In 1990, 1992 and 1998, the GAO recommended that the limited scope audit exemption should be repealed.

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The OIG rightly recommended the DOL continue to seek repeal of the limited scope audit exemption, as it has (unsuccessfully) since 1984.

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The GAO is right that users of limited scope audit reports should be uncertain about what, if any, assurances these reports provide.

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As a result of this potentially confusing wording, users of limited scope audit reports could be uncertain about what, if any, assurance these reports provide.

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In its report, the National Audit Office (NAO) agreed there was "greater scope" for online public services.

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