Implementation of the Taxpayer First Act Provision Regarding the Management and Purchase of Information Technology Resources Needs Improvement

Submitting OIG:

Date Issued:

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

2023-25-017

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

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Number of Recommendations:

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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1	Open	No
The CIO should coordinate with the Chief Procurement Officer to ensure that the approval process includes a review that the appropriate management official approved the shopping cart prior to the purchase of information technology products.
2	Open	No
Provide clarification on the inherently information technology-related work that should not be performed by the information technology staff outside of the IT organization to the heads of the business units to ensure compliance with the CIO’s memorandum.
3	Open	No
Develop a control to ensure that the information technology staff outside of the IT organization are not performing inherently information technology-related work in accordance the CIO’s memorandum.
4	Open	No
The CIO should establish a process to ensure that oversight of information systems managed by business units outside of the IT organization is documented to support complying with the TFA.
6	Open	No
Disable all software on the unauthorized list and add them to the blocked list until the user can demonstrate a business need and has obtained approval for software use in accordance with requirements.