A Progress Report

to the President

Fiscal Year 2005
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY 

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY

RESULTS IN BRIEF

In 2005, over 11,600 audit, investigation, inspection, and other professionals at 57 Federal Offices of 

Inspector General conducted audits, inspections, evaluations, and investigations. These activities promote 

economy, efficiency, and effectiveness by addressing fraud, waste, and abuse. Their successes include:

• $20 billion in potential savings from audit recommendations and investigative recoveries,

• 6,800 indictments and criminal informations,

• 7,700 successful prosecutions,

• 550 successful civil actions,

• 9,900 suspensions or debarments,

• 2,800 personnel actions, and

• 216,000 hotline complaints processed.

This report was prepared jointly by the Offices of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

and the National Science Foundation. Copies of this publication may be obtained by calling (202)720-6979. 

It is also available on the Inspectors General Website, www.ignet.gov.
FOREWORD

On behalf of the members of the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency and the Executive 

Council on Integrity and Efficiency, we are pleased to present A Progress Report to the President, 

Fiscal Year 2005. The report summarizes the most significant activities and accomplishments of the 

Federal Inspectors General community for fiscal year 2005. 

During this reporting period, the community continued to focus its efforts on assisting agencies and departments 

in addressing the Nation’s most critical challenges, including responding to natural disasters, such as Hurricane 

Katrina; fighting terrorism; and, ensuring financial accountability in the Federal sector. As a result of these 

activities, the Inspectors General identified significant opportunities for operational efficiencies, cost savings and 

preventing fraud in government programs. The community’s overall 2005 performance exceeded its 2004 results 

in nearly every category, including: $20 billion in potential savings--an 11-percent increase in potential savings; 

9,900 suspensions and debarments of business and persons for inappropriate activities with the Government--

nearly doubling the number of suspensions and debarments; 7,700 successful prosecutions--a 19-percent increase; 

and, 2,800 personnel actions-- a 40-percent increase. Specific detailed information on the activities of individual 

Inspector General Offices is extremely important and may be found at www.ignet.gov. We encourage readers to 

avail themselves of this information. 

The 11,600 people of the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency and the Executive Council on 

Integrity and Efficiency remain committed to addressing future challenges facing the Federal government and to 

continuing our record of service to the people of this Nation. 

Gregory H. Friedman Barry Snyder

Vice Chair Vice Chair

President’s Council on Executive Council on

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Table of Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

 

The Inspector General Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

 

OIGs Help the Gulf Coast Recovery Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

 

OIGs Help Protect the Nation Against Terrorism . . . . . . . . . . 5

OIGs Help the Government Spend Money Wisely . . . . . . . . . 7

OIGs Dollar Savings and Criminal Prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . 9

Overview of the PCIE and ECIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

PCIE Committees, Workgroups, and Roundtables . . . . . . . . 15

Appendix: PCIE and ECIE Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Inspector General Act

The Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act) — the first 

Governmentwide legislation of its kind — created OIGs in 

13 Cabinet-level departments and agencies. It established 

the IGs heading these offices as Presidentially appointed, 

Senate-confirmed officials selected on the basis of their 

professional qualifications. The IG Act consolidated each 

agency’s audit and investigative functions under an OIG 

for that agency. In most cases, these functions had been 

fragmented among the very offices audited or investigated. 

OIGs also received dual reporting responsibility — both 

to the head of their agencies and to Congress—through a 

semiannual reporting system. Further, the IG Act contained 

provisions that effectively afforded OIGs operational and 

administrative independence within their agencies. Thus, 

each OIG became a powerful, independent force for 

promoting integrity and efficiency while combating fraud, 

waste, and abuse in Government programs. 

Despite initial opposition from some of the agencies 

covered by the original IG Act, OIGs established their 

effectiveness as contributors to improved economy, 

accountability, and oversight of Government management. 

As a reflection of this success, Congress has amended the 

IG Act several times since 1978, progressively broadening 

the authority of the IGs and extending the statute to 

cover more Federal agencies. The largest single extension 

was the 1988 amendment which, in addition to creating 

more Presidentially appointed IGs, established OIGs in 

some independent regulatory agencies and Government 

corporations. This latter group of IGs has most of the 

same authorities as the Presidentially appointed IGs, but 

they are appointed by their respective agencies. Today, 

57 agencies have statutorily authorized IGs 

(29 Presidentially appointed) that provide audit and 

investigative oversight for Government programs.

Mission and Roles of the Inspectors General

In the broadest sense, OIGs have two principal roles. 

First, they identify fraud, waste, and abuse in their 

agencies’ programs and recommend actions to address 

the issues—both on a case-by-case basis and systemically. 

Second, they report their findings and accomplishments to 

their agencies, Congress, and the public, not only through 

specific written reports, but also by fostering initiatives 

to improve integrity, accountability, and excellence in 

Government. Within their respective agencies, OIGs:

Conduct or oversee audits, investigations, inspections, 

and evaluations of their respective agencies’ programs.

Review existing or proposed laws and regulations 

to determine their effect on the economy, 

efficiency, and integrity of programs.

Sponsor or lead initiatives that seek to identify systemic 

means of addressing weaknesses that leave Federal 

programs vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse.

Inform their agency heads and Congress of programrelated problems and the progress of corrective actions.

More specifically, OIGs have the following roles and 

responsibilities.

Audits: The IG Act mandates that each OIG be responsible 

for auditing programs and activities of its agency, and for 

overseeing and reviewing related audit work performed by 

outside parties. The statute also requires all such audits to 

conform to the Government Auditing Standards published by 

the Comptroller General of the United States (often referred 

to as the Yellow Book). These standards embody the principle 

that auditors must possess the necessary competence, 

integrity, objectivity, and independence to effectively carry out 

their work. The most recent Yellow Book revisions (2003) 

broaden the standards to include prospective analyses 

and studies, and add guidance to ensure consistency in 

fieldwork and reporting methods for all types of audits. 

Investigations: OIGs are authorized to investigate 

both criminal matters and civil or administrative wrongdoing 

involving their agencies’ programs and operations. The OIG 

jurisdiction extends to any person or entity that may have 

committed a program-related violation. The most frequent 

subjects of OIG investigations include benefit recipients, 

contractors, grantees, and Federal employees. In 2003, the 

Homeland Security Act granted law enforcement powers 

to OIGs with Presidentially appointed IGs that, within 

their jurisdiction, are equal to those of other Federal law 

enforcement agencies. The execution of these authorities 

in criminal investigations is subject to Department of 

Justice guidelines and is coordinated with the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement 

organizations. Similar to the Yellow Book standards for 

audits, the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency 

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(PCIE) and Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency 

(ECIE) have developed guidelines for OIG investigations 

that help ensure their professional quality and integrity.

Inspections and Evaluations: Although the IG Act 

does not require OIGs to establish inspection and evaluation 

components, the statute does provide authority for the offices 

to conduct analytical reviews that may be methodologically 

distinct from audits or investigations. Accordingly, many 

OIGs have created inspection and evaluation units to conduct 

broad reviews, program evaluations, and focused inspections 

that analyze the effectiveness of agency activities. The 

PCIE and ECIE have issued quality standards for conducting 

and reporting OIG inspections and evaluations.

OIG Hotlines: Most OIGs operate hotlines that receive 

complaints of fraud, waste, and abuse in their agencies. 

Most hotlines involve dedicated, toll-free telephone lines, the 

existence of which is publicized among agency employees 

and private sector participants in the agencies’ programs. 

Hotlines can receive complaints involving healthcare 

fraud, misuse of Federal grant funds, contract fraud, abuse 

of authority, and mismanagement by Federal officials. 

Criminal cases and civil or administrative actions often 

are generated by hotline complaints. During 2005, OIGs 

processed approximately 216,000 complaints and allegations 

received through their hotlines. The appendix to this report 

provides PCIE and ECIE members’ hotline numbers.

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Improving Agency Operations: All OIGs are aware 

of the need to maintain both the fact and appearance of 

independence within their respective agencies. As a significant 

component of their agencies, though, they also contribute 

to initiatives that improve agency operations. Most OIGs 

seek out and incorporate the input of agency leadership 

and the stakeholders of programs subject to review when 

developing operational and strategic plans. OIGs often 

participate as interested observers in agency-led projects 

that address critical projects or issues. When it does not 

compromise their independence or subsequent ability 

to evaluate a program, OIG personnel may also provide 

technical advice on such issues as security, safety, financial 

management, reporting, contracting, and law enforcement.

Inspector General Semiannual Reports: The IG 

Act requires that each OIG report to Congress semiannually 

about its activities and accomplishments. The semiannual 

reports have become a centerpiece of the OIG community 

and exemplify the offices’ dual-reporting responsibilities. For 

example, although the report is prepared by OIG for Congress, 

the IG Act specifies that it be submitted initially to the agency 

head, who transmits it with the agency’s management report. 

By law, the completed reports become publicly available 

once they are sent to Congress. The IG Act also establishes 

categories in which information must be reported.

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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana 

with Category 3 winds that devastated the Gulf Coast. 

In response, Congress initially appropriated over 

$62 billion to the region for disaster relief; however, effecting 

full recovery from this unprecedented disaster may end up 

costing over $200 billion. Within a week of the hurricane, 

OIGs were on the ground helping citizens and businesses 

in the Gulf Coast. We initially responded with over 

300 special agent volunteers to assist the Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in enforcing the law to 

protect people and property. We subsequently undertook 

additional collaborative efforts to ensure accountability of 

the money being spent (i.e., ensuring funds were expended 

for their intended purposes), and to deter fraud, waste, and 

abuse. These efforts were coordinated through the PCIEECIE Homeland Security Roundtable, headed by the 

Department of Homeland Security IG. The roundtable 

members also developed an aggressive plan to maximize the 

scope and effectiveness of the response and recovery efforts. 

