All text attributes such as bold, itallic, underlining, etc. Features of the orginal document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. If you need the complete document, download the Word97, or Adobe Acrobat versions, if available. The purpose of this survey memorandum is to summarize the results of the survey, document significant observations, and identify areas where additional audit work should be performed. The strategic objective of this review is to strengthen the Commission's Financial Management Program.
Improper payments are an inefficient use of taxpayers' funds.
Improper payments indicate that agencies are spending more than necessary to meet program goals. Conversely, for programs with fixed funds, any waste of federal funds translates into serving fewer recipients or accomplishing less programmatically than could be expected . The FCC annually expends millions of dollars for the procurement of goods and services. With millions of dollars at risk, must will need to continually and closely safeguard those resources entrusted to them and make to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse. To prevent and detect fraud and abuse in, such programs and operations To help in meeting this mandate, the FCC OIG developed this survey of disbursements and accounts payable activity.