Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central Intelligence Agency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

Consumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation for Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission 

Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education ◆ Department of Energy ◆ Department of Hea

and Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Development ◆ Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Just

◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆ Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administrati

◆ Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Expo

Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal Communications Commission ◆ Federal Depo

Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission 

Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office ◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library 

Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration ◆ National Endowment for the Art

National Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◆ Office 

Government Ethics ◆Office of Management and Budget ◆Office of Personnel Management ◆Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace Corps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaran

Corporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchange Commission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Small Business Administration ◆ Smithsoni

Institution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Authority ◆ U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U

InternationalTrade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central Intelligen

Agency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation f

Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education 

Department of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Developmen

Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice ◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury 

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆ Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equ

Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Fede

Communications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relatio

Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆ Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Off

◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administrati

◆ National Endowment for the Arts ◆ National Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nucle

Regulatory Commission ◆Office of Government Ethics ◆Office of Management and Budget ◆Office of Personnel Management ◆Office of Special Counsel ◆ Pea

Corps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchange Commission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Sm

Business Administration ◆ Smithsonian Institution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Author

◆ U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U.S. International Trade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Region

Commission ◆ Central Intelligence Agency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National 

Community Service ◆ Corporation for Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department 

Defense ◆ Department of Education ◆ Department of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department 

Housing and Urban Development ◆ Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice ◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department 

Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆ Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆ Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistan

Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Cred

Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal Communications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commissi

◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆ Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission 

General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office ◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administrati

◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration ◆ National Endowment for the Arts ◆ National Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Lab

Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◆Office of Government Ethics ◆Office of Management and Budget ◆Office 

Personnel Management ◆Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace Corps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchan

Commission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Small Business Administration ◆ Smithsonian Institution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspect

General for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Authority ◆ U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U.S. International Trade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency f

International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central Intelligence Agency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consum

Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation for Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department 

Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education ◆ Department of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Hum

Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Development ◆ Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Justic

Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆ Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 

Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Expo

Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal Communications Commission ◆ Federal Depo

Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission 

Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office ◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library 

Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration ◆ National Endowment for the Art

National Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◆ Office 

Government Ethics ◆Office of Management and Budget ◆Office of Personnel Management ◆Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace Corps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaran

Corporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchange Commission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Small Business Administration ◆ Smithsoni

Institution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Authority ◆ U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U

InternationalTrade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central Intelligen

Agency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation f

Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education 

Department of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Developmen

Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice ◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury 

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆ Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equ

Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Fede

Communications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relatio

Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆ Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Off

◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administrati

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to the President

President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency
President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency

Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency

Results at a Glance

In fiscal year 2007, more than 12,000 employees at 64 federal Offices of Inspector

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

help promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in government operations and help

detect and deter waste, fraud, and abuse. OIG activities resulted in:

$11.4 billion in potential savings from audit recommendations;

$5.1 billion from investigative recoveries and receivables;

6,805 indictments and criminal informations;

8,961 successful criminal prosecutions;

1,277 successful civil actions;

4,296 suspensions or debarments;

5,807 personnel actions;

309,561 hotline complaints processed;

7,080 audit, inspection, and evaluation reports issued; and

33,740 investigations closed.

This report was prepared on behalf of the PCIE and ECIE by the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation and Federal Communications Commission Offices of Inspector General.
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Foreword

The Inspector General (IG) Act of 1978, as amended, established independent and objective units

within most Federal departments and agencies, and placed accountability professionals at the

vanguard of many of the important challenges facing our government. This year’s report highlights

key accomplishments of the IG community in ensuring the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of

government operations and deterring fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.

As discussed in this report, during fiscal year 2007, Offices of Inspector General (OIGs) identified potential

dollar savings from audits, investigations, evaluations, and inspections, and successfully prosecuted individuals

and entities who threaten government integrity and public trust. The IG community also continued to

commit a substantial portion of its resources to auditing agency financial statements. Taken collectively, this

effort is one of the largest financial statement audit engagements ever undertaken. Similarly, OIGs played a

key role in performing annual evaluations of agency information system security and privacy protection.