It is anticipated that OIG efforts related to the hurricane 

will continue for a number of years. 

Appropriate to the scope of these disasters, the IG 

community responded by coordinating crosscutting, 

collaborative efforts, which include:

The Katrina Contract Audit Task Force is a joint 

effort among OIGs to improve audit coverage of Katrina 

procurement and includes OIGs from several agencies. The 

task force has developed a comprehensive risk assessment 

of hurricane recovery oversight and identified areas of focus 

for future audits, which include contract reimbursement, 

sole source contracts, and high-value contracts.

The Disaster Preparedness Guide was 

drafted by the Inspections and Evaluation Committee 

and the Disaster Preparedness working group as part of 

a multiagency OIG project. This best practices guide is 

intended to help members of the IG community oversee 

Federal disaster and emergency preparedness efforts. It 

will highlight key areas of concern, lessons learned from 

recent OIG work, and important reference materials.

The Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force was 

established by the Attorney General to investigate and 

prosecute hurricane-related fraud and includes all the Federal 

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OIG investigative offices. The task force focuses on specific 

areas of fraud common in post-disaster environments such 

as fraudulent charities, identity theft, disaster relief benefit 

fraud, insurance fraud, and procurement/contract fraud.

Individual OIGs have planned 122 audits and 

219 investigations in addition to ongoing and completed 

work to help the Government respond efficiently and 

effectively. Examples include:

The United States Postal Service (USPS) OIG

deployed more than 60 people after Hurricane Katrina to 

assist with recovery operations. These personnel helped 

locate employees, assess damage, and ensure the security 

of postal operations. In addition, OIG established a task 

force to identify fraud, waste, and abuse in connection with 

potentially $69 million in postal facility rebuilding contracts.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

OIG provided a core group of auditors, investigators, and 

inspectors with emergency experience to a Special Inspector 

General established to oversee Gulf Coast recovery. In 

addition, OIG auditors are monitoring operations at 

DHS’ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 

operations center. The OIG’s continuing objective is to 

help FEMA officials consider internal controls and the 

potential ramifications of their precedent-setting decisions 

during emergency response and recovery activities.

The Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger 

Corporation) OIG assisted law enforcement in Louisiana 

by providing qualified marshals to give around-the-clock police 

support for the State’s depleted law enforcement agencies. 

OIG personnel also provided security to both the United States 

Army Mortuary Affairs Unit and the Kenyon International 

Emergency Services as they recovered bodies. Additional staff 

helped victims find missing relatives by answering phone lines 

at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The Department of Defense (DoD) OIG’s

investigative branch, the Defense Criminal Investigative 

Service, responded to the Hurricane Katrina disaster 

with a team of special agents who augmented local law 

enforcement in the greater New Orleans area. The Service 

is investigating allegations of crimes associated with the 

reconstruction efforts. Immediately following the disaster, 

the OIG announced 5 audit projects regarding relief and 

recovery efforts. In addition, the Defense OIG Hotline operated 

the Hurricane Relief Fraud Hotline for the Government.

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The Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) OIG enabled timely, dedicated, 

and on-the-spot response by establishing a new regional 

office in the Gulf Coast area and also by creating 

Headquarters-level offices for hurricane fraud oversight. In 

addition, the OIG participated in the roundtable task force 

for disaster relief contracts and temporary housing.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) OIG

has focused on examining contractor invoices submitted to EPA 

to ensure that the agency is getting the best value for its relief 

dollar. EPA has undertaken a large-scale relief effort—a total 

of nearly $123 million in contracts have been awarded—and 

the OIG continues to provide timely and effective reviews.

The General Services Administration (GSA)

OIG has concentrated on reviewing $1 billion in GSA 

contracts awarded on behalf of FEMA for hurricane relief. 

The OIG is also reviewing the GSA’s efforts to mitigate damage 

to 83 GSA-controlled facilities affected by the disaster 

and to assist agencies in continuing their operations.

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The United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) OIG immediately began monitoring the disaster 

food stamp application process, reviewed fraud prevention 

reports, and developed information about electronic benefit 

transaction contracts in response to the hurricane relief 

effort. In addition, approximately 10 audits will be initiated 

in the first half of FY 2006 pertaining to USDA actions 

responding to hurricane relief efforts and focusing on those 

disaster relief programs most vulnerable to fraud. The OIG is 

also working closely with other Federal, State, and local law 

enforcement agencies to conduct investigations into fraud 

associated with the hurricane relief and reconstruction efforts. 

Based on referrals from the Attorneys’ Offices in Louisiana 

and Mississippi, the OIG has several ongoing investigations 

of individuals who filed false benefit applications.

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Since the terrorist attacks against the United States on 

September 11, 2001, the Administration has implemented 

a number of preventive measures to protect our Nation, 

including the Federal Information Security Management 

Act (FISMA) and a Homeland Security Policy Directive 

(HSPD-12). FISMA requires that all Federal agencies 

provide security for information and information systems 

that support agency operations, including those managed 

by other agencies or contractors. To help implement 

the Act, OIGs developed surveys to assist the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) in developing both 

current and future year FISMA reporting instructions and 

requirements for evaluating how agencies implemented 

the Act. The OIGs are also responsible for assessing the 

implementation of HSPD-12, which requires a common 

identification verification system.

The collective actions of the IG community have been 

coordinated through the Audit Committee. Examples of 

individual OIG work in these areas include:

The Department of Health and Human Services 

(HHS) OIG audits of laboratories storing dangerous 

biological agents (pathogens) have identified vulnerabilities 

in areas such as physical security, access control, and 

accountability. The OIG’s consequent recommendations 

have had a broad impact by providing information 

critical to revising and finalizing regulations detailing 

procedures for securing and controlling the pathogens.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

OIG has initiated several audits of information technology 

security and physical security at agency facilities. In FY 

2005, FCC management agreed to 38 recommendations, 

including (1) improved password procedures, (2) security 

patch management, (3) access management, (4) continuity 

of operations, and (5) physical security improvements. The 

OIG plans to follow up its audits of physical security as 

well as to evaluate the agency’s progress in developing 

contingency plans in the event of an attack.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

OIG evaluated NRC’s implementation of FISMA in FY 2005. 

The assessment gave the agency information necessary to 

determine the effectiveness of its overall security program and to 

develop strategies for improving information security — critical 

measures in preventing terrorist access to highly sensitive and 

potentially dangerous information. The assessment found 

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weaknesses, including a (1) lack of appropriate security 

training, (2) inadequate oversight of contractors, and (3) 

inaccurate and incomplete information system inventories. 

In response to the assessment, management agreed to 

take action to enhance its implementation of FISMA.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) OIG documented 

significant deficiencies in the FBI’s handling of intelligence 

information prior to terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. 

In response to the report, the FBI has taken corrective actions, 

which include upgrading the physical infrastructure in FBI 

field offices to handle classified information, establishing 

centralized intelligence components, and providing 

training on subjects such as disseminating threat-related 

information. In addition, the OIG conducted an extensive 

review of five counterterrorism task forces. Following up 

on the OIG’s recommendations, DOJ developed national 

training strategies, outcome-oriented performance measures 

and strategies to improve information sharing with law 

enforcement agencies and first responders in remote areas.

The USDA OIG audited the Agricultural Research 

Service’s (ARS) controls over transferring sensitive research 

and technology. Based on the OIG’s recommendations, 

ARS agreed to seek guidance from other authoritative 

scientific sources, to identify its sensitive research, and 

to implement the appropriate controls (e.g., determining 

who has access and what can be disclosed).

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax 

Administration (TIGTA) determined that IRS did not 

have a process to regularly review its inventory of critical 

assets. Accurate knowledge of these assets is necessary to 

developing appropriate measures to protect against terrorist 

attacks. As a result of TIGTA’s recommendations, IRS agreed to 

annually confirm the completeness of its critical assets list.

The United States Agency for International 

Development (USAID) OIG contracted with independent 

public accounting firms to conduct audits of contractors and 

grantees. These audits are designed to ensure that Government 

funds are not being funneled to terrorist organizations.

The Government Printing Office (GPO) OIG

conducted a series of reviews that identified a number of 

weaknesses in passport production relating to security and 

internal control over the process. In these reviews, the OIG 

made a number of recommendations to improve passport 

production, including (1) increased management oversight 

of contractors, (2) enhanced physical security over passport 

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production, and (3) strengthened internal controls. GPO’s 

management has generally concurred with the reviews’ 

recommendations and has timely implemented them.

The Department of the Treasury OIG assessed the 

central repository for suspicious activity reports filed by financial 

institutions. The repository provides financial information 

critical to combating terrorism, money laundering, and other 

crimes. The OIG determined that the program could be made 

more effective by increasing the quality and amount of its 

information. Agreeing with the recommendations, management 

undertook: (1) to improve the quality of financial institution 

reporting, (2) to encourage institutions to make greater use 

of the program, and (3) to increase its scope by registering 

money service businesses (e.g., money transfer businesses).

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

(FDIC) OIG reviewed the FDIC’s supervision of an institution’s 

compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and recommended 

that the FDIC take steps to ensure institution management’s 

accountability for BSA compliance and improve its BSA 

examination and supervisory processes. FDIC management 

agreed with the recommendations and is making significant 

improvements to its supervision of BSA compliance programs.

