Federal Reports

The Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-194) requires Offices of Inspector General to, among other things, conduct periodic assessments of the government purchase card program to identify and analyze risks of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases and payments. According to Office of Management and Budget memorandum M-13-21, this risk assessment should be performed annually. The purpose of this memorandum is to fulfill the requirements of the Act and OMB guidance. Generally, we found that PBGC has policies and procedures in place to address the requirements in the Act, and has internal controls to assist in the monitoring of this program. Based on our review, we determined that the risk of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases is low.

To further its monitoring of collections-related issues, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted a performance audit of the Prints and Photographs (P&P) Division’s administrative and accounting controls over its collection. Our objectives were to examine (1) the criteria guiding the P&P Division’s acquisition process, (2) the P&P Division’s mechanisms for tracking and accounting for the items acquired, and (3) how the performance of the P&P Division’s acquisition efforts are assessed. The OIG has reported on collections-related issues previously.

This is the report to Congress on the state of the NEA's policies and practices to protect personally identifiable information on agency information systems, as of July 2016. Due to security concerns, this report is not published on the internet. A copy of this report may be obtained by submitting a freedom of information request at the following link: https://www.arts.gov/freedom-information-act-guide

Alerted to allegations that Senior Corps grantee Great Lake Inter-Tribal Council, Lac du Flambeau, WI, misused program funds, CNCS-OIG investigators conducted a review in conjunction with an agency grant officer and a program officer. This joint review found that the grantee had abused the funds awarded by CNCS in multiple ways.