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AIMD-96-19R 1 (1996-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaclax0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N )O United States (A O General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-270522 January 23, 1996 The Honorable William F. Clinger, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In May 1994, we reported to the Congress on issues related to the White House Travel Office.' We identified and used 29 specific criteria to evaluate the financial management and procurement operations of the Travel Office and stated that as of April 1994, the Travel Office had developed policies and implemented procedures consistent with 20 of the criteria and had begun, or agreed to take, action on the remaining 9. In September 1995, you requested that we (1) follow up with the Travel Office on the status of the 29 financial management criteria and (2) review the financial statement audit of the White House Travel Office Press Fund for calendar year 1994, which was performed by an independent public accounting firm. This letter summarizes our follow-up work at the Travel Office and our review of the 1994 financial statement audit. We earlier briefed you and your staff on our work, and we also testified on this matter before your committee in October 1995.2 We found that the Travel Office had developed policies and implemented procedures during the period January 1995 through August 1995 to address all 1White House: Travel Office Operations (GAO/GGD-94-132, May 2, 1994). 2White House Travel Office Review (GAO/T-GGD-96-33, October 24, 1995). GAO/AIMD-96-19R White House Travel