For Immediate Release
January 10, 2008
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
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Response
to Inspector General Audit of FBI Management of Confidential
Case Funds and Telecommunications Costs
FBI
Assistant Director John Miller issued the following response
to the Office of the Inspector General's report entitled,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Management of Confidential
Case Funds and Telecommunications Costs:
"The
FBI is confident that the Department of Justice effort to
create a Unified Financial Management System for all DOJ
agencies will greatly strengthen oversight and controls
over financial programs, including confidential case funds
and the related costs associated with telecommunications
services. While there is widespread agreement that the current
financial management system, first introduced in the 1980's,
is inadequate, the FBI will not tolerate financial mismanagement,
or worse, and is addressing the issues identified in the
audit. Every effort is being made to either implement the
recommendations or otherwise put in place corrective actions
to ensure appropriate oversight.
“While in a few instances, late payment of telephone bills resulted in interruptions of the timely delivery of surveillance results, these interruptions were temporary, and in our assessment, none of those cases were significantly affected."
"Despite
the shortcomings of an existing financial management system
that provides a limited level of detail, when coupled with
other recording keeping systems, the FBI has consistently
maintained unqualified financial statement audit opinions
issued by the accounting firm KPMG."
To
view the full OIG report online, including the FBI's actions
addressing the OIG's recommendations, go to the following
address: http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/FBI/index.htm
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