[Final Audit Report for Your Information - "Division of Tourism, Department of Economic Development and Agriculture, Government of the Virgin Islands"]
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Report No. 95-I-41

Title: Final Audit Report for Your Information - "Division of Tourism,
       Department of Economic Development and Agriculture, Government
       of the Virgin Islands"

Date: October 31, 1994


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United States Department of the Interior

MEMORANDUM                         October 31, 1994

TO:            The Secretary

FROM:     Acting Inspector General

Subject:    Final Audit Report for Your Information - "Division of
Tourism, Department of Economic Development and
Agriculture, Government of the Virgin Islands" (No. 95-I-41)

DISCUSSION: We concluded that the Department of Economic Development and
Agriculture needed to (1) improve its oversight of the offshore tourism offices and
firms contracted to advertise and promote tourism in the Virgin Islands and (2) use
a greater level of competition in the award of advertising and promotional contracts.

We recommended that the Governor of the Virgin Islands ensure that the
Department (1) requires the offshore offices to submit monthly financial and activity
reports and employees to submit travel vouchers to support travel advances on a
timely basis, (2) reconciles and monitors the revenues and expenditures of the
tourism offices on a regular basis, (3) develops procedures so that promotional
contractors comply with provisions of their contracts, and (4) implements contracting
procedures for promotional contracts that incorporate competitive procurement
procedures.

Based on the response to the draft report from the Governor of the Virgin Islands,
we considered five of the report's nine recommendations resolved and implemented.
The Governor was requested to provide additional information for the remaining
recommendations.

Joyce N. Fleischman
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Prepared by: Marvin Pierce
Extension: 208-4252