The Department of the Interior (DOI) OIG

assessed the security and law enforcement program for 

DOI’s Bureau of Reclamation dams. Because a number 

of these dams are a major component of the Nation’s 

critical infrastructure, the Bureau developed a formal 

security and law enforcement program where it formerly 

had limited responsibilities in these areas. The OIG made 

recommendations for improving the management of security 

and law enforcement activities throughout the Bureau and 

Bureau officials agreed to implement the recommendations.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) OIG

worked to strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration’s 

(FAA) security over aviation en route developmental 

systems (equipment and software designed to replace 

current air traffic control systems). The OIG found specific 

weaknesses that FAA management has undertaken to correct 

by securing outside entities’ connections to its network, 

eliminating computer vulnerabilities, improving access 

controls to the computer laboratory and developmental 

systems, and enhancing contingency planning.

The National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) OIG audited the process of 

granting external access to NASA’s network perimeter to 

determine whether the process was adequate to reduce the 

risk of unauthorized access and compromise the center’s 

computer system. The OIG identified three opportunities to 

strengthen the process for approving and tracking computer 

systems that have access outside the center’s network 

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and reduce the risks inherent in allowing external access. 

Management agreed to implement the recommendations.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) OIG

assessed how some immigrants are assigned Social Security 

numbers when they enter the United States. Control over 

these numbers is important to national security since they 

can serve as a foundation from which terrorists can build 

the documentation necessary to establish themselves as 

legal residents (e.g., driver’s license, work permits, etc.). 

The OIG identified weaknesses in existing controls, and 

SSA’s management addressed these issues by agreeing 

to enhance its edits to provide greater protection against 

assigning multiple Social Security numbers to the same 

person, and to work with the Departments of State and 

Homeland Security to resolve data compatibility issues.

The Department of State (DOS) OIG investigations 

established the Passport Sentinel identity theft initiative 

and formed the Passport Sentinel Alliance to ensure a 

comprehensive law enforcement approach to identifying 

passport fraud and prosecuting violators. Passport Sentinel 

addresses systemic aspects relating to the subversion of the 

Nation’s passport system by individuals, terrorists, domestic 

or transnational criminal organizations. Between April and 

September 2005, the OIG’s efforts have yielded three arrests 

and other cases that have been referred for prosecution.

The Amtrak OIG brought together senior transportation 

officials from Spain and the United States in a workshop 

— “The Madrid Train Bombing: Hard Lessons Learned” 

— to ascertain ways to secure Amtrak from similar 

terrorist attacks. The OIG also reached out to the British 

transport police in the aftermath of the July 2005 transit 

bombing. In conjunction with this effort, the OIG met with 

representatives from Scotland Yard in an informationgathering session to reinforce and improve on knowledge 

needed to strengthen Amtrak’s counter-terrorism efforts.

The DoD OIG assessed information presented to the 9/11 

Commission by DoD officials to determine if it was factually 

correct. The OIG concluded that some of the information 

was inaccurate due to inadequate forensics and insufficient 

verification. In response to the OIG’s recommendations, 

DoD agreed to establish standardized forensics and to 

develop procedures for investigating such events.

The DHS OIG reported that the Bureau of Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement found problems in identifying, locating, 

and apprehending aliens based on leads produced by the 

three major entry/exit control systems in use. These leads 

form part of a first line of defense against terrorists who have 

entered or are trying to enter the United States. As a result of 

OIG’s work, management agreed to address data quality issues 

and establish timeliness standards for evaluating leads.

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Along with their response to national emergencies, OIGs 

continued their mission of detecting fraud, waste, and 

abuse through their audit and investigative work in order to 

ensure that taxpayers’ money is spent wisely. One of the IG 

community’s challenges is to assist in meeting the priorities 

of the Nation while exercising fiscal restraint. 

Towards this end, OIGs closely monitor Government 

financial management through audits of financial statements 

required by the Chief Financial Officers Act (CFO Act) and 

the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act (ATD Act), which 

mandates that OIGs conduct financial statement audits for 

23 CFO agencies and 751 ATD agencies. PCIE agencies 

make up the 23 CFO agencies, and 20 ECIE and 3 PCIE 

agencies are included in the ATD agencies. The positive 

trends related to these audits include:

Between FYs 1996 and 2005, unqualified audit 

opinions for the 23 CFO Act agencies rose from 6 to 18.

From FYs 2001 to 2005, auditor-reported material 

weaknesses decreased from 57 to 48. 

In FY 2005, the 75 ATD agencies had 43 unqualified 

opinions including 1 PCIE and 13 ECIE agencies.

CFO Act agencies have been held to an accelerated 

reporting date of November 15, 2005, for their audited 

financial statements—just 45 days after the end of the 

fiscal year. Issuing their statements by this date represented 

a significant challenge for the agencies since the previous 

deadline had been March 31, over 180 days after the fiscal 

year. Despite having only one-fourth as much time in 

FY 2005, all 23 CFO Act agencies issued their reports by 

the deadline. 

Examples of OIGs’ success in promoting fiscal 

responsibility include:

The HHS OIG’s review led to the Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services agreeing to recover almost $183 million in 

Medicaid payments from States that did not follow regulations 

limiting payments to certain classes of medical providers.

The USAID OIG worked with the Department of Justice 

on an investigation that resulted in a civil settlement of 

$31.5 million. The investigation involved 2 individuals 

who conducted personal financial transactions that 

conflicted with their official duties on a USAID project to 

promote aspects of a free market economy in Russia.

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) OIG identified 

poor cash management practices used to manage hundreds 

of millions of dollars obtained by the FTC for restitution to 

fraud victims. As a result of these practices, the program lost 

interest income exceeding $100,000. The OIG accordingly 

recommended that the contractors manage funds to maximize 

interest, and the agency agreed to move only a portion of funds 

from interest-bearing savings to non-interest-bearing checking 

accounts when checks are mailed, and to monitor canceled 

checks so that additional funds are moved only when needed.

The Smithsonian Institution OIG reviewed major 

revitalization and construction projects to determine whether 

effective measures were in place to control contract changes 

and the consequent changes to projects’ cost. The OIG 

concluded that $2.4 million in changes were made by agency 

representatives who had exceeded their authority. Smithsonian 

management agreed to implement the OIG’s recommendations 

to strengthen controls over contract changes and to assign a 

contracting officer to work on site for large-scale projects.

The Department of Education (ED) OIG

investigations uncovered a student aid fraud scheme wherein a 

woman and 6 co-conspirators used 41 identities to obtain over 

$400,000 in student loans. The leader was sentenced to over 7 

years in prison and ordered to pay over $400,000 in restitution. 

The co-conspirators, including her mother and sisters, received 

probation or prison sentences up to 27 months and were 

ordered to pay restitution ranging from $10,000 to $141,000.

The USPS OIG conducted a nationwide audit of the 

bulk mail center’s highway transportation routes. Between 

September 2004 and February 2006, the OIG issued 

proposals that Postal Service cancel or modify trips with low 

mail volume, which the OIG estimated would save the agency 

over $40.6 million. The Postal Service agreed with almost 

all of the OIG’s recommendations, and began implementing 

the cost-saving changes before the report was issued.

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) OIG

completed 3 compliance audits that identified 

$5.4 million in improper payments or delayed 

processing of earnings in disability, survivor, and 

retired employee annuities’ work deductions. Agency 

management agreed to amend processing and monitoring 

procedures to reduce potential errors in the future.

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 The Commission on Ocean Policy was one of the original ATD agencies. The 

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The Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) OIG and HHS OIG worked together in a 6-

year investigation of a pharmacy benefit management 

company that administered prescription drug benefits. 

The case was resolved with a civil settlement in which 

the company paid the Government $137.5 million.

The EPA OIG collaborated with several Federal 

organizations to investigate allegations that a contractor 

had submitted false claims. The contractor paid the 

Government $41.9 million to settle allegations that it 

had made false claims for travel reimbursement.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) OIG

audited a contractor providing support for the U.S. Antarctic 

Program from 2000 to 2002. The OIG questioned 

$33.4 million of the contractor’s claims and recommended 

that the agency significantly strengthen how it monitored 

its largest contractors. The NSF agreed to take steps to 

improve its oversight of the contractor’s financial charges, 

which include performing quarterly reviews of vouchers 

and having an authorized official to sign vouchers.

The Department of Energy (DOE) OIG found 

that the National Nuclear Security Administration incurred 

and will continue to incur unreasonable costs related to 

contractor employee post-retirement health benefits. 

According to the OIG’s audit work, DOE will incur costs 

of approximately $460,000 for currently retired 

contactors and will accrue a future liability of more than 

$7 million. In response to the OIG’s recommendations, DOE 

established a council to serve as a policy- and decisionmaking body on post-retirement health benefits.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) OIG, from 

April to September 2005, completed 10 contract compliance 

audits that identified over $6.4 million in ineligible and 

unsupported costs and another $1.2 million in costs to be 

avoided. The OIG’s work determined, for example, that one 

contractor overbilled $1.5 million and that TVA could save 

another $1 million by discontinuing use of an unauthorized labor 

classification. As a result, TVA disallowed over $1 million of the 

questioned costs and discontinued the labor classification.

The Department of Commerce (DOC) OIG reviewed 

the administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation 

Act program. The OIG concluded that while DOC paid over 

$14.4 million in workers’ compensation benefits for roughly 

1,275 employees, managing the program has given rise to 

problems. These include overpayments, continued payments to 

deceased claimants, and claimants who continued to receive 

benefits after they were able to return to work. Management 

generally concurred with the OIG’s 32 recommendations and 

is preparing a detailed action plan to guide implementation.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

OIG identified contracting vulnerabilities that raised 

concerns about the reasonableness of contract prices. 

