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Andersen defends tribal work
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2002 Under fire from tribal and government officials, a spokesperson for Arthur Andersen is defending the work it did for the Department of Interior to reconcile billions of dollars in tribal funds during the mid-1990s. "All of our work for the Department of Interior was conducted in a professional, independent and thorough manner," spokesman Patrick Dorton told The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Congress directed the Bureau of Indian Affairs to perform an accounting for tribal assets. The BIA awarded a contract to Andersen for $21 million but tribal, senior department officials, the General Accounting Office and some members of Congress are still not pleased with the quality of the work, much less the finding that $2.4 billion was unaccounted for during the years 1973 to 1992. Get the Story:
Tribes want Congress to give them more time (The Las Vegas Review-Journal 2/8) Today on Indianz.Com:
GAO: Full reconciliation impossible (2/8)
Audit finds more security holes (2/8)
Norton ordered to testify (2/8)
Highlights: Trust Fund Hearing (2/8) Get Hearing Testimony:
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (2/7) Get Campbell's Bill:
A bill to Encourage the Negotiated Settlement of Tribal Claims (S.1857) Relevant Links:
Arthur Andersen - http://www.andersen.com
Indian Trust, Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://130.94.214.68/main/pages/
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