FY 1997 Budget for the Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools

摘要

Introduction. This report is one in a series of reports issued on financial management at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). The report discusses the accuracy of the Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) FY 1997 President's budget for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) funds. In FY 1995, the DDESS was allocated $285.8 million and obligated $284.3 million in O&M funds. The FY 1993 DDESS obligations were the basis of the FY 1997 President's budget submitted in March 1996. The FY 1997 President's budget for DDESS for O&M funds was $295.1 million. Audit Objectives. The primary audit objective was to assess internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations to support our audit of the DoD-wide financial statements required by the Federal Financial Management Act of 1994, Public Law 101-356. Additional objectives were to review and to test accounting transactions to validate the effectiveness of the accounting controls. Specifically, we determined the accuracy of the data used to prepare the DDESS FY 1997 President's O&M budget.