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MEMORANDUM

TO:

FROM:

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

January 21, 1992

FRED EILAND

CHIEr, PRESS OFFICE

ASSIST~~T

ROBERT J. COSTA

STAFF DIRECTOR ~~

AUDIT DIVISION

M8002484

SUBJBCT: PUBLIC ISSUANCE or THB FINAL AUDIT REPORT

ON BOB ALLEN FOR CONGRBSS

Attached please find a copy of the rinal Audit .eport on Bob

----Allen--fot Congt"I', which- -va. ap~~t)v.d:by-~n.--C-oul-••-10n---onJanuary 8, 1992.

Informational copies of the report have be.n received by all

parti•• involved and the report aay be r.l••••d to the pUblic.

Attach.ent aa stated

cel Office of General Counael

Office of Public Di.clo.ur.~

Reporta Analysis Division

rEe Library
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

WASHINGTON DC 2046l

REPORT OF THE AUDIT DIVISION

ON

BOB ALLEN FOR CONGRESS

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A91-11

I. Background

A. Overview

This report is based on an audit of Bob Allen for

Con9ressl/ ("the Committee"), undertaken by the Audit Division of

the Federal Election Commission in accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Election Campai9n Act of 1971 as

a.ended ("the Act"). The audit was conducted pursuant to

Section 438(b) of Title 2 of the United States Code which

states, in part, that the Commission may conduct audits and

field investi9ations of any political committee required to file

a report under Section 434 of this title. Prior to conductin9

any audit under this section, the Co..is~io~ __&h.ll_pe_rfora-&n

int.rnal review of reports filed-by selected coaaitt••• to

deter.ine if the reports filed by a particular coaaittee aeet

tbe threshold requireaents for substantial co.pitance with the

Act.

The Co.-ittee registered with the u.s. Bouse of

Representatives on October 6, 1989, .s the principal caapai9D coaaittee of Bob Allen, aepublican candidate for the u.s. Boua.

of Representatives for District 19 fro. the state of Florida.

The Coaaitte. maintains ita headquarters in Mi.ai, Florida.

The audit covered the period froa the Coaaittee'a

inception throuqh Deceabet 31,11990. The Coaaittee reported a

be9inninq cash balance of $0, total receipts for the period of $162,660.46~ total disburse.ents for the period of $160,221.75:

and a closing cash balance on October 17, 1990, of $2,399.20.~/

11 The Coaaittee registered with the House of Representatives on

October 6, 1989 .s The Coaaittee to Elect Bob Allen to

Conqress. On Noveaber 27, 1989 the Committee filed an

aaendaent to its stateaent of organization changing its name

to Bob Allen for Congress.

The Committee had not filed reports for the period October 18

through December 31, 1990 al of Deceaber 5, 1991. Totals do

not foot due to matheaatical errors.
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This report is based on documents and vorkpapera which

support each of its factual stat••ents. They fora part of the

record upon which the Commission based its decisions on the

matters in the report and were available to the Coaai••toners

and appropriate staff for review.

B. Key Personnel

The Treasurer of the Committee during the period

covered by the audit was Mr. Javier Nunez.

c. Scope

The audit included such tests as verification of total

reported receipts and disbursements and individual transactions;

review of required supporting documentation: and such other

audit procedures as deemed necessary under the circumstances;

although the Committee's disbursement records met- the miniaua

recordkeeping requirements of 11 C.F.R.S102.9(b), substantive

testing of disbursements and debts and obligations was liaited

due to the absence of vendor-generated documents i.e., invoices

and/or receipted bills. Further, Committee records to support

certain receipts were unavailable.

II. Audit Finding and Recommendation

Katters noted durinq the audit have been referred to the

Commission's Office of General Counsel.