Combined report on financial statements (unqualified opinion), internal controls, and compliance and other matters in accordance with Government Auditing Standards ï¿1/2 for FEDERAL ENTITIES when the auditor identifies Material Weaknesses and Signific

This audit report contains the Annual Financial Statements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the fiscal years (FY) ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014. Under the direction of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Kearney & Company, PC (Kearney & Company) performed the FBI's audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. The FY 2015 audit resulted in an unmodified opinion on the financial statements. An unmodified opinion means that the financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The FY 2014 financial statement audit was performed by KPMG LLP and resulted in an unmodified opinion (OIG Audit Report No. 15-06). Kearney & Company also issued reports on internal control over financial reporting and on compliance and other matters. The auditors did not identify any material weaknesses, nor did they report any significant deficiencies in the FY 2015 Independent Auditor's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards. No instances of non-compliance or other matters were identified during the audit that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards, in the FY 2015 Independent Auditor's Report on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards. Additionally, Kearney & Company's tests disclosed no instances in which the FBI's financial management systems did not comply substantially with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996.

Since the first audit of the fiscal year 1997 consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government (CFS), material weaknesses in internal control and other limitations on the scope of the work have prevented the auditor from expressing an opinion on the accrual basis CFS. Certain of those material weaknesses relate to inadequate systems, controls, and procedures to properly prepare the CFS. The purpose of this report is to: (1) provide details of the continuing material weaknesses related to the preparation of the CFS; (2) recommend improvements; and (3) provide the status of corrective actions taken to address the previous 56 recommendations in this area. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

The Dept. of the Treasury, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, is primarily responsible for preparing the financial report of the U.S. government, which contains the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government (CFS). As part of the FY 2010 CFS audit, the author identified material weaknesses and other control deficiencies in the processes used to prepare the CFS. This report: (1) provides details on new financial statement preparation control deficiencies identified during the audit of the FY 2010 CFS; (2) recommends improvements, and (3) provides the status of corrective actions taken to address recommendations that remained open at the end of the FY 2009 audit. This is a print on demand report.