Finally, by identifying and helping their agencies address management and performance challenges, OIGs

fostered accountability and transparency.

This year our report also focuses on the many collaborative efforts of IGs across the government, particularly

those instances where IGs help fellow IGs in the true sense and spirit of “community.” By joining forces

to tackle issues of mutual concern, we have leveraged resources to better address current problems and

proactively prevent future ones. We recognize that the work of safeguarding public resources is not limited

to the Federal IG community alone. In that regard, our report references some of the many contributions

of our partners, dedicated public servants who perform the critical missions of our nation and share our

commitment to good government.

As we approach the 30th anniversary of the IG Act in October 2008, it is fitting to thank the more than

12,000 dedicated members of the OIG workforce for their enduring commitment to the IG mission. We

also appreciate the support of our agency management and the Congress. Much work has been done, but

more remains, and we look forward to new challenges in the coming year.

Gregory H. Friedman

Vice Chair

President’s Council on

Integrity and Efficiency

Christine C. Boesz

Vice Chair

Executive Council on

Integrity and Efficiency
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Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

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

Addressing Government Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Producing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Responding to Statutory Mandates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Collaborating for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Enhancing OIG Efficiency and Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Appendix A: Overview of the PCIE and ECIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Appendix B: History of Statistical Accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Appendix C: Top Management and Performance Challenges

Facing Our Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Appendix D: PCIE and ECIE Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

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TABLES

Table 1 FY 2007 Performance Profile: Summary of Combined 

IG Community Accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Table 2 Examples of Agency-Specific Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 3 FY 2007 Executive Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 4 Standing PCIE Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 5 Recommendations that Funds be Put to Better Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 6 Questioned Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 7 Criminal Prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 8 Indictments and Criminal Informations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 9 Civil Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Table 10 Suspensions and Debarments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Table 11 Personnel Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 12 Investigative Recoveries and Receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Nearly 30 years ago, the Congress passed the Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act). In doing so,

the IG Act consolidated the audit and investigative functions in 12 Cabinet-level agencies under their

respective Inspector General (IG). The IGs became independent forces for promoting economy,

efficiency, and effectiveness, while detecting and preventing fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in their

agency’s programs. As independent “agents of positive change” within their respective agencies, Offices of

Inspector General (OIG) seek to prevent problems before they materialize.

The IG Act established a dual reporting responsibility, whereby OIGs report both to the head of their respective

agencies and to the Congress. This unique relationship provides the legislative safety net that protects IG

independence and objectivity. The IGs’ semiannual reports to the Congress, which summarize the OIG’s most

significant recent reports and management’s action on significant IG recommendations, are examples of this

reporting responsibility.

In those early years, OIGs had a quick and significant impact in helping agencies repair serious and widespread

internal control weaknesses and enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Recognizing the OIGs’ effectiveness, the

Congress has amended the IG Act several times to include IGs in most agencies of the Federal government.

The 1988 amendment established IGs in certain independent agencies, corporations, and other Federal entities.

Today, 64 IGs provide audit and investigative oversight across government. Depending on their agency,

Inspectors General are either nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, or are appointed by

their agency head. They are selected on the basis of personal integrity and professional expertise in accounting,

auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or investigations.

Shortly after the enactment of the IG Act, the President, through Executive Order 12301, Integrity and

Efficiency in Federal Programs, created the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) to provide

a forum for the presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed IGs to work together and coordinate their

professional activities. In May 1992, Executive Order 12805 reconstituted the PCIE and created the Executive

Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE) for the agency-appointed IGs to work together and coordinate their

professional activities. Senior officials from other selected agencies are also members of both Councils.

