Each year billions of dollars are diverted by the President and his assistants from the purposes for which Congress intended them. Billions more are used in confidential and covert ways, without the knowledge of Congress and the public. Here is the first account of how this money is actually spent. Louis Fisher writes: ""When it comes to the administration of the budget, we find nothing that is obvious, very little that is visible. Our priorities...

"The objective of this audit was to evaluate whether the Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services (Department) has designed, communicated, implemented, and operated suitable internal controls over the receipt, deposit, recording, and reporting of revenues and the authorization, payment, recording, and reporting of expenditures. Criteria used in the evaluation included State statutes and administrative rules; policies and procedures including...