Semiannual Report to Congress

October 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016

May 2016

Federal Election Commission - Office of Inspector General

999 E Street, N.W. Suite 940, Washington, D.C. 20463



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Executive Summary 1

OIG Audit Activity 2

OIG Audit Follow-up Activity 4

OIG Inspections & Special Projects 5

OIG Hotline Information 6

OIG Investigative Information 7

Additional OIG Activity 8

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 9

OIG Contacts 10

List of Training, Meetings and Conferences Attended by OIG Staff 11

Reporting Requirements 13

Table I – Questioned Cost 14

Table II – Funds Put To Better Use 15

Table III – Summary Of Audit And Inspection Reports With 16

Corrective Actions Outstanding For More Than Six Months

Appendix A

The Federal Election Commission 17

Office of Inspector General 17

Table of Contents
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Executive Summary

programs are being administered by the agency in 

accordance with Federal law, regulations, Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and FEC 

policies and procedures; and 2) assess whether the 

telework program has been implemented equitably 

and fairly within the spirit of Federal guidance. The 

audit is in the draft report stage, with a final report expected to be issued in the next few months.

The OIG’s Review of Outstanding 

Recommendations as of February 2016 (OIG-16-

03) was issued in March. The OIG semiannually provides the Commission with a report outlining the status of outstanding recommendations. We reviewed 

six audits and inspections that contained a combined 

total of 79 outstanding recommendations. The OIG 

was only able to close one recommendation that was 

included in the 2010 Follow-up Audit of Procurement 

and Contract Management audit report.

The OIG has undertaken a project to discover the 

root causes of low employee morale at the FEC, 

which has been reflected in the past few years annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) conducted by the Office of Personal Management (OPM). 

A contractor was selected and they have conducted 

multiple interviews with individual employees and 

management. Focus groups were also convened 

and an agency wide electronic survey was conducted 

to enable all FEC staff to provide input. The contractors will be providing the OIG with a report based on 

the results of the above research. 

At the close of this reporting period, five hotline complaints remain open and four hotline complaints were 

closed. There are seven open investigations and 

two investigations were closed during this reporting 

period. 

For additional information regarding the work discussed in this summary, please refer to the appropriate sections of this Semiannual Report.

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (IG 

Act), states that the Inspector General (IG) is responsible for: conducting audits and investigations; recommending policies and procedures that promote 

economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of agency resources and programs; and endeavoring to prevent 

fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. The IG 

Act also requires the IG to keep the Federal Election 

Commission (Commission or FEC) and Congress 

fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies in the Commission’s operations and the 

need for corrective action.

This semiannual report includes the major accomplishments of the FEC Office of Inspector General 

(OIG), as well as relevant information regarding additional OIG activities. The executive summary 

highlights the most significant activities of the OIG. 

Additional details pertaining to each activity (e.g., audits, hotline, and investigations) can be found in subsequent sections of this report. The diligent work, 

outstanding efforts, and many contributions of our 

entire IG staff make the accomplishments of the OIG 

possible.

The Audit of the FEC’s Fiscal Year 2015 Financial 

Statements (OIG-15-01) was completed and released during this reporting period. Leon Snead & 

Company (LSC) began final testing for the annual financial statement audit at the start of this semiannual reporting period. LSC’s audit report provided 

the FEC with an unmodified opinion on its financial 

statements for fiscal year (FY) 2015. The report also 

noted 12 information technology (IT) related findings 

that agency management needs to address to continue to improve the FEC’s IT security. The findings 

were repeat issues from prior year audits.

The Audit of the FEC’s Telework Programs (OIG15-03) commenced during the previous reporting period. The primary objectives of the audit are to 1) 

determine whether the agency’s telework related 
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OIG Audit Activity

Audit of the FEC's Fiscal Year 2015 Financial 

Statements

Assignment Number: OIG-15-01

Status: Released November 2015

http://www.fec.gov/fecig/documents/FEC2015Finan

cialStatementAuditReport-Final.pdf

Leon Snead & Company (LSC) began final testing 

for the annual financial statement audit at the start 

of this semiannual reporting period. After final testing was completed, LSC then drafted and submitted 

the audit report, which provided the OIG with the final 

audit results and deliverables. 