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Based on voluntary price reductions that were received 

from contractors, the OIG determined that VA’s contracting 

costs could be reduced by as much $6.8 million over 5 

years. VA provided responsive comments and acceptable 

implementation plans to replace the existing contracts and 

to strengthen regional contract management and oversight.

The FDIC OIG examined FDIC’s purchase of laptop 

computers through a contractor and determined that the 

contractor had not passed along price decreases as required, 

which resulted in the agency overpaying $1.9 million. Agency 

management agreed to recover the money from the contractor.

The Department of Labor (DOL) OIG audited the 

Employee Benefits Security Administration’s ERISA Filing 

and Acceptance System and determined that electronic 

filing of Form 5500 data could save $5 million annually in 

contract costs. The OIG recommended mandating electronic 

filing of Form 5500, and withholding contractor payments 

if accuracy standards are not met. Agency management 

welcomed the OIG’s support to mandate electronic filing.

The Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) OIG audited the administration 

of funds provided to the State of New York to help it recover 

from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. While 

the funds were generally well-administered, the OIG 

determined that $2 million was disbursed that should 

not have been. The agency responsible agreed with the 

OIG’s recommendation to reimburse the Government.

The GSA OIG investigations have led to a significant 

amount of money being returned to the Government. 

In one case, a company paid $1.6 million to settle a claim 

that alleged, in effect, that it had underpaid GSA administrative 

fees. In another, three companies paid approximately 

$15 million to settle a claim that they had violated the 

Trade Agreements Act by selling products to the Government 

that had been obtained from impermissible countries.

The Corporation for National and 

Community Service (CNCS) OIG concluded 

an audit of grants awarded to a State commission 

that resulted in $1.4 million in questioned costs and 

awards. As a result of the audit’s recommendations, 

the commission agreed to strengthen its operations and 

is negotiating with CNCS to resolve the problems.

The Small Business Administration OIG and 

Federal Bureau of Investigation worked together to uncover a 

loan agent’s fraud scheme wherein the loan agent provided 

forged purchase contracts to his customers knowing that 

the properties in question were already under contract with 

another client or were not even for sale. Six individuals were 

sentenced to a total of 116 months and ordered to pay total 

restitution of $19.5 million. Additionally, an attorney involved 

in the scheme has been debarred from Federal contracting. 

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The information on the following pages has been compiled 

from data reported by each member of the Inspector 

General community. Taken together, these statistics offer 

an objective measure of the collective, Governmentwide 

impact of PCIE and ECIE OIGs. We have placed these 

productivity indicators in an overall context by providing a 

5-year running total for each reporting category.

To streamline the report, we are listing only one 

combined PCIE and ECIE number for each category. The 

statistical performance of an individual OIG can be found 

in its semiannual reports, which are available on its Website. 

(Links to individual OIG Websites are in the appendix.) 

The data in this section generally correspond to equivalent 

categories in individual OIGs’ semiannual reports. However, 

due to data limitations, reporting practices that OIGs 

may have established, and the way that this report treats 

results generated by cooperative or interagency projects, 

some variation exists betweeen our summary data and the 

collective totals of OIGs’ semiannual reports.

Audit-Related Accomplishments

Section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act) 

establishes a uniform set of statistical categories under which 

OIGs must report the results of their audit activities. The 

categories below correspond to the IG Act’s categories. The 

total accomplishments also include results associated with 

audits performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency 

(DCAA) under agreements with OIGs and agencies.

Recommendations That Funds Be Put to 

Better Use

The IG Act defines a recommendation that funds be put to 

better use as follows:

a recommendation by the Office [of Inspector General] 

that funds could be used more efficiently if management of 

an establishment took actions to implement and complete 

the recommendation, including (1) reductions in outlays; 

(2) de-obligation of funds from programs or operations; 

(3) withdrawal of interest subsidy costs on loans or loan 

guarantees, insurance, or bonds; (4) costs not incurred by 

implementing recommended improvements related to the 

operations of the establishment, a contractor, or grantee; 

(5) avoidance of unnecessary expenditures noted in preaward reviews of contractor or grant agreements; or (6) any 

other savings which are specifically identified.

OIGs Dollar Savings and Criminal Prosecutions

RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FUNDS BE PUT TO BETTER USE

Reporting Year Recommendations That Funds Be Put to 

Better Use

Amount of Recommendations

Agreed to by Management1

FY 2001 $89,226,582,927 $22,178,783,933

FY 2002 15,153,564,400 64,899,592,469

FY 2003 26,458,286,927 11,334,893,561

FY 2004 14,938,468,879 12,503,502,362

FY 2005 13,851,596,950 15,708,882,069

FYs 2001-2005 $159,628,500,083 $126,625,654,394

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Questioned Costs

The IG Act defines a questioned cost as:

a cost that is questioned by the Office [of Inspector General] 

because of (1) an alleged violation or provision of law, 

regulation, contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, or 

other agreement or document governing the expenditure of 

funds; (2) a finding that, at the time of the audit, such 

cost is not supported by adequate documentation; or (3) 

a finding that the expenditure of funds for the intended 

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QUESTIONED COSTS

Reporting Year Amount of Questioned Costs Amount of Recommendations

Agreed to by Management1

FY 2001 $4,125,882,715 $2,341,932,048

FY 2002 3,007,702,351 2,419,882,927

FY 2003 3,112,677,749 1,989,689,586

FY 2004 4,429,644,538 2,063,504,412

FY 2005 4,353,684,456 4,458,011,519

FYs 2001-2005 19,029,591,809 $13,273,020,492

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Investigations-Related Accomplishments

The categories used in this report reflect the broad range 

of accomplishments generated by the OIGs’ investigative 

components. However, unlike the specific reporting 

categories for audit reports, the IG Act did not create a 

uniform system for recording the results of investigative 

activities. The OIGs, though, have developed a relatively 

uniform set of performance indicators for their semiannual 

reports that include most of the data presented below. 

Investigative work often involves several law enforcement 

agencies working the same case. OIGs typically conduct 

cases with other OIGs, Federal law enforcement agencies, 

and State or local law enforcement entities. Consistent with 

the practices used in this section, these investigative statistics 

have been compiled using a methodology that eliminates 

duplicate reporting by multiple OIGs. Therefore, these 

consolidated statistics differ from the collective totals for the 

equivalent categories in individual OIG semiannual reports. 

Further, for each reporting category, we have developed a 

subtotal for joint investigations, identifying the results of 

cases in which an OIG played an active investigative role 

together with another Federal investigative organization(s), 

not including other OIGs.

Successful Criminal Prosecutions

A prosecution is considered successful when, as the result 

of OIG activities, its subject is convicted in Federal, State, 

local, or foreign government venues, under the Uniform 

Code of Military Justice, or is accepted for a pretrial 

diversion agreement by the Department of Justice. 

Reporting 

Year

From OIG 

Investigations

From Joint

Investigations

Total

FY 2001 7,501 108 7,609

FY 2002 10,459 231 10,690

FY 2003 6,051 557 6,608

FY 2004 5,928 547 6,475

FY 2005 6,626 1,077 7,703

FYs 2001-

2005

36,565 2,520 39,085

Indictments and Criminal Informations

The totals reported in this category compose criminal 

indictments and informations filed in Federal, State, local, 

or foreign courts or under the Uniform Code of Military 

Justice, resulting from cases in which an OIG has had an 

active investigative role.

Reporting 

Year

From OIG 

Investigations

From Joint

Investigations

Total

FY 2001 4,867 113 4,980

FY 2002 5,262 507 5,769

FY 2003 6,010 816 6,826

FY 2004 5,583 648 6,231

FY 2005 5,676 1,171 6,847

FYs 2001-

2005

27,398 3,255 30,653

Successful Civil Actions

Civil actions reflect the successful resolution of matters 

arising from OIG investigations, audits, and inspections/

evaluations through legal or legal-related action other than 

criminal prosecution. They include:

Civil judgments or forfeitures in favor of the United States in 

Federal, State, local, or foreign government legal systems,

Settlements negotiated by a governmental authority prior 

to or following the filing of a formal civil complaint, and

Settlements or agreements in cases governed by the Program 

Fraud Civil Remedies Act, or other agency-specific civil 

litigation authority.

Reporting 

Year

From OIG 

Investigations

From Joint

Investigations

Total

FY 2001 901 4 905

FY 2002 567 6 573

FY 2003 598 55 653

FY 2004 549 45 594

FY 2005 453 98 551

FYs 2001-

2005

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Suspensions and Debarments

Suspension and debarment actions include proceedings 

by Federal agencies to suspend, debar, or exclude parties 

from contracts, grants, loans, and other forms of financial 

or non-financial transactions with the Government, based 

on findings produced by the OIGs. 

Reporting 

Year

From OIG 

Investigations

From Joint

Investigations

Total

FY 2001 8,800 28 8,828

FY 2002 7,668 16 7,684

FY 2003 7,510 97 7,607

FY 2004 4,891 154 5,045

FY 2005 9,715 203 9,918

FYs 2001-

2005

 38,584 498 39,082

Personnel Actions

Personnel actions include reprimands, suspensions, 

demotions, or terminations of the employees of Federal, 

state, or local governments, or of Federal contractors and 

grantees, as the result of OIG activities.

