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Audit Resolution: Strengthened Guidance Needed to Ensure Effective Action

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 24, 1992
Report No. AFMD-92-16
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Summary:

Managers at NASA and the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs do not always ensure that actions have been completed on audit recommendations before claiming credit for completing such actions, nor do managers always maintain adequate documentation to support their claims that actions have been completed. Incomplete action can render audit resources less effective and can result in losses in federal programs and operations. Audit resolution problems are partly due to outdated federal guidance, which does not indicate when an audit recommendation should be closed or what documentation is enough to support closure of an audit recommendation. The Office of Management and Budget agrees with GAO's recommendations and has already begun revising the guidance.

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