The PCIE and ECIE provide government-wide coordination of, and focus on, the activities of the OIGs. The

Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) chairs both the PCIE

and ECIE and reports to the President on the Councils’ activities. An IG, representing the members of that

Council, serves as the Vice Chair of that particular Council and manages its day-to-day activities. An Executive

Council, comprised of selected IGs, provides corporate leadership and long-term planning. The PCIE, in

conjunction with the ECIE, maintains seven standing committees to examine important issues and assist the

Councils in their ongoing efforts to promote integrity, accountability, and excellence in government.

A more complete discussion of the PCIE and ECIE can be found in Appendix A; a listing of PCIE and ECIE

members can be found in Appendix D.

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As we reflect on the fiscal year (FY) 2007 activities of the 64 Federal OIGs,

several basic themes emerge. First, in carrying out their mission, individual

OIGs achieved impressive results within their own agencies and in partnership

with agency management to address issues of national and international significance.

Second, the OIGs successfully met common challenges as they conducted work

pursuant to several significant statutory mandates, among those the Chief Financial

Officers (CFO) Act, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

(FISMA), and the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000. Third, in addition to

individual OIG successes, OIGs benefited greatly from collaborating with one

another to successfully pursue issues of common interest. In countless instances,

OIGs joined forces and leveraged their expertise to tackle issues crossing agency

boundaries and had a stronger impact than they might have had if working alone.

And finally, in the interest of enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of

their own internal operations, OIGs from across the government engaged in various

activities, including information sharing and best practices exchanges, working

groups, and other learning forums.

The sections that follow summarize the community’s activities and accomplishments

during the year and provide examples of the collaborative working relationships we

pursued to better fulfill our IG mission government-wide.

Producing Results

During FY 2007, Federal OIGs provided the independent oversight

of trillions of dollars in Federal programs and operations. These

programs include health care, transportation, homeland security,

national defense, agriculture, housing, information security, and many

more too numerous to detail. Such programs provide taxpayers and

others with government services that they need and have come to expect.

The Congress created OIGs to oversee the operations and activities of their agencies

to ensure the accountability of government dollars and performance. OIGs

accomplish their oversight roles and responsibilities in many ways. Specifically, they

conduct audits, investigations, inspections, evaluations, and other reviews that allow

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them to promote economy, efficiency, and

effectiveness in government operations and help

detect and deter fraud, waste, and abuse. During

FY 2007, IG community efforts accounted for

over $16.5 billion in potential savings from agency

action on current and prior recommendations as

well as investigative recoveries and receivables.

Over the past fiscal year, OIGs conducted audits

of their agencies’ programs, operations, and

activities and, as appropriate, oversaw and

reviewed related audit work performed by outside

parties. These audits identified inefficiencies and

ineffectiveness in government programs and

operations and offered many non-monetary

recommendations for management improvements. 

The IG Act requires that OIG audits 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. These standards also provide that

OIGs generally share report drafts with their

agencies and respond to agency comments in final

reports.

During FY 2007, the OIGs collectively issued over

6,500 audit reports and testified before the

Congress about 130 times. OIG reports generally

provide agency management with recommendations

for improving management practices and

procedures, better using agency funds, and

questioning the actual spending of funds. Agency

management either agrees or disagrees with these

recommendations. For this fiscal year, agency

management agreed to $11.4 billion in potential

savings from these audit recommendations. 

Under the IG Act, OIGs are authorized to investigate

criminal matters and civil or administrative

wrongdoing involving their agencies’ programs and

operations. During FY 2007, OIGs closed 33,740

investigations. The most frequent subjects of OIG

investigations include benefit recipients, contractors,

grantees, and Federal employees. The PCIE and

ECIE have developed guidelines for OIG

investigations that help ensure their professional

quality and integrity. 

Investigative work often involves several law

enforcement agencies working the same case.

