GAO Audit Notes Minor FHFA Internal Control Issues
May 27, 2011
The Government Accountability Office noted there is a little room for improvement in the Federal Housing Finance Agencys internal controls and accounting procedures but the Finance Agency is otherwise operating well. Mandated by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the GAO said its audit of the FHFAs fiscal years 2010 and 2009 financial statements revealed deficiencies in the way the Finance Agency disposed of its information technology property and equipment. The GAO also found that the FHFA did not always verify vendor invoice amounts prior to payment. Although the two issues do not represent material weaknesses or significant deficiencies on an order that...