Reporting 

Year

From OIG 

Investigations

From Joint

Investigations

Total

FY 2001 1,213 0 1,213

FY 2002 1,622 2 1,624

FY 2003 1,988 11 1,999

FY 2004 1,954 35 1,989

FY 2005 2,686 133 2,819

FYs 2001-

2005

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Investigative Receivables and Recoveries

Investigative receivables and recoveries reflect the total 

dollar value of the following amounts:

1. Criminal cases: The amount of restitution, criminal fines, 

and special assessments resulting from successful criminal 

prosecutions in cases where an OIG had an active 

investigative role.

2. Civil cases: The amount of damages, penalties, settlements, 

and forfeitures resulting from successful civil actions during 

the reporting period that were based on OIG activities.

3. Voluntary repayments: The amounts paid voluntarily or 

as the result of an agency’s administrative processes, by the 

subject of an investigation in which an OIG has an active 

role, or the value of government property recovered by an 

OIG during such an investigation before prosecutorial 

action is taken.

Joint Investigations With Other Federal 

Investigation Offices

This category reflects the percentage of investigations in 

which OIGs had an active investigative role that included 

other Federal investigative organizations (not including 

other OIGs). 

In FY 2005, 25 of the 29 PCIE OIGs reported 

conducting joint investigations. Of these, 5 OIGs indicated 

that 10 percent or less of their cases were joint; 16 stated 

that joint cases comprised between 10 and 50 percent of 

their investigations; and 4 OIGs conducted more than 

50 percent of their cases jointly. The highest portion of 

joint cases reported by an OIG was 73 percent. The FY 

2005 totals are consistent with FY 2004 joint case activity.

Among the ECIE OIGs, 5 of 28 offices reported 

conducting joint cases. Three OIGs reported that 10 percent 

or less of their cases were joint, and two indicated that joint 

cases did not exceed 30 percent of their investigations. 

The highest portion of joint cases reported by an OIG was 

27 percent. The FY 2005 totals had fewer OIGs reporting 

joint case activity, but those that reported had increased 

activity in FY 2005.

INVESTIGATIVE RECEIVABLES AND RECOVERIES

Reporting Year OIG Investigations Joint Investigations Total

FY 2001 $3,595,421,267 $152,729,630 $ 3,748,150,897

FY 2002 4,608,962,268 16,177,145 4,625,139,413

FY 2003 3,264,413,948 1,203,628,314 4,468,042,262

FY 2004 2,587,322,748 895,715,469 3,483,038,217

FY 2005 2,777,558,301 1,483,062,002 4,260,620,303

FYs 2001-2005 $16,833,678,532 $3,751,312,560 $20,584,991,092
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Background and Mission

The mission of the PCIE and ECIE is to (1) continually 

identify, review, and discuss areas of weaknesses and 

vulnerability in Federal programs and operations to fraud, 

waste, and abuse; (2) develop plans for coordinated, 

Governmentwide activities that address these problems; and 

(3) promote economy and efficiency in Federal programs 

and operations.

The PCIE was created by Executive Order (E.O.) 12301 

(March 26, 1981), later updated and expanded by E.O. 

12625 in 1988 and E.O. 12805 in 1992. E.O. 12805 

created the ECIE.

Leadership

In FY 2005, Clay Johnson III, Deputy Director for 

Management of OMB, chaired both the PCIE and ECIE.

The Vice Chairs of the Councils are chosen by the Chair 

from among the respective members. The Vice Chairs 

provide ongoing executive direction to their Councils 

and manage their day-to-day activities. During FY 2005, 

Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, DOE, served 

as Vice Chair of the PCIE. Barry R. Snyder, Inspector 

General, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

served as Vice Chair of the ECIE. 

An Executive Council comprising the Vice Chairs of the 

PCIE and ECIE, the Chairs of the IG-led committees, and 

an at-large member works as a corporate leadership body, 

responsible for:

Maintaining external relationships and 

communications on behalf of the IG community;

Long-term planning and continuity of leadership; and

Compiling and distributing information on common 

priorities of the Council’s membership.

Membership

IGs who are appointed by the President subject to Senate 

confirmation are members of the PCIE. IGs of the 

designated Federal entities are members of the ECIE. To 

facilitate policy coordination and collaboration between the 

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the ECIE, and the ECIE Vice Chair is an ex officio member 

of the PCIE.

The following are ex officio members of both Councils: 

the Controller of OMB’s Office of Federal Financial 

Management, the Special Counsel of the Office of Special 

Counsel, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, 

the Deputy Director of OPM, and the Assistant Director of 

the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. 

The appendix to this report provides a current list of all PCIE 

and ECIE members.

Roles and Activities

The PCIE and ECIE reach across agency boundaries to 

provide Governmentwide coordination of and focus on the 

activities of the OIGs. Among the functions they perform 

are: 

Providing a forum in which the IG community may discuss 

Governmentwide issues and address shared concerns.

Improving professionalism through developing and 

implementing of uniform standards for conducting of audit, 

investigative, and inspection and evaluation activities of OIGs.

Sponsoring and operating training programs to support 

the professional and management development of 

OIG auditors, investigators, and evaluators.

Conducting or advocating projects that address issues 

of common concern or interest among OIGs.

The PCIE and ECIE are the IG community’s counterparts 

to similar groups representing other Federal communities, 

such as the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), Chief 

Information Officers, and Federal Acquisition Councils. 

Designated PCIE members regularly attend the meetings of 

these other councils as observers and inform the PCIE and 

ECIE membership about relevant issues and initiatives.

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PCIE-ECIE Standing Committees

The PCIE and ECIE maintain six standing committees 

that provide leadership for the Councils’ activities in 

their respective areas and carry out or oversee much of 

the project-related work conducted under the Councils’ 

auspices. Their membership is generally comprised of IGs, 

with at least one ECIE member sitting on each committee. 

The committee chairs are selected by the PCIE membership 

through periodic elections.

Several of the standing committees have established work 

groups with a broader membership to advise them about 

policy matters and to conduct specific projects under 

the committee’s leadership. A number of forums and 

roundtables are affiliated with the PCIE and ECIE that 

address specialized issues of widespread interest within the 

IG community, but do not fit readily within the committee 

structure. 

Below, we highlight the FY 2005 activities of the committees 

and their affiliated groups. Some of these activities represent 

the continuation or completion of work initiated in 

prior years.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee provides leadership and serves as a 

resource for the audit community and provides oversight 

PCIE Committees, Workgroups, and Roundtables

Committee FY 2005 Chair

Audit Committee John P. Higgins, Jr., Inspector General, ED

Investigations Committee Kenneth M. Donohue, Inspector General, HUD

Inspection and Evaluation Committee Johnnie E. Frazier, Inspector General, DOC

Human Resources Committee Nikki L. Tinsley, Inspector General, EPA

Legislation Committee J. Russell George, Inspector General, TIGTA

Integrity Committee Chris Swecker, Assistant Director, Criminal

 Investigative Division, FBI

for what was formerly the IG Auditor Training Institute 

(IGATI, now the School for Audit and Inspections). The 

Committee sponsors audits that address multiagency 

or Governmentwide issues, and develops and maintains 

professional standards for OIG audit activities. The 

Committee works closely with the Federal Audit Executive 

Council and other professional groups. John P. Higgins, 

Jr., Inspector General, Department of Education, chairs the 

committee. FY 2005 activities include the following:

Peer Review Guidance. In April 2005, the PCIE 

Audit Committee issued the Guide for Conducting External 

Peer Reviews of the Audit Operations of Offices of Inspector 

General. The guide helps members implement internal quality 

control systems and review programs, and gives general 

direction about the PCIE/ECIE external peer review process.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting. In 

September 2005, the PCIE Audit Committee and CFO Council 

issued a joint study on the potential costs and benefits of 

requiring CFO Act agencies to obtain an audit opinion on 

their internal controls over financial reporting. The study 

concluded that because the estimates to render an opinion on 

internal control are so substantial, not all CFO Act agencies 

should be required to conduct such an audit. Instead, 

agencies should be given the opportunity to implement the 

revised OMB Circular A-123 and to obtain an internal control 

audit only where particular circumstances warrant it.

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The School of Audit and Inspections. In FY 2005, 

the Audit Committee provided oversight to the School of Audit 

and Inspections in meeting its goal of providing quality training 

to meet the needs of the OIG audit community. Notably, the 

School conducted 97 training classes for 1,437 students 

and the school achieved a surplus of nearly $40,000 from its 

operations last year. In FY 2004, the School had approximately 

10 percent fewer classes and students and experienced a 

$53,000 shortfall. In FY 2006, the School will continue to 

provide quality training at a competitive price while working with 

the IG Criminal Investigator Academy and the IG Management 

Institute to consolidate all three groups under the IG Institute.

Federal Audit Executive Council

The Federal Audit Executive Council (FAEC) conducts 

interagency and inter-entity audit, inspection, and 

investigative projects to promote economy and efficiency 

and to address Governmentwide issues. The Council 

also develops policies, standards, and approaches to help 

establish a well-trained, highly skilled OIG workforce. The 

FAEC is composed of senior audit officials from the Federal 

OIGs. During FY 2005, the Council was headed by three 

successive chairs: Bruce Crandlemire, Acting Inspector 

General, USAID; Alexis M. Stefani, Assistant Inspector 

General for Audit, DOC; and Helen Lew, Assistant 

Inspector General for Auditing, ED. Highlights of FAEC’s 

activities for FY 2005 include:

External Peer Review Schedule. The FAEC 

developed the external peer review schedule for the FY 2006-

2007 cycle. Under the Government Auditing Standards, an 

audit organization’s system of quality control must have an 

external peer review of its auditing and attestation engagement 

practices at least once every 3 years. For Federal audit 

organizations, the IG Act requires these external reviews 

to be performed by another Federal audit organization.

