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Keeping income and outgo in their correct ledgers during Reagan's fund-raising tours may give his accountants ulcers and has prompted an almost continuous IRS audit. But there is no indication that Reagan has been doing anything improper, and dual-purpose trips are not unique in U.S. politics...
...Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. to study possible management changes at the agency. Bond pointed out, accurately, that he had not violated any policy or law, and then blasted the GAO itself as a "menace." Said Bond: "They want to create a world in which there is a perfect audit trail for every Government action...
...past energy-overcharge settlements, the Government did not publicly spell out the exact allegations against Amoco. It is believed that the DOE audit of the company's books revealed at least $100 million in excess selling prices. The remainder of the $690 million settlement resulted from both alleged overcharging and forbidden bookkeeping practices that enabled the company to run up costs faster than permitted...
...informal probe into the compensation at Playboy. The company defended its chairman's perks, saying that the sex conglomerate's sales "are closely related to public recognition of its role in promoting a particular style of urban living." But last week the company's internal audit committee announced that Hefner and four other officers would have to repay $918,413 in improperly documented or unapproved expenses. Hefner's share...
...conservation offers the only way to fight back. Newly built homes everywhere are generally more energy efficient than the houses of a decade ago. Some public utilities across the country are offering (along with bill-stuffer assurances that nuclear energy is a good thing) free or low-cost energy audits of ratepayers' houses. The offers are being accepted by the hundreds of thousands. "There are frenzied people out there," says Austin Randolph, who handles such audits in Westchester County, N.Y., for Consolidated Edison. For a nominal $10 he investigates a house from basement to attic, then makes a written report...