11.   The complaint set off the federal audit, which was conducted by the office of the inspector general in the Department of Agriculture.

12.   The five defendants were indicted on charges that included conspiracy, theft from programs receiving federal funds, and obstruction of federal audits.

13.   The program was restored partly with money that had been tied up in a federal audit and partly with money from private donors.

14.   When a federal audit of US West and other Baby Bells is completed in a few weeks, it will show that telephone equipment is missing.

15.   A federal audit of aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas found problems at the facility that built the Alaska Airlines jet which crashed last month off the California coast.

16.   In February the federal audit chamber, responsible for monitoring government spending, completed a probe into federal allocations for reconstruction in the breakaway North Caucasus republic.

17.   Departments such as income tax, customs, defence accounts, publications and federal audit agencies have been seriously hit by the stoppage, he added.