Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Civil Air Patrol for Fiscal Year 2001

GAO reviewed the audit reports covering the financial statements of the Civil Air Patrol, for fiscal year 2001. GAO did not review the auditors' working papers and is not rendering an audit opinion. The audit reports included the auditors' opinion that, with one exception, the financial statements of the corporation were presented fairly in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The exception related to the units below wing level not being audited and not being included in these financial statements.