OIGs typically conduct cases with other OIGs,

other Federal law enforcement agencies, and state

or local law enforcement entities. This investigative

work results in criminal indictments and

informations, criminal prosecutions, and successfully

resolved civil actions. Some results of the OIGs’

investigative work, such as personnel actions and

recommendations for suspensions and debarments,

go to agency management for their consideration

and final resolution. In total, the investigative

recoveries and receivables that stem from this

investigative work done during FY 2007 amount to

about $5.1 billion. 

CONNECTING TO THE IG COMMUNITY

IGnet, the Federal Inspectors General Web site, is the

most readily available link to the IG community. In

addition to its role as a central repository for key

PCIE, ECIE, and OIG reports, statistics, publications,

related legislation, and other information, IGnet

serves as a springboard to electronically connect with

the Federal OIGs and the issues they are addressing.

IGnet also houses links to the work of the Councils’

committees and working groups. The Web site can

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Although the IG Act does not require OIGs to

establish inspection and evaluation

components, the statute provides 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

the conduct and reporting of OIG inspections and

evaluations. During FY 2007, OIGs issued nearly

550 inspection and evaluation reports.

Most OIGs operate dedicated, toll-free hotlines

that receive complaints of fraud, waste, and abuse

in their respective agencies. Complaints received

through the hotlines often generate OIG criminal

cases and civil or administrative actions. During

FY 2007, OIGs processed nearly 310,000

complaints and allegations received through their

hotlines. Appendix D, the PCIE and ECIE

member directories, provides OIG hotline contact

information.

Table 1 provides a summary of the IG community’s

statistical accomplishments over the last year.

Taken together, these statistics offer an objective

measure of the collective, government-wide impact

of OIGs. Appendix B presents these productivity

indicators in an overall context by providing a

5-year running total for each reporting category.

Responding to Statutory

Mandates

OIGs share a common interest in

addressing several key statutory

requirements. Efforts undertaken in this

regard serve to unify the community as

the OIGs work with a common purpose

to carry out the statutory mandates. Two

significant IG responsibilities include the

financial statement audits of their agencies and

evaluations conducted pursuant to FISMA.

Additionally, most OIGs are responsible under the

Reports Consolidation Act of 2000 for identifying

the most significant management and performance

challenges facing their agencies. Agencies, in turn,

include the OIGs’ assessments in their annual

performance and accountability reports. As

discussed below, during FY 2007, Federal OIGs

met these responsibilities and, in so doing, devoted

substantial resources to the efforts; called agency

attention to significant financial, information

security, and other matters; and worked closely

with their agency management to seek solutions.

OIGs Play Key Role in Government Financial

Statement Audit Work

In line with the CFO Act, OIGs across the

government undertook the arduous task of

ensuring their agency financial statements were

audited. Taken together, during FY 2007, over 600

OIG staff performed such work, along with

Table 1. FY 2007 Performance Profile: Summary of Combined IG Community Accomplishments

Recommendations Agreed to by Management: Funds For Better Use $7,313,756,130

Recommendations Agreed to by Management: Questioned Costs $4,087,941,919

Investigative Recoveries and Receivables $5,122,754,721

Successful Criminal Prosecutions 8,961

Indictments and Criminal Informations 6,805

Successful Civil Actions 1,277

Suspensions and Debarments 4,296

Personnel Actions 5,807
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contractor resources, representing an effort totaling

more than $179 million. In conducting such work,

OIG auditors and the contractors they oversee are

key in helping to ensure that the Federal

government’s financial information and reporting is

transparent, valid, and useful to agency decisionmakers and other stakeholders.

As OMB reported in January 2008, for the third

year in a row, all major Federal agencies successfully

met the 45-day financial audit deadline as required

by the rigorous reporting guidelines set by OMB.

Such a deadline results in more immediate

availability of financial information to agency

decision-makers and requires agencies to employ

rigorous disciplines throughout the year to ensure

readiness for year-end reporting. 

The results from FY 2007 indicate that the Federal

government continues to improve the validity of its

financial information. Specifically, of the 24 major

Federal agencies, 19 received clean opinions,

equaling the number of clean opinions reported in

FY 2006. The total number of material weaknesses

government-wide declined from 41 to 39. 