For FY 2015, LSC determined that the FEC’s financial statements were presented fairly in accordance 

with accounting principles generally accepted in the 

United States. LSC’s audit report provided the FEC 

with an unmodified opinion on their financial statements for FY 2015.

LSC noted that the Office of the Chief Information 

Officer has made steps to improving its overall information technology security controls by agreeing to adopt the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology’s (NIST) security best practices. The 

NIST IT security controls will provide the agency with 

a more structured and robust IT security framework 

that is applicable to the agency’s business practices 

and acceptable for a Federal agency

The report also noted 12 IT related findings that 

agency management needs to address to continue 

to improve its IT security. These findings were present in previous Financial Statement audits.

Audit of the Federal Election Commission's 

(FEC) Telework1

 Program

Assignment Number: OIG-15-03

Status: In Progress

The Audit of the FEC’s Telework Programs commenced during the previous reporting period. The 

primary objectives of the audit are to 1) determine 

whether the agency’s telework related programs are 

being administered by the agency in accordance with 

Federal law, regulations, OPM guidance, and FEC 

policies and procedures; and 2) assess whether the 

telework program has been implemented equitably 

and fairly within the spirit of Federal guidance.

The scope of the audit included detailed testing of 

a sample of FEC employees’ time and attendance 

activity during a 12-month period from March 2014 

to March 2015. The detailed testing includes the 

following:

• Ensure required telework documentation was 

properly completed and approved prior to employee starting telework; 

• Determine if employees' actual telework time 

and attendance records were consistent and 

in line with telework agreements, as well as in 

compliance with the applicable telework policy; 

• Follow-up on employees that have been identified as potentially using excessive telework 

based on the policies in place at the time, and 

assess for reasonableness and the potential 

appearance of preferential treatment.

1 The FEC no longer refer to the telework programs as “Flexiplace.” Therefore, the word Flexiplace has been removed from the 

official name of this audit. 
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The notice of findings and recommendations (NFRs) 

were submitted to agency management and an exit 

conference was held to discuss the NFRs. The draft 

report has been completed and we are in the process 

of indexing and referencing the report, once the draft 

report has been independently reviewed, it will be forwarded to agency management for comments and 

official response. We expect to issue the final audit 

report within the next few months.
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OIG's Review of Outstanding Recommendations 

as of February 2016

Assignment Number: OIG-16-03

Status: Released March 2016

http://www.fec.gov/fecig/documents/Final-OIGRe

viewofOutstandingRecommendationsasofFebrua

ry2016.pdf

The OIG semiannually provides the Commission with 

the status of outstanding audit and inspection recommendations detailing the follow-up work conducted 

by the OIG. Since the last follow-up report (released 

September 2015), the OIG has not added any new 

assignments for review, and we continued our review 

of the previous six open audit and inspection recommendations from the prior period. We reviewed the 

following six audits and inspections that contain a 

combined total of 79 outstanding recommendations

• Audit of the Commission’s Property 

Management Controls (issued 03/2010);

• 2010 Follow-up Audit of Privacy and Data 

Protection (issued 03/2011);

• 2010 Follow-up Audit of Procurement and 

Contract Management (issued 06/2011);

• Inspection of the FEC’s Disaster Recovery 

Plan and Continuity of Operations Plans (issued 01/2013); 

• Audit of the FEC’s Office of Human Resources

(issued 07/2013); and

• Inspection of the FEC’s Compliance with 

FMFIA/OMB A-123 (issued 06/2014).

The OIG closed one recommendation included in the 2010 Follow-up Audit of Procurement 

and Contract Management audit report. Currently 

there are 78 outstanding recommendations; which 

includes recommendations that have been outstanding for 6 years. Many of these outstanding recommendations require implementation 

due to federal requirements that the agency is 

not in compliance with, along with promoting 

more effective and efficient business operations.

In a noteworthy accomplishment identified during the 

most recent audit follow-up review, the OCFO established a FEC A-123 task force and has made significant progress with addressing corrective actions 

needed to comply with the new OMB A-123 guidance.

