Evaluation of the Library of Congress’ GovTA Controls

What Office of Inspector General Evaluated

Determine the extent of inefficiencies between GovTA and NFC payroll systems. Assess preventative and detective controls to mitigate discrepancies. Evaluate cost-reduction measures regarding leave audits.

What Office of Inspector General Found

• Library lacks adequate controls to mitigate variances between GovTA and NFC systems.
• One-way interface between GovTA and NFC does not provide real-time error validation.
• Leave synchronization process remains inefficient and does not eliminate manual reconciliations.

What Office of Inspector General Recommends

• Document the policies and procedures pertaining to preventative and detective controls, to mitigate future leave balance variances between the GovTA and National Finance Center (NFC) systems.
• Implement leave synchronization every pay period, documenting the process in standard operating procedures to ensure consistency and provide corrective actions for discrepancies.
• Perform an assessment to evaluate alternative methods for resolving leave balance variances, thereby providing a basis for selecting the most efficient and effective approach.
• Based on the results of the risk assessment, implement the approach that aligns with the Library’s operational needs while minimizing inefficiencies caused by leave balance variances.
• Implement the selected approach designed to reconcile leave balance variances efficiently, while reducing manual correction efforts.