As OMB pointed out in summarizing the

government-wide financial statement audit results,

the decrease in weaknesses this year is more notable

in light of recent changes to government auditing

standards that lower materiality thresholds and

have the effect of characterizing more audit findings

as material weaknesses. So, while auditing

standards are getting tougher, Federal agencies are

more than keeping pace by continuing to decrease

the number of material

weaknesses. 

The area of financial

management and

performance has been

identified over the years by

many agencies as a

significant management

challenge. The IG

community remains

committed to helping

improve financial audits

and has been working with

OMB and the U.S.

Government Accountability Office (GAO) to

develop processes and procedures to ensure timely

audit opinions, help agencies produce useful

financial information, and improve agency financial

and internal control systems. One such effort was

jointly sponsoring with GAO the fifth annual

Federal Financial Accounting and Auditing Update

Conference, also known as the GAO/PCIE

Roundtable, which included speakers from OMB,

GAO, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory

Board, and a number of representatives from the

Federal CFO and IG communities. In another

case, the community worked with OMB to update

financial audit guidance and with GAO to revise

the GAO/PCIE Financial Audit Manual. This

manual is used by Federal auditors and

independent public accounting firms to perform

financial statement audits of Federal entities in

accordance with professional standards. 

In a related vein, OMB issued the revised

PCIE/CFO Council’s Best Practice Guide for

Coordinating the Preparation and Audit of Federal

Financial Statements. The document, which was

originally published in 2001, fosters constructive

working relationships between CFOs and OIGs,

which in turn leads to improved financial

management. 

OIGs Address Information Security and Privacy

Issues through FISMA Work

FISMA requires Federal agencies to have an annual

independent evaluation performed of their

information security

program and practices and

to report the results of the

evaluation to OMB.

During FY 2007,

approximately 375 OIG

staff were involved in

FISMA evaluations of their

agencies, reflecting a $12.2

million investment of

resources. An additional

expenditure of $8.5 million

for contractor support of

these efforts equates to 

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$20.7 million by the IG

community to evaluate

agency information

security and privacy

programs.

In OIG reports

communicating FISMA

results, many OIGs credit

their agencies for taking

specific actions to improve

their information security

and privacy programs and

practices and comply with

FISMA, National Institute

of Standards and

Technology, OMB, and other applicable

requirements. However, in most instances, OIGs

point out areas where additional actions and

improvements are needed to better ensure the

confidentiality, integrity, and availability of

information systems and the effectiveness of privacy

programs and practices. Such areas include, for

example, access controls, configuration

management, certification and accreditation,

security awareness and training, protection of

personally identifiable information, incident

detection, and contingency plan testing.

As discussed below, information security is a top

management and performance challenge across the

government and will continue to be a priority area

for OIGs into the future. To ensure the

community’s readiness to evaluate and report on

agency progress, the PCIE and ECIE work to make

sure OIG staff have the necessary skills, training,

and technical expertise to perform quality work

under this requirement. Examples illustrating the

community’s commitment to strong oversight of

information security and privacy issues are found

elsewhere in this report.

OIGs Identify Top Management and 

Performance Challenges Facing Our Nation

Annually, the PCIE and ECIE identify and report

the top management and performance challenges 

in our Progress Report to the President. The

identified challenges highlight high-risk activities

and performance issues that

impact agency operations or

strategic goals. 

During FY 2007, the OIG

community identified six

common management and

performance challenges facing

their agencies. A table

showing individual OIG

reporting on these challenges

appears as Appendix C; a

brief discussion of the

significance of each area

follows: 

Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness.

One of the most critical challenges facing the

Federal government is combating terrorism and

preparing for the unexpected. Initiatives underway

include border security, transportation security,

identity theft protection, continuity of operations

planning, limiting bioterrorism threats, and

infrastructure protection. 

