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DOJ OIG Audit of Internal Controls Over Terrorism Reporting

The Department of Justice’s Internal Controls Over Terrorism Reporting, Audit Report 07-20, February 2007, (PDF, 160 pages, Full Report)

  • “…we learned that the collection and reporting of terrorism-related statistics within the Department is decentralized and haphazard. Often the official who reported the statistic gathered it through telephone requests or e-mail to other Department staff. Also, for many of the statistics reported, Department officials either had not established internal controls to ensure the statistics were accurately gathered, classified and reported, or did not document the internal controls used…”
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