United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-11-04 monographic deposited born digital 19 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10 P0b002ee180389bad f:ai95010 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10 AIMD-95-10 Currency and coinage Profits Funds management National historic sites Facility construction Treasury accounts Internal controls Financial management Overhead costs Contract administration Armed Forces Memorial Garden (France) Normandy Scholar Program Wall of Liberty Project (France) Letter Report AIMD The Battle of Normandy Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to honor America's World War II veterans and teach future generations about the war, has sought to build a memorial garden in Normandy, France. However, the Foundation has been plagued by serious managerial and financial problems. The Foundation recently had to appoint its fourth president in six months and change the leadership of its Board of Directors. Also, the Foundation's liabilities substantially exceed its assets. Unless the Foundation obtains enough funding and achieves management stability, it is uncertain whether it can pay to run the Memorial Garden and whether other projects will move forward. GAO's audit found that the Foundation spent the $3 million it received in 1993 from the U.S. Treasury for the design and construction of the memorial garden in Normandy in accordance with the Coins Act. The total recorded cost of the memorial garden through June 1994 was $3.6 million; however, about $400,000 was still owed to memorial garden contractors. Foundation officials concurred with a draft of this report. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-10 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-95-10; Battle of Normandy Foundation: Uncertainties Surround Its Future Viability; Currency and coinage Profits Funds management National historic sites Facility construction Treasury accounts Internal controls Financial management Overhead costs Contract administration Armed Forces Memorial Garden (France) Normandy Scholar Program Wall of Liberty Project (France)