IGATI Curriculum Review Board. The 

FAEC created the IGATI Curriculum Review Board to 

ensure that classes offered by the School of Audit 

and Inspections meet the audit communities’ training 

needs. At least once every 3 years, the Board evaluates 

all classes and recommends ways to improve them.

Financial Statement Audit Network. The Financial 

Statement Audit Network organized and hosted the third 

annual PCIE/GAO Roundtable in March 2006 to discuss issues 

associated with the FY 2005 financial statement audit process. 

FY 2005 was the second year that the due date was accelerated 

to 45 days after the end of the fiscal year both for agencies’ 

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audited financial statements and for auditing special-purpose 

financial statements (closing packages). Presentations at the 

Roundtable focused on implementing and complying with the 

revised OMB Circular A-123, Management’s Responsibility for 

Internal Control, new audit and accounting standards, new 

antideficiency reporting requirements, and reporting the costs 

of pending or threatened litigation. Participants included 

representatives from the IG community, the certified public 

accountant community, GAO, OMB, the Federal Accounting 

Standards Advisory Board, the CFO community, and DOJ.

INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE

The Investigations Committee advises about investigative 

issues and personnel, and establishes investigative guidance. 

During FY 2005, the Committee was chaired by Kenneth 

M. Donohue, Inspector General, HUD. FY 2005 activities 

include:

Garrity-Kalkines Warnings Advice of 

Rights Forms. OIG representatives and the DOJ’s 

Public Integrity Section formed a working group to 

examine the “Garrity–Kalkines advice of rights” forms 

that are used by OIGs. The group reviewed a number 

of different forms and from those developed suggested 

model forms which are available for use by the OIGs.

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004. 

The Investigations Committee drafted a memorandum to be sent 

by OIGs to their retirees about interpreting the Act. Retirees 

may now carry concealed weapons subject to specific State 

laws, but have no law enforcement authority. Each IG agency 

can issue credentials and identification cards to retirees.

Liaison with External Agencies. The 

Investigations Committee has developed close working 

relationships with the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and State IGs 

to address government fraud (both local and Federal), 

public corruption, and other common concerns.

INSPECTION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The Inspection and Evaluation (I&E) Committee fosters 

information sharing, innovative methodologies, and 

effective professional practices among the I&E components 

of OIGs. Its working group, the I&E Roundtable, is 

comprised of the Assistant IGs responsible for inspection 

and evaluation in their respective agencies. The Committee 

is chaired by Johnnie E. Frazier, Inspector General, DOC. 

FY 2005 activities include:

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Disaster Preparedness Guide. The I&E Committee 

and the Disaster Preparedness working group drafted 

a disaster preparedness guide as part of a multiagency 

OIG project. The guide is intended to help OIGs oversee 

Federal disaster and emergency preparedness efforts. It 

will highlight key areas of concern, lessons learned from 

recent work, and important reference materials.

Inspection Standards. In January 2005, the 

Committee and the Roundtable published the revised PCIE 

Quality Standards for Inspections. The original standards 

had been in place for over a decade and did not reflect 

the fast pace at which the Federal I&E community has 

developed and matured. This past year, the Committee 

also issued its survey of Federal I&E units, which 

reported that units are growing in number and size.

Workers’ Compensation Program. The Committee 

and its workers’ compensation working group are making 

significant progress in coordinating projects on workers’ 

compensation programs in various Federal agencies. The 

annual cost of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act 

program is approximately $2.3 billion, so the opportunity 

for savings is substantial. Several agencies have completed 

work in this area or have projects underway and are making 

tremendous strides in part because OIGs are working closely 

together to share cases, fraud indicators, best practices, 

patterns of abuse, and areas of mismanagement.

Shared Training Efforts. The Committee is 

continuing to increase its efforts to make good, economical 

training available to inspectors and evaluators throughout 

the IG community. The Roundtable successfully asked its 

members to open their in-house training to others in the I&E 

community. Sharing training in this way has provided excellent 

opportunities for extra training, sometimes at no cost to OIGs.

Core Competency Online Courses. The I&E 

Committee and Roundtable members worked with the 

Human Resource Committee’s PCIE Skillsoft working 

group to identify online courses especially useful in 

training I&E staff in core competency areas. The working 

group evaluated and recommended five courses: crisp 

composition, using data as a professional consultant, 

data mining, project planning, and presentation skills.

Inspection Manual Exchange. The Committee 

has established an inspection manual exchange to enable 

other I&E offices to have access to I&E manuals from other 

OIGs. These have been helpful to OIGs seeking to develop 

or update their own inspection manuals. The manuals also 

serve as a training guide and source of best practices.

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HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

The Human Resources (HR) Committee advocates effective 

human resource management programs within the PCIE 

and ECIE communities and sponsors activities to develop 

professional and management skills. During FY 2005, the 

HR Committee was chaired by Nikki L. Tinsley, Inspector 

General, EPA. The Committee delivered the following:

The Establishment of Core Curricula. For the 

first time in the history of the IG community, the PCIE/

ECIE has published its core curricula. Based on our core 

competencies and built on our new career development 

framework (the networked talent model), the new curricula 

provide a common basis to train and develop OIG staff.

Inspector General E-Learning (IGEL). IGEL 

represents one of the most successful e-learning initiatives 

in the Government. The IGEL pilot includes 35 OIGs and over 

6,000 members of the IG community. IGEL has customdesigned learning programs for auditors, evaluators, criminal 

investigators, human resources and information technology 

specialists, and administrative assistants. Custom content 

was developed to support criminal investigators. Current 

performance numbers document a highly successful 

pilot with customer satisfaction at over 85 percent and 

a use rate of over 30 percent. The pilot ended in March 

2006, and is now being comprehensively evaluated. 

Succession Planning/Succession 

Management. Given the importance placed on 

effective human resource management, the HR Committee 

presented a comprehensive model showing how best to 

assess, plan, and measure workforce capabilities, and to 

respond appropriately. Entitled “The Succession Planning/

Succession Management Continuum,” the model has been 

accepted as one of the OIGs’ workforce planning tools.

LEGISLATION COMMITTEE

The Legislation Committee serves as the central coordinating 

point for legislative issues affecting the PCIE and ECIE 

communities. Using newsletters and its legislative tracking 

system, the Committee keeps the Inspectors General and 

their staff informed, on a continuing basis, of significant 

policy issues within the Executive Branch and legislative 

developments within Congress. J. Russell George, Inspector 

General, TIGTA, chairs the Committee.

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The Committee reviewed and opined on the status of 

numerous bills introduced in the aftermath of Hurricane 

Katrina that would either affect IG authorities or create OIGs 

with jurisdiction for Federal hurricane relief operations.

The Committee has played an integral role in coordinating 

the PCIE and ECIE efforts to assist Congress in its 

examining proposed legislation such as H.R. 2489, the 

“Improving Government Accountability Act,” a bill that 

focuses on the authorities and operations of the IGs. In 

FY 2005, the Legislation Committee conducted a survey 

of PCIE and ECIE members on H.R. 2489, focusing on 

its provisions to establish terms of office and removal for 

cause protections, statutory law enforcement authority, 

OIG budget requests to Congress, functions of the Integrity 

Committee, and subpoena and personnel authority.

INTEGRITY COMMITTEE

The Integrity Committee receives and reviews allegations 

of noncriminal misconduct by PCIE/ECIE IGs and certain 

senior members of their staff. When appropriate, the 

Committee refers the cases for investigation. The Committee 

ensures that complaints against IGs receive thorough and 

timely review. During FY 2005, Chris Swecker, Assistant 

Director, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI, chaired the 

Committee.

During FY 2005, the Committee opened 39 new 

allegations, initiated 2 investigations, and closed a total of 

477 cases, some of which had been received during prior 

years. Of the closed cases, 28 were deemed to be outside 

the Committee’s purview and were referred elsewhere 

for consideration, while 8 others were determined to 

be unsubstantiated. One case resulted in findings that 

substantiated the allegations of misconduct. The cases 

remaining at the end of the reporting period were in various 

stages of the Integrity Committee’s process.

Competitive Sourcing Roundtable

The Competitive Sourcing Roundtable was established as 

a focal point for the PCIE and ECIE community’s roles 

and responsibilities concerning the competitive sourcing 

initiative of the President’s Management Agenda. Earl 

E. Devaney, Inspector General, DOI, has chaired the 

Roundtable since 2003. The Roundtable has promoted 

consistency across the IG community in interpreting and 

implementing the competitive sourcing initiative. Among 

the issues it addresses are:

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Complying with legislative and OMB requirements; 

Categorizing activities performed by OIG personnel as 

inherently governmental or commercial in nature; and

Identifying potential oversight roles with respect 

to agencies’ implementation of the initiative.

In FY 2005, the Roundtable focused on competitive 

sourcing results reported by Federal OIGs. Specifically, 

the Roundtable identified a need to verify and validate 

cost savings and improvements periodically during the 

performance period. This issue was discussed in detail with 

representatives from OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement 

Policy. OMB’s guidance for reporting competitive sourcing 

efforts now requires that agencies identify cost projections 

for each performance period. 

PCIE/ECIE Homeland Security Roundtable

In June 2005, the PCIE/ECIE IGs established the 

Homeland Security Roundtable. The Roundtable supports 

the IG community’s efforts to keep our Nation safe by 

sharing information, identifying best practices, and working 

with other Government entities and external organizations. 

Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General, DHS, chairs the 

Roundtable. 

