An Overview of Federal Internal Audit

FGMSD-76-50 Published: Nov 29, 1976. Publicly Released: Nov 29, 1976.

Highlights

GAO attempted to find out whether federal departments and independent agencies had established an appropriate internal audit capability.

Full Report

Full Report (37 pages)

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Topics

Auditing and Financial Management

AccountingExecutive agenciesFederal agenciesFinancial managementIndependent regulatory commissionsInternal auditsMonitoringAccountantsFederal assistance programsLocal governments