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OIG Hotline receives complaints of fraud, waste, or abuse in Smithsonian programs and operations, including mismanagement or violations of law, rules, or regulations by Smithsonian employees, contractors, or others affiliated with the Smithsonian. Please be as specific as possible. Provide relevant names, dates and times, locations, how you became aware of the issue, the names of others affected by the issue, and other facts that would aid our understanding of the problem.
Minor incidents — such as minor time and attendance abuse or misuse of government property — should be reported to appropriate Smithsonian managers. Personnel matters involving requests for individual relief should be handled through the appropriate grievance process with Smithsonian management, the Office of Human Resources, or the Office of Equal Employment and Supplier Diversity. For other questions and concerns about the Smithsonian but not involving fraud, waste, or abuse in Smithsonian programs, go to the Smithsonian's contact webpage.
This report highlights the accomplishments achieved through our oversight and investigative activities for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2025.
Smithsonian Enterprises (SE) oversees the majority of the revenue-generating operations of the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian). It is an essential source of unrestricted funds— monies without donor-imposed or legal restrictions on their use. SE provides unrestricted funds to the Smithsonian...
Under a contract monitored by this office, the Office of the Inspector General engaged Castro, an independent public accounting firm, to perform the Fiscal Year 2025 Independent Evaluation of the Smithsonian Institution’s Information Security Program.
The Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian) relies on funding from external sponsors such as governments, foundations, and corporations to support projects that further its mission to increase and diffuse knowledge. The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) provides centralized support, guidance, and...
The Smithsonian Institution Office of Inspector General reviewed the system of quality control for the audit organization of the National Credit Union Administration Office of the Inspector General (NCUA OIG) in effect for the year ending September 30, 2024. A system of quality control encompasses...
This is the third report of the fiscal year 2024 financial statement audits of the Smithsonian Institution performed by the independent accounting firm of KPMG LLP.
According to 20 U.S.C. § 44, each member of the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents shall be paid for necessary travel and other actual expenses to attend meetings of the Board. The law also assigns the Board’s Executive Committee the responsibility of auditing these expenditures. Since 2008...
The Office of the Inspector General contracted with Castro & Company, LLC to evaluate the effectiveness ofthe Smithsonian's information security program in fiscal year 2024. For Fiscal year 2024, Castro found that the Smithsonian Institution’s Information security program was effective overall...