The first meeting was held in July 2005. Shortly thereafter, 

Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast states. The 

PCIE/ECIE Homeland Security Roundtable became the 

natural vehicle to provide oversight and stewardship of the 

vast funding of response and recovery efforts. Through the 

Roundtable, the IGs undertook one of the most aggressive, 

coordinated oversight efforts in the history of the Federal 

IG community. 

In the early stages of the Federal response and recovery 

activities following Hurricane Katrina, the PCIE and 

the ECIE promptly deployed more than 400 auditors, 

inspectors, and investigators to the Gulf Coast region to 

ensure that:

Federal response and recovery funds were spent appropriately,

Those attempting to defraud the Government 

were brought to justice, and 

Those responsible for the relief efforts are wise stewards 

in their efforts to assist those who were so significantly 

affected by the hurricanes and their aftermath.

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IG representatives from 22 Federal agencies involved in 

hurricane relief have been working to ensure that:

1. Agency internal controls are in place to prevent fraud, 

waste, and abuse,

2. Inspector General investigative activities are coordinated 

with the Department of Justice’s Hurricane Katrina 

Fraud Task Force,

3. Agency stewardship plans for hurricane relief activities 

are in place and operating as intended, and 

4. The Inspector General community is executing its 

hurricane relief oversight efforts in a coordinated fashion 

in order that its resources are utilized as efficiently and 

effectively as possible. 

The total number of contracts awarded for hurricane relief 

efforts as of September 30, 2005, was more than 4,000, 

with a total dollar value of approximately $8.0 billion. In 

many cases, otherwise routine contract actions were legally 

bypassed in order to commit contractors to begin work 

immediately. As a result, some contracts may lack clear 

and definitive work statements, independent cost estimates, 

and various levels of competition, relying in many cases 

on an environment of good faith between agencies and 

contractors. The work of IGs became one of arbiter in 

contract reviews and management and a real-time deterrent 

in their field offices along the Gulf Coast against those 

contractors who might have improperly discharged their 

contract responsibilities during the crisis. The IGs have 

concentrated on large-dollar-value procurements, in an 

effort to ensure that contract requirements were well defined 

and contract payments were justified and supportable.

The PCIE/ECIE established the Individual Assistance/

Housing subgroup to ensure efficient and effective use of 

relief resources. More than 2.5 million applications have 

been completed for individual disaster assistance. The 

large number of Federal agencies involved with providing 

assistance called for oversight efforts to be coordinated. 

The subgroup has engaged the Government Accountability 

Office and various Federal IGs to exchange information on a 

periodic basis and to establish partnerships, where practical, 

to address cross-agency issues. For example, the DHS OIG 

is working in close partnership with the Housing and Urban 

Development OIG and the Small Business Administration 

OIG in on going efforts to identify potential duplicationof-benefits issues associated with rental assistance, travel 

trailers/mobile homes, sheltering, hotel/motel evacuees, 

and apartment leases.

Government Performance and Results 

Act Roundtable

The PCIE Government Performance and Result Act 

(GPRA) Roundtable was chaired by Nikki Tinsley, 

Inspector General, EPA. The Committee led a project to 

establish an electronic library of OIG policies, procedures, 

strategic plans, performance reports, and performance 

standards from OIGs. The purpose of the library is to 

create an easily accessible repository of shared products, 

processes, information, and approaches. This resource 

improves efficiency by reducing duplication in developing 

the products that most OIGs use. 

The Roundtable also presented several programs featuring 

congressional staff members, GAO officials, and a member 

of the Mercatus Center (education research, and outreach 

program at George Mason University) Roundtable topics 

focused on best practices in agencies as well as opportunities 

and expectations for OIGs to serve their respective 

agencies and the public in performance measurement 

and reporting. 

Misconduct in Research Working Group

The PCIE/ECIE Misconduct in Research Working Group 

(MIRWG) provides an OIG forum comprising agencies that 

fund research. The group also leads Federal OIGs’ efforts 

to address the growing problem of research misconduct. 

MIRWG members provide guidance about assessing agency 

research misconduct policies, the practical use of plagiarism 

detection software, and related matters. Dr. Christine C. 

Boesz, Inspector General, NSF, chairs the group.

The MIRWG met twice this year to report on the 

status of individual agencies’ efforts to establish research 

misconduct policies and to discuss individual cases. 

Specifically, the group (1) completed guidance for handling 

research misconduct cases with fraud elements, (2) reviewed 

data showing that at least one-third of all scientists engage 

in inappropriate scientific behaviors, and (3) examined 

an instance of research misconduct that was successfully 

pursued as a fraud case by DOJ. The group also reviewed 

a USDA OIG audit of USDA’s efforts to implement a 

research misconduct policy. Several other agencies have 

expressed interest in initiating similar efforts.
20 A PROGRESS REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT

Members Sitting on Both 

Councils

Clay Johnson, III

Chair, PCIE and ECIE

Deputy Director for Management

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT 

AND BUDGET

17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Room 350 Eisenhower 

Executive Office Building

Washington, DC 20503

(202) 456-7070

Gregory H. Friedman

Vice Chair, PCIE

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20585

(202) 586-4393

Website: http://www.ig.doe.gov

Hotline

(202) 586-4073

(800) 541-1625

Hotline by E-mail: 

 ighotline@hq.doe.gov

Barry R. Snyder

Vice Chair, ECIE

Inspector General

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW

Stop 300

Washington, DC 20551

(202) 973-5003

Website: http://www.federalreserve.gov/oig

Hotline 

(202) 452-6400

(800) 827-3340

Linda Combs

Controller

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT 

AND BUDGET

17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20503

(202) 456-7070

James Burrus

Acting Assistant Director, Criminal 

Investigative Division

FEDERAL BUREAU OF 

INVESTIGATION

935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20535

(202) 324-4260

Marilyn Glynn

Acting Director

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

1201 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 500

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 482-9292

Dan Blair

Deputy Director

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

1900 E Street, NW

Washington, DC 20415-0001

(202) 606-1000

Scott Bloch

Special Counsel

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

1730 M Street, NW

Suite 300

Washington, DC 20036-4505

(202) 254-3610

Hotline Disclosure hotline

(800) 872-9855

Whistleblower protection

(800) 572-2249

Hatch Act information 

(800) 854-2824

Appendix: PCIE and ECIE Membership
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The President’s Council on 

Integrity and Efficiency 

Donald A. Gambatesa

Inspector General

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT

The Ronald Reagan Building

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20523-6600

(202) 212-1170

Website: http://www.usaid.gov/oig

Hotline 

(202) 712-1023

(800) 230-6539

John L. Helgerson

Inspector General

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Room 2X30, New Headquarters Building

Washington, DC 20505

Carol Bates

Acting Inspector General

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL 

AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

1201 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 830

Washington, DC 20525

(202) 606-9390

Website: http://www.cnsig.gov

Hotline 

(800) 452-8210

Phyllis K. Fong

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 117-W, Jamie L. Whitten Building

Washington, DC 20250-2301

(202) 720-8001

Website: http://www.usda.gov/oig

Hotlines 

(202) 690-1622

(800) 424-9121

Hearing impaired

(202) 690-1202 

Johnnie E. Frazier

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW

HCHB 7898-C

Washington, DC 20230

(202) 482-4661

Website: http://www.oig.doc.gov/oig

Hotline 

(202) 482-2495

(800) 424-5197

Hearing impaired 

(800) 854-8407

Thomas F. Gimble

Principle Deputy Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

400 Army Navy Drive

Arlington, VA 22202

(703) 604-8300

Website: http://www.dodig.mil

Hotlines 

(703) 604-8546

(800) 424-9098

E-mail: hotline@dodig.mil

John P. Higgins, Jr.

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20024

(202) 245-6900

Website: http://www.ed.gov/

about/offices/list/oig

Hotline 

(800) MIS-USED

E-mail: oig.hotline@ed.gov

Daniel Levinson

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

AND HUMAN SERVICES

330 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 5250

Washington, DC 20201

(202) 619-3148

Website: http://oig.hhs.gov

Hotline 

(800) 447-8477

E-mail: 

Hotline@oig.hhs.gov

Rick Skinner

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF 

HOMELAND SECURITY

245 Murray Drive, Building 410

Washington, DC 20528

(202) 254-4100

Website: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/

interapp/editorial/editorial0330.xml

Hotline 

(800) 323-8603

Kenneth M. Donohue

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING 

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

451 7th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20410

(202) 708-0430

Website: http://www.hud.gov/offices/oig

Hotline 

(202) 708-4200

(800) 347-3735

Earl E. Devaney

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

1849 C Street, NW

Mail Stop 5341

Washington, DC 20240

(202) 208-5745

Website: http://www.oig.doi.gov

Hotline 

(800) 424-5081

Glenn A. Fine

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 4706

Washington, DC 20530

(202) 514-3435

Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/oig

Hotline 

(800) 869-4499

Gordon S. Heddell

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

200 Constitution Avenue, NW

Room S5502

Washington, DC 20210

(202) 693-5100

Website: http://www.oig.dol.gov

Hotline 

(202) 693-6999 

(800) 347-3756

Howard J. Krongard

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 

THE BROADCASTING

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

2201 C Street, NW

Room 8100, SA-3

Washington, DC 20522-0308

(202) 663-0361

Website: http://www.oig.state.gov

Hotline 

(703) 284-1934 

(800) 409-9926

Todd J. Zinser

Acting Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION

400 7th Street, NW

Room 9210

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 366-6767

Website: http://www.oig.dot.gov

Hotline 

(202) 366-1461 

(800) 424-9071
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Harold Damelin

