21.   Gibson has been accused by some board members of blocking an independent financial audit of the group.

22.   He wants independent audits of corporate financial statements to be just that, independent.

23.   HOUSE AUDIT -- A requirement for a comprehensive independent audit of House operations was adopted.

24.   However, national board member Joseph Madison said Chavis and Gibson should step aside temporarily while the board investigates the case and conducts an independent audit.

25.   However, the change included provisions for an independent audit, which the Supreme Audit Agency concluded in early December after two months of work.

26.   In another move to tighten controls over the flow of money through the industry, each carter must submit an independent audit each year to the commission.

27.   It also would require school districts to show how their budget items improve student performance, as measured every five years by an independent audit.

28.   Independent audits are conducted on all clubs.

29.   Moreover, the independent audit concluded that initial drilling results had been deliberately doctored in an elaborate scheme to make the finds appear far richer than they actually were.

30.   On Monday, Bre-X releases the findings of an independent audit by Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd. on its Indonesian gold find.