- thorized purposes. We reviewed selected fiscal 1980 expenditures, and because of the change in administrations, also reviewed selecte expendi- tures from a portion of fiscal 1981 (through January 20, 1981). This was done to take advantage of the availability of ecords from the prior administration and thereby facilitate the fulL fiscal 1981 audit when performed. In verifying the expenses, we performed such tests; and exami- nations of supporting documents that we considered neceissary, fol- lowing generally accepted Government auditing standards where ap- propriate. We evaluated the controls for ensuring that funds were used only for authorized purposes. For each expense category, we reviewed accounting and related records, such as receipts and travel vouchers, which indicated the nature of the expenditures we examined. We also interviewed responsible officials at the White House and the Vice President's residence to obtain additional information on the purpose of selected expenditures. 111 (905036)