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Room 4436, Main Treasury Building

Washington, DC 20220

(202) 622-1090

Website: http://www.ustreas.

gov/inspector-general

Hotline 

(800) 359-3898

J. Russell George

Inspector General

TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL 

FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

1125 15th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 622-6500

Website: http://www.treas.gov/tigta

Hotline 

(800) 366-4484

George Opfer

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF 

VETERANS AFFAIRS

810 Vermont Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20420

(202) 565-8620

Website: http://www.va.gov/oig

Hotline 

(800) 488-8244

Hotline E-mail:

VAOIGHOTLINE@VA.GOV

Bill Roderick

Acting Inspector General

ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Mailcode 2410T

Washington, DC 20460-0001

(202) 566-0847

Website: http://www.epa.gov/oig

Hotline 

(202) 260-4977

(888) 546-8740

Patricia M. Black

Acting Inspector General

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION

3501 N. Fairfax Drive

Arlington, VA 22226

(703) 562-6341

Website: http://www.fdicig.gov

Hotline 

(800) 964-3342

E-mail: 

ighotline@fdic.gov

Brian Miller

Inspector General

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

18th and F Streets, NW

Room 5340

Washington, DC 20405

(202) 501-0450

Website: http://www.oig.gsa.gov

Hotline 

(202) 501-1780

(800) 424-5210

Robert W. Cobb

Inspector General

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

300 E Street, SW

Code W, Room 8V39

Washington, DC 20546

(202) 358-1220

Website: http://oig.nasa.gov

Hotline (800) 424-9183 

Hotline Website

http://oig.nasa.gov/cyberhotline.html

Hubert T. Bell

Inspector General

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION

11545 Rockville Pike

Mail Stop T5-D28

Rockville, MD 20852

(301) 415-5930

Website: http://www.nrc.gov/insp-gen.html

Hotline 

(800) 233-3497

Patrick E. McFarland

Inspector General

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT

1900 E Street, NW

Room 6400

Washington, DC 20415-0001

(202) 606-1200

Website: http://www.opm.gov/oig

Hotline 

Fraud/waste/abuse 

(202) 606-2423

HotlineHealthcare fraud

(202) 418-3300

Martin J. Dickman

Inspector General

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

844 North Rush Street

Room 450

Chicago, IL 60611

(312) 751-4690

Website: http://www.rrb.gov

Hotline 

(800) 772-4258

Eric M. Thorson

Inspector General

SMALL BUSINESS 

ADMINISTRATION

409 3rd Street, SW

Washington, DC 20416

(202) 205-6586

Website: http://www.sba.gov/IG

Hotline 

(202) 205-7151

(800) 767-0385

Patrick P. O’Carroll, Jr.

Inspector General

SOCIAL SECURITY 

ADMINISTRATION

Room 300, Altmeyer Building 

6401 Security Boulevard

Baltimore, MD 21235

(410) 966-8385

Website: http://www.ssa.gov/oig

Hotline 

(800) 269-0271

Richard Moore

Inspector General

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902-1499

(865) 632-4120

Website: http://oig.tva.gov

Hotline 

(865) 632-3550

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The Executive Council on 

Integrity and Efficiency

Fred E. Weiderhold, Jr.

Inspector General

AMTRAK

10 G Street, NE

Suite 3W-300

Washington, DC 20002

(202) 906-4600

Website: http://www.amtrakoig.com

Hotline 

(800) 468-5469

Clifford H. Jennings

Inspector General

APPALACHIAN REGIONAL 

COMMISSION

1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Suite 215

Washington, DC 20009-1068

(202) 884-7675

Website: http://www.arc.gov/

index.do?nodeId=2060

Hotline 

(202) 884-7667

(800) 532-4611

A. Roy Lavik

Inspector General

COMMODITY FUTURES 

TRADING COMMISSION

1155 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20581 

(202) 418-5110

Website: 

http://www.ignet.gov/internal/cftc/cftc.html

Hotline 

(202) 418-5510

Christopher W. Dentel

Inspector General

CONSUMER PRODUCT 

SAFETY COMMISSION

4330 East West Highway

Bethesda, MD 20814-4408

(301) 504-7644

Hotline

(301) 504-7906

Kenneth Konz

Inspector General

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 

BROADCASTING

401 9th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004-2129

(202) 879-9660

Website: http://www.cpb.org/oig

Hotline 

(202) 783-5408 

(800) 599-2170

Aletha L. Brown

Inspector General

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

1801 L Street, NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20507

(202) 663-4379

Website:

http://www.ignet.gov/internal/

eeoc/eeoc.html

Hotline 

(202) 663-7020

Carl A. Clinefelter

Inspector General

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

1501 Farm Credit Drive

McLean, VA 22102

(703) 883-4030

Website: http://www.fca.gov/oig.htm

Hotline 

(703) 883-4316

(800) 437-7322

Kent R. Nilsson

Inspector General

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION

445 12th Street, SW

Room 2-C762

Washington, DC 20554

(202) 418-0470

Website: http://www.fcc.gov/oig

Hotline 

(202) 418-0473

Lynne A. McFarland

Inspector General

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

999 E Street, NW

Room 940

Washington, DC 20463

(202) 694-1015

Website: 

http://www.fec.gov/fecig/mission.htm

Edward Kelley

Inspector General

FEDERAL HOUSING 

FINANCE BOARD

1625 Eye Street, NW

Room 3095

Washington, DC 20006-4001

(202) 408-2544

Website: http://www.fhfb.gov/

AboutUs/aboutus_OIG.htm

Hotline 

(202)408-2900 or 

(800) 276-8329

Francine C. Eichler

Inspector General

FEDERAL LABOR 

RELATIONS AUTHORITY

1400 K Street, NW

Room 250

Washington, DC 20424

(202) 218-7744

Website: http://www.flra.gov/ig/ig.html

Hotline 

(800) 331-3572

Adam R. Trzeciak

Inspector General

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

800 North Capitol Street, NW

Room 1054

Washington, DC 20573

(202) 523-5863

Website: http://www.fmc.gov/bureaus/

inspector_general/InspectorGeneral.asp

Hotline 

(202) 523-5865

Howard Sribnick

Inspector General

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20580

(202) 326-2743

Website: http://www.ftc.gov/oig/

Hotline 

(202) 326-2581

Gregory A. Brower

Inspector General

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

North Capitol and H Streets, NW

Washington, DC 20401

(202) 512-0039

Website: http://www.gpo.gov.oig

Hotline 

(800)743-7574

Richard West

Inspector General

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

3333 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20007

(202) 295-1650

Website: http://www.oig.lsc.gov

Hotline 

(202) 265-1670

(800) 678-8868
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Paul Brachfeld

Inspector General

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 

RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

8601 Adelphi Road

College Park, MD 20740-6001

(301) 837-1532

Website: 

http://www.archives.gov/about_us/office_

of_the_inspector_general/index.html

Hotline 

(301) 837-3500 

(800) 786-2551

William A. DeSarno

Inspector General

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION

1775 Duke Street

Alexandria, VA 22314-3428

(703) 518-6351

Website: http://www.ncua.gov/oig

Hotline 

(703) 518-6357

(800) 778-4806

Daniel L. Shaw

Inspector General

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT 

FOR THE ARTS

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20506

(202) 682-5402

Website: http://www.nea.gov/

about/OIG/Contents.html

Hotline 

(202) 682-5402

Sheldon L. Bernstein

Inspector General

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT 

FOR THE HUMANITIES

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20506

(202) 606-8350

Website: http://www.neh.

gov/whoweare/oig.html

Hotline 

(202) 606-8423

Jane E. Altenhofen

Inspector General

NATIONAL LABOR 

RELATIONS BOARD

1099 14th Street, NW

Room 9820

Washington, DC 20570

(202) 273-1960

Website: http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/about/ig/

Hotline 

(800) 736-2983

Christine C. Boesz

Inspector General

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

4201 Wilson Boulevard

Room 1135

Arlington, VA 22230

(703) 292-7100

Website: http://www.nsf.gov/oig

Hotline 

(800) 428-2189

E-mail 

OIG@NSF.GOV

H. David Kotz

Inspector General

PEACE CORPS

1111 20th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20526

(202) 692-2916

Website: http://www.peacecorps.

gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.

whatispc.management.inspgen

Hotline 

(800) 233-5874

Robert Emmons

Inspector General

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION

1200 K Street, NW

Suite 480

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 326-4000

Website: http://www.oig.pbgc.gov

Hotline 

(800) 303-9737

Walter Stachnik

Inspector General

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549-2736

(202) 551-6037

Website: http://www.sec.

gov/about/oig.shtml

Hotline 

(202) 551-6060

Sprightley Ryan

Inspector General

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Victor Building, Suite 4200

750 Ninth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20560-0905

(202) 275-2154

Website: http://www.si.edu/oig/

Hotline 

(202) 275-1671

Jean Smith

Acting Inspector General

U.S. INTERNATIONAL 

TRADE COMMISSION

500 E Street, SW

Room 515

Washington, DC 20436

(202) 205-3177

Website: http://www.usitc.gov/oig

Hotline (Ethics Line)

(800) 500-0333

David C. Williams

Inspector General

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

1735 North Lynn Street

Arlington, VA 22209-2005

(703) 248-2300

Website: http://www.uspsoig.gov

Hotline 

(888) 877-7644
 A PROGRESS REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 25

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Science Foundation prohibits discrimination in all its programs and 

activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, 

parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s 

income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities 

who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office 

of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250–9410, or call (800) 795–3272 (voice) or (202) 720–6382 

(TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

August 2006