Audit of the Peace Corps' Compliance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

The objectives of this performance audit were to assess the completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of Fiscal Year 2019, First Quarter financial and award data submitted for publication on USAspending.gov in accordance with the DATA Act and to assess the Peace Corps’ compliance with use of the Government-wide financial data standards established by the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury. While the Peace Corps’ FY 2019, Q1 DATA Act submission was of high quality, the agency lacks a comprehensive data quality plan outlining the risks and what mitigating controls it has in place to demonstrate that data submitted is of high quality.

Date Issued:

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Peace Corps

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

IG-20-01-A

Component, if applicable:

Agency-wide

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Number of Recommendations:

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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
3	Open	Yes
That the chief financial officer develop and implement a data quality plan that aligns with the requirements of OMB memorandum 18-16 and outlines the risk and mitigating controls the agency has in place to demonstrate that the data submitted is of high quality.
4	Open	Yes
That the chief financial officer require all quality review steps, outlined in the data quality plan, be performed prior to the senior accountable officer certification of the quarterly submissions for the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Yes

That the chief financial officer develop and implement a data quality plan that aligns with the requirements of OMB memorandum 18-16 and outlines the risk and mitigating controls the agency has in place to demonstrate that the data submitted is of high quality.

Open

Yes

That the chief financial officer require all quality review steps, outlined in the data quality plan, be performed prior to the senior accountable officer certification of the quarterly submissions for the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014.

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Audit of the Peace Corps' Compliance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act

Related Open Recommendations