Financial Control System Problems at the Community Services Administration Will Not Be Fully Solved by the Current System Redesign Project
AFMD-81-96
Published: Aug 19, 1981. Publicly Released: Aug 19, 1981.
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Highlights
GAO reviewed the Community Services Administration's automated Financial Control System. The objectives were to determine whether the accounting and management control systems ensure that: (1) cash advances received, money expended, and balances on hand are properly and accurately reported; and (2) cash advances are not requested prematurely causing balances to exceed immediate and reasonable cash needs.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Community Services Administration | The Director of the Community Services Administration should immediately issue instructions to purify the information on the financial status of grants in the Financial Control System. |
Closed
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| Community Services Administration | If the Community Services Administration continues to exist as a separate, independent agency after September 30, 1981, the Director should issue instructions that management controls be developed and implemented to ensure that agency personnel and grantees will fully comply with prescribed accounting and control procedures. |
Closed
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| Community Services Administration | If the Community Services Administration continues to exist as a separate, independent agency after September 30, 1981, the Director should issue instructions that the design of the new system conform to the principles and standards approved by the Comptroller General on April 15, 1979, and be submitted to the Comptroller General for approval. |
Closed
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