National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Internal Controls Over User Fees Need Improvement

By Baker, D. James

Book Id: WPLBN0000708561
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 477.41 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2000

Title:	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Internal Controls Over User Fees Need Improvement
Author:	Baker, D. James
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Department of Commerce Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Excerpt: As a follow up to our draft report, issued January 31, 2000, this is our final report on our audit of NOAA user fees. The audit found that NOAA needs to improve its internal controls over user fees, in particular by establishing a centralized database and enforcing its policies and procedures governing biennial reviews. NOAA generally agreed with two of our three recommendations. While NOAA agreed that strengthening accountability over user fees is needed, it did not agree with our recommendation to establish a centralized database for user fees. Citing insufficient resources to design a new database system, NOAA said that, instead, it will revise its current policies and procedures to strengthen accountability. We accept NOAA?s planned action and have so modified our recommendation. We plan to follow up on this recommendation in the future to assess its effectiveness. Our findings and recommendations are on pages 3 through 12. We have summarized NOAA?s response in the body of the report and have included its complete response as Attachment 2.