Report 2003-004- FIN - INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS

Cotton & Company LLP audited the Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as of September 30, 2004 and 2003; the related Consolidated Statements of Net Cost of Operations, Changes in Net Position, and Financing; and the Combined Statement of Budgetary Resources for the years then ended, and has issued our report thereon dated November 1, 2004. We conducted our audit in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin 01-02, Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements.