Fiscal Year 2019 Top Management Challenges Facing the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
This report includes EAC OIG’s independent assessment of the top management challenges facing EAC in fiscal year 2019.
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• Waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement in EAC programs • Irregularities involving a recipient of funds distributed by EAC • Serious wrongdoing or gross mismanagement at EAC • Retaliation or whistleblower reprisal due to disclosure of wrongdoing by an EAC supervisor or EAC management
The EAC OIG generally does NOT investigate the following matters: • Voter fraud (for example, ineligible persons voting, eligible persons voting more than once, persons voting under a false identity, etc.) • Voter registration abnormalities • Election irregularities (for example, vote tampering, voter suppression, mishandling of ballots, etc.) • Campaign financing issues (report such issues to the Federal Election Commission, https://www.fec.gov/legal-resources/enforcement/complaints-process/) • 911 Emergencies • Equal Employment Opportunity complaints Under the U.S. Constitution, the responsibility for administering elections is reserved specifically to the states. Any problems concerning administration of elections should generally be reported to your local election board, state election official (see https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state/ for an interactive map with links to your state election official), or, if you suspect criminal behavior, your State Police or state Attorney General. The only Federal agency with jurisdiction to investigate election-related crime is the Department of Justice, which you may contact via your local Assistant United States Attorney (https://www.justice.gov/usao/find-your-united-states-attorney ) or your local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This report includes EAC OIG’s independent assessment of the top management challenges facing EAC in fiscal year 2019.
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited $27.4 million in funds received by the State of Missouri under the Help America Vote Act. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Missouri Office of the Secretary of State: 1) used...
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of Brown & Company CPAs and Management Consultants, PLLC, audited EAC’s information security program for fiscal year 2023 in support of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). The objective was to determine whether...
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited $15.2 million in funds received by the State of Alaska under the Help America Vote Act. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: 1) used...
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, audited EAC's compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act and related information security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines for fiscal year 2014.
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of Leon Snead & Company, P.C., audited EAC's financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2013, and September 30, 2012.
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of Learn Snead & Co. P.C., audited EAC's compliance with OMB Circular A-130 and FISMA requirements for fiscal year 2013.
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, audited EAC's acquisition and procurement of goods and services. The objective of the audit was to determine if EAC had policies and procedures to allow them to be compliant and maintain compliance with specific laws...
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of Leon Snead & Company, P.C., audited EAC's financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2012, and September 30, 2011.
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, audited the EAC's implementation of privacy and data protection policies and its compliance with Section 522 of the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005.