OIG Audit Follow-up Activity
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Root Causes of Low Employee Morale Study

Assignment Number: OIG-15-06

Status: In Progress

The OIG felt the continuing low scores being received by the FEC in the annual Federal Employee 

Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), conducted by OPM, and 

Partnership for Public Services (PPS) publication, 

The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, 

revealed significant morale problems within the FEC 

should be explored further. The 2014 PPS publication rated the FEC 29th out of 30 small Federal government agencies. 

The OIG contracted with Job Performance Systems 

(JPS) Inc., to conduct the study and report on the 

causes of low morale among FEC employees. JPS 

held individual meetings with multiple FEC employees and management and focus groups were formed 

to discuss areas of concern. A survey was developed 

by JPS based on the results of the interviews and focus groups, and sent to all FEC employees to give 

everyone an opportunity to have their voice heard. 

The results of this study will be incorporated into a 

final report. The report will be available to all FEC 

employees and management and will be published 

on the OIG internet page. 

OIG Inspections & Special Projects
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The OIG hotline exists to enable FEC employees, 

FEC contractors, and the public to have direct and 

confidential contact with the OIG. All allegations and 

referrals of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, 

and misconduct involving FEC employees, contractors, programs, operations, property, or funds received through any means are termed “hotline complaints” per OIG policy. Once a hotline complaint has 

been received, a preliminary inquiry is conducted 

to determine whether the hotline complaint will be 

closed with no further action taken, referred to management or another agency, or an investigation will 

be initiated. 

The OIG considers many factors when evaluating 

whether to open an investigation based on a hotline 

complaint, and acknowledges that every hotline complaint received by the OIG cannot be investigated, 

and in many cases a complaint does not merit an 

investigation. OIG policy requires that hotline complaints be evaluated on certain criteria, including the 

merits of an allegation, the availability of evidence, 

and the existing priorities, commitments, and resources of the OIG. Under this policy, hotline complaints are classified as either high or low priority 

complaints. High priority complaints are investigated 

and low priority complaints are either closed with no 

action or referred to the appropriate official for possible further review. Often, a hotline complaint will 

be closed because a preliminary inquiry found the 

allegations to be unsubstantiated, there is a lack of 

information to proceed, or the issue giving rise to the 

allegation has been otherwise resolved. Hotline evaluation decisions are made by the Chief Investigator, 

with concurrence from the Deputy IG.

During this semiannual reporting period, four hotline 

complaints were closed and five hotline complaints 

remain open. 

The OIG frequently receives reports and allegations 

which are misdirected complaints that should have 

been routed to the Office of Complaints and Legal 

Administration within the Office of General Counsel 

(OGC), are outside the jurisdiction of the OIG or the 

FEC, or are facially unsubstantiated, meritless or 

invalid. For example, Section 437g of the Federal 

Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (FECA), 

sets forth strict requirements for reporting alleged violations of FECA, and FEC regulations direct that 

such complaints be filed directly by the complainant 

and processed through OGC; still, the OIG regularly receives complaints of alleged FECA violations, 

many of which are not legally compliant. Form responses with information about properly filing a complaint with OGC are sent to complainants alleging 

FECA violations, as the OIG cannot simply route 

FECA complaints to OGC. 

In other cases of misdirected complaints, a response 

is sent to the individual referring him or her to the 

proper office or other agency. In some limited instances where a misdirected communication does 

not concern a FECA violation but falls under the 

purview of another FEC component or government 

agency, such as a candidate with a question about 

filing a report with the FEC, the inquiry may be redirected and sent to the appropriate office or agency 

directly from the OIG. Reviewing and, where appropriate, responding to these reports and allegations 

when aggregated can entail a significant amount of 

staff time and effort, despite the fact that they are not 

valid hotline complaints.

In order to capture and document these hotline contacts, the OIG created a category for “hotline inquiries” that do not meet the criteria for hotline complaints. For this reporting period, the OIG received 

11 hotline inquiries related to various issues such as 

unauthorized monthly donations to political organizations, alleged filing violations, election tampering, 

and voter fraud.