Information Technology Management and

Security. The Federal government relies on

approximately 11,000 information systems to

manage its programs and operations and carry out

its critical missions. Information technology is a

significant management challenge for most Federal

agencies, and is currently the primary challenge at a

number of agencies. 

Financial Management and Performance. Federal

agencies have historically faced challenges providing

timely, accurate, and useful financial information

and managing for results. Effective budget and

performance integration has become even more

critical for results-oriented management and

efficient allocation of scarce resources among

competing needs. 

Human Capital Management. Ensuring a

competent, well-trained, and motivated workforce

remains a critical challenge across government.

This challenge continues to intensify as employees

in key positions increasingly become eligible to

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Performance Management and Accountability.

Reliable performance information is critical to

making informed decisions and achieving the

maximum public benefit. Agencies continue to

face challenges in establishing and measuring the

results-oriented goals through the Program

Assessment Rating Tool initiative, which assesses

the strengths and weaknesses of various agency

programs.

Procurement and Grant Management.

Procurement, contracts, and grants historically have

been areas subject to fraud and waste throughout

the government, and effectively managing them is a

continuing challenge. Poor oversight, lax controls,

and fraudulent billing schemes are just a few

examples of the Federal government’s vulnerability

to procurement, contract, and grant fraud.

While OIGs identified common challenges, it is

important to note that OIGs also identify

management and performance challenges unique to

their agencies. Table 2 shows agency challenges

cited by various OIGs.

In highlighting these areas for their agency

management’s attention, OIGs demonstrate their

individual commitments to partnering with and

helping their agencies address mission-critical

programs and operations and successfully achieve

their agency’s goals.

Department of Justice Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information

Department of Labor Protecting the Safety and Health of Workers

Department of Commerce Controlling the Cost and Improving the Accuracy of the

Decennial Census

Environmental Protection Agency Water Infrastructure

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Being Ready for Potential Financial Institution Failures

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition from Space Shuttle to Next Generation of

Space Vehicles

National Archives and Records Administration Preservation and Storage of Records

Office of Personnel Management Retirement Systems Modernization

Small Business Administration Lender Oversight

Social Security Administration Social Security Number Protection

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Providing Quality Taxpayer Service Operations

U.S. Postal Service Achieving Results with a Customer-Focused PerformanceBased Culture

Table 2. Examples of Agency-Specific Challenges
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Collaborating for Success

During FY 2007, OIGs across the

government and throughout the 

country came together in conducting

joint audits, investigations, evaluations,

inspections, and other activities. Such

efforts sometimes involved two or more

OIGs and other partners like state and

local law enforcement or audit

organizations, GAO, OMB, and Congressional

parties. Other times, large groups from a number

of OIGs convened for meetings or symposiums to

take action or share information on pressing issues.

In all cases, these efforts reflect the community’s

overarching responsibility under the IG Act to

promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in

government programs and operations, and to detect

and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse to ensure

integrity throughout the government. 

Taken together, and as illustrated in the

representative examples that follow, these activities

attest to the community’s focus and far-reaching

impact on critical issues affecting the American

people. These issues include contracting, disaster

recovery, efforts abroad, employment, health

services, housing, information security, and

veterans affairs. 

Contracting

Multi-Million Dollar Bribery Scheme: As a result

of an extensive collaborative effort, a Federal grand

jury in the U.S. District Court, Western District of

Texas, indicted six individuals in connection with a

multi-million dollar bribery scheme centered on

fixing U.S. government contracts for work at the

U.S. Army Medical Department located at Fort

Sam Houston. The defendants allegedly

committed acts of bribery, kickbacks, disclosure,

and fraud to ensure that a company owned by one

of the defendants ultimately received the contracts.

