The auditor does not criticize or judge the preclear, nor does he evaluate for the preclear that person's material.

The auditor also criticised prices which he said had been too low in the past and meant a marked increase last year, which could have a bad effect on demand.

The auditor also criticized the lab for "acceding too quickly" to requests by the voting machine companies to modify the tests.

The auditors also criticized how the department evaluated groups that were seeking money.

The auditors, who re-examined the same 26 bridges studied in a similar audit in 1978, also criticized the city's bridge maintenance program.

But the auditors criticized the state plan because there were no benchmarks to measure electricity savings or to determine whether the training affected the market for air-conditioning equipment.

The city's outside auditors also criticized the city in a compliance audit in the fall of 2001, saying "waiver procedures were not followed in all instances."

A federal investigation followed, and auditors criticized the drastic cuts in the Medicaid enforcement staff since Gov. George Pataki has been in office.

Along with challenging the ballet decision, the auditors criticized the center for bad financial planning and anemic fund-raising, and said the board had isolated itself from the community.

India's national auditor has criticised the armed forces for illegally running nearly 100 golf courses and sports clubs on government land.