Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial	 
Statement Audit Report for the Sons of Union Veterans of the	 
Civil War for Fiscal Years 1999-2002 (18-SEP-03, GAO-03-1130R).  
                                                                 
We reviewed the audit reports covering the financial statements  
of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, for fiscal years 
1999 through 2002. GAO's review disclosed no reportable instances
of noncompliance with the financial reporting requirements of the
law. The audit reports included the auditors' opinions that the  
financial statements of the corporation were presented fairly in 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.	 
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REPORTNUM:   GAO-03-1130R					        
    ACCNO:   A08527						        
  TITLE:     Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial 
Statement Audit Report for the Sons of Union Veterans of the	 
Civil War for Fiscal Years 1999-2002				 
     DATE:   09/18/2003 
  SUBJECT:   Accounting standards				 
	     Audit reports					 
	     Federal corporations				 
	     Financial statement audits 			 
	     Reporting requirements				 

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GAO-03-1130R

GAO- 03- 1130R Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548

September 18, 2003 The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Chairman,
Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives

Subject: Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial
Statement Audit Reports for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
for Fiscal Years 1999- 2002 Dear Mr. Chairman:

As requested, we reviewed the audit reports covering the financial
statements of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, a federally
chartered corporation, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1999 through
June 30, 2002. The purpose of the corporation is to assist in preserving
and making available for research, documents and records pertaining to the
Grand Army of the Republic and its members.

Federally chartered corporations are required under 36 U. S. C. 10101 to

* present the corporation*s assets and liabilities and reasonable detail
on the corporation*s income and expenses in annual financial statements,
and

* obtain an annual financial audit by an independent public accountant.
The objective of our review was to determine whether the audit reports
complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law. In carrying
out our work, we reviewed the corporation*s financial statements and the
accompanying notes, performed certain analytical procedures related to
information presented in the financial statements, and reviewed the
auditors* reports. However, we did not review the auditors* working
papers, and we are not rendering an audit opinion. Our review disclosed no
reportable instances of noncompliance with the financial reporting
requirements of the law.

GAO- 03- 1130R Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Page 2 The audit
reports included the auditors* opinions that the financial statements of
the

corporation were presented fairly in accordance with U. S. generally
accepted accounting principles. We are returning the audit reports you
sent with your letters.

Sincerely yours, Jeanette M. Franzel Director Financial Management and
Assurance

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