IPA Audit Report of FEC's Human Capital Management Program for Fiscal Year 2022

Submitting OIG:

Federal Election Commission OIG

Report Description:

Independent Public Accountants (IPA) Audit Report of the FEC’s Human Capital Management Program.

Date Issued:

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Federal Election Commission

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

OIG-22-02

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Attachment	Size
IPA-Audit-Report-FEC-HCM-Program-42523.pdf	1.8 MB

Additional Details Link:

https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/FEC_HCM_Audit_Final_Report_4…

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
Recommendation 1	Open	Yes
We recommend that FEC’s senior management in collaboration with the FEC’s Director of the Office of Human Resources and the FEC’s CHCO should develop a plan to strategically manage human capital across the agency that is informed by the OPM HCOP and HCF guidance. The HCM plan should include the salient elements of the OPM human capital guidance and workforce planning activities that are scaled to the FEC’s size and needs.
Recommendation 2	Open	No
We recommend that FEC’s management should develop a strategic human capital management plan to include a process for conducting and documenting a skills gap analysis of its workforce.
Recommendation 3	Open	No
We recommend that FEC’s management should develop a strategic human capital management plan to include a process for succession planning for senior leaders and mission-critical positions.
Recommendation 4	Open	No
We recommend that FEC’s management should develop a strategic human capital management plan to include guidance on the development of training programs, including formal training plans for appropriate employees (e.g., employees with skills gaps and for succession planning purposes).
Recommendation 5	Open	No
We recommend that FEC’s management should develop a strategic human capital management plan to include a more consistent and efficient performance management process and negotiate with the BU to: -Transition BU employees to the electronic performance management system and require the same templates be completed as the NBU employees. - Move all employees to the same standard performance period instead of evaluating BU employees’ performance on their hired anniversary date.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Recommendation 1

Open

Yes

We recommend that FEC’s senior management in collaboration with the FEC’s Director of the Office of Human Resources and the FEC’s CHCO should develop a plan to strategically manage human capital across the agency that is informed by the OPM HCOP and HCF guidance. The HCM plan should include the salient elements of the OPM human capital guidance and workforce planning activities that are scaled to the FEC’s size and needs.

Recommendation 2

Open

We recommend that FEC’s management should develop a strategic human capital management plan to include a process for conducting and documenting a skills gap analysis of its workforce.

Recommendation 3