1.   As federal auditors crawled all over Lincoln, Keating was not content to wait and hope for the best.

2.   As part of its cooperation, the company also earlier agreed to allow federal auditors to examine financial records at a sampling of Florida hospitals.

3.   -- Refused to consider whether federal auditors paid to ferret out fraud against the government should still be allowed to seek multimillion-dollar bounties under a whistleblower law.

4.   But in their initial review, Federal auditors suggested that the new rules were not nearly strong enough.

5.   Even as federal auditors contend that HMOs are overpaid by the Medicare program, Ms. Ignagni is asking Congress to increase those payments.

6.   Federal auditors examined the claims and could deny payment for costs deemed to be excessive.

7.   Federal auditors examining the project will soon find the real reasons.

8.   Federal auditors have been complaining about this problem for several years.

9.   Federal auditors usually have access to the books and records of federal contractors.

10.   Federal auditors also found progress at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which received high marks for correcting problems in its community development programs.