Report on Audit of Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, Arizona, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of The Interior for The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1955

Discussed in this report is the audit of the Phoenix, Arizona, Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fiscal year 1955. During the audit, GAO reviewed selected phases of the organization, procedures, and operations at the locations visited and gave particular attention to the deficiencies reported as a result of the audit for fiscal year 1954. GAO gave consideration to the area office's corrective actions with respect to their report for 1954. GAO's audit disclosed a number of failures in the area of office to comply with stated policies and procedures of the Bureau included in the Code of Federal Regulations and the Indian Affairs Manual. Many of these deficiencies would have been disclosed by a vigorous program of administrative inspection and internal audit. Such a program would afford the Bureau an opportunity to take early corrective action based on its own findings.