White House: Status of Audit Work as of May 1998

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided further information on the status of its audit work as of May 1998 at the Executive Residence at the White House, and identified the additional work needed to finish its audit, focusing on: (1) certain fiscal year 1996 expenditures, including those to operate the Executive Residence, that are accounted for solely on the certificate of the President or the Vice President and referred to as unvouchered expenditures; (2) certain processes and procedures relating to reimbursable expenditures of the Executive Residence; and (3) the number and cost of overnight stays in the Executive Residence since January 1993.