21.   Private groups and several thousand federal auditors and investigators have churned out stacks of reports analyzing how billions of tax dollars are frittered away.

22.   Recently, federal auditors have said Medicare was overpaying managed care providers who contract with Medicare.

23.   Repeatedly in recent years, federal auditors have shown that developers bilk the bureau, costing the government tens of millions of dollars.

24.   She contends federal auditors have ignored personal money Perot put into the Reform Party beyond legal limits.

25.   Small banks with the best lending records would get fewer reviews for compliance with the act by federal auditors.

26.   Some Fed banks could be closed, federal auditors say.

27.   Stein said federal auditors have confirmed that most of the fees charged are justified by airport expenses.

28.   The company admitted that it had falsified and destroyed records in an effort to deceive federal auditors evaluating its performance.

29.   The Republicans based their suspicions about wider problems to the discovery in June by federal auditors of wrongdoing by census takers in Hialeah, Fla.

30.   Federal auditors also challenge some of the touted benefits.