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Government Accountability Office
Contract Management: Improvements Would Strengthen Controls and Reduce Risk
This is a publication by GAO's Inspector General that concerns internal GAO operations. This report addresses the extent to which GAO has established an effective framework of controls to guide its contract management process.
We found that the Department’s audit followup process was not always effective and noted that the Department’s accountable office did not fulfill its responsibilities to (1) ensure that action officials had systems in place to follow up on corrective actions, (2) monitor compliance with OMB Circular A-50, and (3) ensure the overall effectiveness of the audit resolution and followup system. We also found that the Department did not ensure timely audit closure and principal offices did not always adequately maintain documentation of audit followup activities. As a result, the Department did not have assurance that requested corrective actions were taken and that the issues noted in the OIG audits were corrected.
