National Endowment for the Arts Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress

During the semiannual period, NEA OIG issued one audit report and three evaluation reports on grant recipients’ management of NEA funds, which included nine recommendations. We were contacted and processed two FOIA requests and two hotline inquiries. In addition, a peer review of our audit organization was completed and we received a clean opinion on the quality assurance system our audit organization uses to produce its reports. Also, the financial statement audit and FISMA evaluation for FY 2013 were completed. Finally, we provided the agency head a summary of our perspective on the most significant management and performance challenges facing the NEA.