But the department has not done enough, federal auditors say, to prevent people using fraudulent documents from getting passports.

"I like the oil and gas industry," he said, as he reminisced about his years as a federal auditor.

But in recent years federal auditors have accused some schools of abusing the program.

On the bright side, federal and state auditors are going to have to go in and check this out pretty thoroughly.

The federal auditors also found there was little evidence that the Border Patrol's efforts to reduce the number of deaths had been successful.

He was referring to findings by federal auditors that the occupation authority spent billions, in addition to the disputed Halliburton contract, with little oversight.

His father retired as a federal auditor for the Department of the Navy in Charleston.

For the first time, federal auditors are suggesting that some or all of the cash may have been stolen, not just mislaid in an accounting error.

The inspector general's office also said Yale had disclosed to the federal auditors that some documents had been altered.

It declared bankruptcy in 2004, three months after federal auditors determined that the institute had improperly sought grant money to cover unrelated expenses.