OIG Hotline Information
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OIG Investigative Information

OIG investigations seek out facts related to allegations of wrongdoing. OIG investigations may address 

administrative, civil, and criminal violations of laws 

and regulations. The subject of an OIG investigation 

can be any agency employee, an FEC contractor, 

consultant, or a person or entity involved in alleged 

wrongdoing affecting FEC programs and operations. 

As discussed in the OIG Hotline Information section, 

all hotline complaints are evaluated to determine if 

they warrant an investigation. If an investigation is 

opened, the hotline complaint is closed and merged 

into the investigative file. OIG investigations involve 

a detailed examination or inquiry into issues brought 

to our attention by various sources, and may include 

interviews of relevant witnesses and subjects, document reviews, and computer forensic examinations. 

At the conclusion of an OIG investigation, the OIG 

prepares a report that sets forth the allegations and 

an objective description of the facts developed during 

the investigation. 

As this reporting period comes to an end, seven investigations remain open and the OIG closed two administrative investigations that involved the review of 

FEC management’s internal policies and procedures. 

The OIG concluded in both investigations that no violations of FEC policies and procedures had occurred. 
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Additional OIG Activity

Besides conducting audits, inspections, and investigations, the OIG performs and is involved in an 

array of additional projects and activities. One of 

these, as required by the IG Act, is reviewing legislation related to the programs and operations of 

the FEC. The IG also reviews and provides comments, when appropriate, on legislation provided 

by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity 

and Efficiency’s (CIGIE) Legislative Committee. 

Listed below are examples of the OIG’s additional activities during this reporting period: 

• The OIG responded to a congressional request 

from Senators Grassley and Johnson. It was 

requested that the OIG provide the Senators, 

on a semiannual basis, with information regarding audits, evaluations and investigations conducted by the OIG.

• Pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the FEC OIG and the Federal 

Maritime Commission (FMC) OIG to provide 

legal counsel on a reimbursable basis; the 

Counsel to the IG continues to provide assistance to the IG of the FMC.

• The OIG provided the Commission with a 

summary and assessment of the most serious management and performance challenges facing the FEC. The OIG identified three 

management and performance challenges 

– Information Technology Project Planning 

and Management; Governance Framework; 

and Human Capital Management / Human 

Resources Operations.
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The IG is an active member of the Executive Council, 

which is composed of the Chair, Vice Chair, the immediate past Chair and Vice Chair, an at-large member, and all CIGIE Committee Chairs. The Executive 

Council provides guidance on CIGIE initiated projects, the operating plans for each fiscal year, and the 

general business of CIGIE. In addition, the IG attends 

monthly council meetings to discuss issues that will 

affect CIGIE and its members. The IG is also a member of the Professional Development Committee.

Currently, the Inspector General serves as Vice Chair 

of the CIGIE Budget Committee and participated in 

multiple budget committee teleconferences to discuss the CIGIE FY 2016 and 2017 budget. The IG 

also participates in CIGIE’s New Leaders program 

by sharing with students her thoughts on leadership and how to rise in the IG community in the session titled “Lunch with the IG”.. The IG served on this 

year’s CIGIE panel reviewing submissions for the 

Presidential Rank Awards. 

OIG staff also participates in many projects for CIGIE. 

For example, one of our senior auditors continues 

to serve as planning coordinator for the Data Act 

Working Group with responsibility for leading subgroup team meetings. In this capacity, the auditor 

developed the project plan for completing the Audit 

Readiness Guidelines and Template which will be 

available for all OIGs to use, attended joint meetings 

with other agencies, and drafted the official working group’s response to Government Accountability 

Office comments on the project. Other OIG staff attend various CIGIE meetings and participates in various task forces.

Council of the Inspectors General on 

Integrity and Efficiency
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This section documents the non-hotline communications received by the OIG from the public and other government agencies. OIG contacts run the gamut from citizens expressing their views or trying to reach the right FEC 

component to graduate students doing research. Contacts may be made through telephone calls, emails, faxes, 

U.S. mail, and personal visits to the OIG. The table below indicates the total amount of contacts received by the 

OIG for the past six months – October 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016. Those forwarded for action were referred 

to another FEC component or appropriate resource.

