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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2002

In a court filing last week, the auditing firm which performed a reconciliation for tribal assets and is undertaking accounting projects for individual Indians said it was having trouble locating all paper and electronic documents related to failed energy company Enron.

Arthur Andersen has come under fire for the work it did for Enron. Executives have admitted documents have been destroyed and have been working to track down what is available.

Andersen's work on the tribal reconciliation project has been criticized by members of Congress, tribes and department officials. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee was told that Andersen could never have done a full accounting due to the limitation of records.

The committee has since approved on a voice vote a bill to allow tribes more time to consider settling over $2 billion in unaccounted money with the Department of Interior.

Get the Story:
Andersen Labors to Recover Enron-Related Documents (The New York Times 2/15)
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Relevant Links:
Arthur Andersen - http://www.andersen.com
Indian Trust, Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://130.94.214.68/main/pages/
issues/other_issues/trust_reform.asp

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