GENERAL Our work in the civil departments and agencies in the executive branch, carried out by our Civil Division, was directed primarily to those agency operations and programs having major significance and evidence of interest in the Congress. Many of our reviews originated with congressional requests. As a result of our work in the civil departments and agencies of the executive branch and in the legislative and judicial branches, we submitted 223 reports to the Congress. Ninety-nine of these reports were submitted to the Congress as a whole and 124 were submitted to its committees, officers, or Members on reviews made in response to their specific requests. In addition, we submitted 297 reports to agency officials. A list of these reports appears in Appendix C-2 of this report, beginning on page 268. Collections and other measurable financial savings resulting from our work in the civil departments and agencies during the year totaled $578,000 and $25,194,000, respectively. The details of these amounts are included, among others, on pages 339 through 345 of Appendix G. Where appropriate, we made concurrent and coordinated reviews of selected aspects of related activities carried on by more than one department or agency. Eleven reports on such reviews were submitted to the Congress during the year. Five were submitted to the Congress as a whole and six were submitted to committees of the Congress on reviews made at their request. A list of these reports appears on pages 289 and 290. The following sections of this chapter briefly describe the audit work performed during the year in the major civil departments and agencies in the executive branch, our findings, and agency comments and action taken on our suggestions and recommendations for improvement in their operations. These sections also contain digests of our reports to the Congress. Audit work performed in the legislative and judicial branches also is described. |