Total

Contacts

OIG

Action

No Action

Necessary

Forwarded 

for Action

2,689 18 2,660 11

OIG Contacts
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The chart listed below depicts training, meetings, programs, seminars, and/or conferences attended by the 

Inspector General and/or the OIG staff for the period October 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016:

MEETINGS:

List of Training, Meetings

and Conferences

Host / Sponsor Topic / Subject

Council of Inspectors General on 

Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) 

Annual CIGIE-GAO Coordination Meeting

Assistant Inspector General for Investigations 

 Quarterly Meetings

Leadership Development Subcommittee 

 Meetings

Monthly Meetings

Executive Council Meetings

Budget Committee Meetings

Professional Development

 Committee Meetings

Council of Counsels to the Inspectors General Monthly Meetings

Small OIG Working Group Meeting

Government Accountability Office Data Act Working Group Joint Meetings

Institute of Internal Auditors Bi-monthly Meetings

Annual Advocacy Gala

Office of Inspector General

Bi-weekly Staff Meetings

Weekly Meetings w/Staff Assistant, Deputy 

 IG and Counsel to the IG/Chief Investigator

Deputy IG weekly status meetings with 

 Senior Auditors
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Host / Sponsor Topic / Subject

Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Annual Conference

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Forensic Analytics and Employee Fraud

Association of Inspectors General Fall 2015 Annual Conference

Audimation Services, Inc. Statistical Sampling

Council of the Inspectors General

on Integrity and Efficiency 

Audit Peer Review Training

Contract & Grant Fraud Training

Dark Net Training

Leadership Forum

Greater Washington Society of CPAs Women’s Leadership Conference

Institute of Internal Auditors Managing Fraud Risk

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration Help Desk Ticketing System

National Archives NARA Records Management Certification Training

Dispute Resolution Skills Training for FOIA Professionals

National Seminars Women’s Conference Tour

Office of Government Ethics National Government Ethics Summit

Professional Women’s Network Annual Conference

The Washington Center How to Create Meaningful Internships

U.S. Secret Service Cyberspace Security Presentation

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 

Authority 

The Interagency Fraud and Risk Data Mining 

 Group’s Quarterly Presentation Seminar

Federal Election Commission

GSA – Government Travel Card Training

No Fear Act Training

Security Awareness Training

Transit Subsidy and Recertification Training

TRAINING/CONFERENCES:
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Reporting Requirements

Reporting requirements required by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended by the Inspector 

General Act Amendments of 1988 are listed below:

IG ACT DESCRIPTION PAGE

Section 4(a)(2) Review of Legislation 8

Section 5(a)(1) Significant Problems, Abuses, and Deficiencies None

Section 5(a)(2) Recommendations with Respect to Significant Problems, Abuses,

and Deficiencies None

Section 5(a)(3) Recommendations Included in Previous Reports on Which 

Corrective Action Has Not Been Completed (Table III) 16

Section 5(a)(4) Matters Referred to Prosecuting Authorities None

Section 5(a)(5) Summary of Instances Where Information was Refused None

Section 5(a)(7) Summary of Significant Reports 2

Section 5(a)(8) Questioned and Unsupported Costs (Table I) 14

Section 5(a)(9) Recommendations that Funds be put to Better Use (Table II) 15

Section 5(a)(10) Summary of Audit Reports issued before the start of the Reporting 

Period for which no Management Decision has been made N/A

Section 5(a)(11) Significant revised Management Decisions N/A

Section 5(a)(12) Management Decisions with which the Inspector General is 

in Disagreement

None
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NUMBER QUESTIONED 

COSTS

UNSUPPORTED 

COSTS

A. For which no management decision has been made 

by commencement of the reporting period

0 0 0

B. Which were issued during the reporting period 0 0 0

Sub-Totals (A&B) 0 0 0

C. For which a management decision was made during 

the reporting period

0 0 0

(i) Dollar value of disallowed costs 0 0 0

(ii) Dollar value of costs not disallowed 0 0 0

D. For which no management decision has been made 

by the end of the reporting period

0 0 0

E. Reports for which no management decision was 

made within six months of issuance

0 0 0

Table I

Inspector General issued reports with questioned costs (dollar value in thousands)
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Number

