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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.
The Smithsonian Institution's Office of the Inspector General conducted this performance audit to test the Smithsonian's capabilities to prevent, detect, and respond to information security incidents.
The Office of the Inspector General contracted with Williams Adley to conduct this audit. The objective of the audit was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Smithsonian’s information security program in fiscal year 2017.
The objective of this audit was to determine to what extent the Smithsonian ensures that required background investigations are conducted promptly on employees and certain affiliated individuals.
This audit examined the training, medical and physical, and equipment standards for the Smithsonian’s armed security guard force and compared those standards with best practices in minimum standards established by the federal government’s ISC, of which the Smithsonian is an associate member.The...