Dollar Value

(In Thousands)

A. For which no management decision has been made by the 

commencement of the reporting period

0 0

B. Which were issued during the reporting period 0 0

C. For which a management decision was made during the 

reporting period

0 0

(i) dollar value of recommendations were agreed to by 

management

0 0

based on proposed management action 0 0

based on proposed legislative action 0 0

(ii) dollar value of recommendations that were not agreed to 

by management

0 0

D. For which no management decision has been made by the 

end of the reporting period

0 0

E. Reports for which no management decision was made within 

six months of issuance

0 0

Table II

Inspector general issued reports with recommendations that funds be put to better use
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Recommendations

Report Title Report 

Number

Issue 

Date

Number Closed Open

Audit of the Commission’s Property 

Management Controls 

OIG-09-02 03/10 36 35 1

2010 Follow-up Audit of Procurement and 

Contract Management

OIG-10-02 06/11 29 28 1

2010 Follow-up Audit of Privacy and 

Data Protection

OIG-10-03 03/11 45 17 28

Inspection of the Federal Election 

Commission’s Disaster Recovery Plan and 

Continuity of Operations Plans

OIG-12-06 01/13 30 12 29

Audit of the Federal Election Commission’s 

Office of Human Resources

OIG-12-05 07/13 26 15 11

Inspection of FEC’s Compliance with FMFIA/ 

OMB Circular A-123

OIG-14-01 06/14 8 0 8

Table III

Summary of audit and inspection reports with corrective actions outstanding for more than six 

months

Cumulative Total Of Outstanding Recommendations 78

2 Recommendation was closed based on a duplicate recommendation in the FEC’s annual financial statement audit that was reviewed and 

closed.
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Appendix a

The Federal Election 

Commission

In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election 

Commission to administer and enforce the Federal 

Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended. The 

duties of the FEC, an independent regulatory agency, 

are to disclose campaign finance information, enforce 

the provisions of the law, and oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.

The Commission consists of six members who are 

appointed by the President and confirmed by the 

Senate. Each member serves a six-year term, and 

two seats are subject to appointment every two years. 

By law, no more than three Commissioners can be 

members of the same political party, and at least four 

votes are required for any official Commission action. 

The Chairmanship of the Commission rotates among 

the members each year, with no member serving as 

Chairman more than once during his or her term. 

Currently the FEC has a full complement of 

Commissioners – Matthew S. Petersen, Chair; 

Steven T. Walther, Vice Chair; Commissioners Lee 

E. Goodman; Carolyn C. Hunter; Ann M. Ravel; and 

Ellen L. Weintraub. 

Office of Inspector General

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, states that the Inspector General is responsible for: 1) conducting and supervising audits 

and investigations relating to the FEC’s programs 

and operations; 2) detecting and preventing fraud, 

waste, and abuse of agency programs and operations while providing leadership and coordination; 

3) recommending policies designed to promote 

economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the establishment; and 4) keeping the Commission and 

Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies in FEC agency programs 

and operations, and the need for corrective action. 
or toll free at 1-800-424-9530 (press 0; then dial 1015) 

Fax us at 202-501-8134 or e-mail us at oig@fec.gov 

Visit or write to us at 999 E Street, N.W., Suite 940, Washington DC 20463 

Federal Election Commission 

Office of Inspector General 

Individuals including FEC and FEC contractor employees are encouraged to alert the OIG to 

fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of agency programs and operations. Individuals 

who contact the OIG can remain anonymous. However, persons who report allegations are encouraged 

to provide their contact information in the event additional questions arise as the OIG evaluates the 

allegations. Allegations with limited details or merit may be held in abeyance until further specific details 

are reported or obtained. Pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, the Inspector 

General will not disclose the identity of an individual who provides information without the consent of that 

individual, unless the Inspector General determines that such disclosure is unavoidable during the course 

of an investigation. To learn more about the OIG, visit our Website at: http://www.fec.gov/fecig/fecig.shtml 

Together we can make a difference. 

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