During the period of the scheme, the defendants

allegedly corrupted more than $18 million in

Federal contracts. Involved in the investigation

were the Department of Interior (DOI) OIG,

General Services Administration (GSA) OIG,

Department of Defense (DOD) IG Defense

Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Small

Business Administration (SBA) OIG, Department

of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation

(FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal

Investigations Division (CID), and Department of

the Army Criminal Investigation Command.

Metal Distribution Company Contractor Fraud:

The Department of Energy (DOE) OIG, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

OIG, Department of Transportation (DOT) OIG,

DOD IG DCIS, and Air Force Office of Special

Investigations collaborated as a task force to

substantiate allegations that owners and employees

of a metal distribution company orchestrated a

company-wide scheme to provide fraudulent test

certifications and substandard metals to the

government and its contractors in the defense,

nuclear, and aerospace industry. The two owners of
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the company were sentenced to a total of 51

months’ incarceration, 4 years’ supervised release,

and assessed $397,360 in restitution and fines.

Also, five individuals pled guilty to multiple counts,

including false statements, false claims, and

conspiracy. The company and its owners have been

debarred from government contracting for 3 years,

and the company’s employees were suspended

indefinitely pending debarment action. 

Kickbacks and Fraudulent Contracting Practices:

The GSA OIG Northeast and Caribbean Regional

Investigations Office led a joint criminal

investigation with the DOD IG DCIS, the IRS

CID, and the Department of the Army Criminal

Investigations Command related to irregularities in

the award of information technology contracts by

the Department of the Army using the

GSA/Federal Technology Service’s (FTS) Multiple

Award Schedule contract program. 

The investigation uncovered a scheme involving the

award of over $800,000 in phony GSA/FTS

Multiple Award Schedule contracts funded by the

Department of the Army to a

woman-owned small business by

a senior Department of the Army

contracting official and the

Deputy Director of a regional

GSA FTS office. The

investigation resulted in the

indictment and felony

convictions of the Army and

GSA contracting officials and the

GSA FTS official’s daughter, all

of whom were sentenced to

incarceration and restitution.

The owner of the small, womanowned business consented to a

civil forfeiture as a result of the

investigation.

The Lower Manhattan Construction

Integrity Team: This team seeks to ensure

that funds dedicated for construction in

Lower Manhattan are used for their

intended purpose. Founded in early 2004,

the working group is comprised of Federal,

state, and local OIGs and other oversight

agencies. The group was proactively

established in recognition of the large fraud risks

inherent in the unprecedented situation of

contemporaneous mega- and large-scale capital

projects in a very compact area of New York City,

post 9-11. These projects include, but are not

limited to, several major transportation projects.

The DOT Federal Transit Administration has

oversight of $4.55 billion in projects in Lower

Manhattan that several different grantee agencies

handle. The group established a number of fraud

prevention measures, including an active fraud

hotline and online complaint process; standards

recommending background screening for

contractor staff; fraud awareness training; and

processes for vetting potential contractors. DOT

OIG is a founding member of the team;

Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) OIGs

are also involved in these activities. 

Disaster Recovery 

Federal Response to 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes:

In response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes in 2005,

the IG community launched an

aggressive, coordinated oversight

effort to ensure that Federal

response and recovery funds were

spent appropriately. These efforts

are being coordinated through the

PCIE Homeland Security

Roundtable chaired by the

Department of Homeland

Security (DHS) IG.

Examples include the

following:

DHS OIG established a

Gulf Coast recovery

program in five locations

throughout the Gulf

Coast region to

coordinate Federal

Emergency

Management Agency

(FEMA) fraud

investigations.

Working with the

U.S. Attorney’s office,

FBI, HUD OIG,
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SBA OIG, IRS CID, Postal Inspection Service, and

others, hundreds of arrests and recoveries were

made. As part of this anti-fraud initiative, a joint

disaster hotline was established in Baton Rouge,

LA, which receives, documents, and disburses

complaints nationwide to participating OIGs,

other Federal agencies, and state and local law

enforcement entities to combat the fraud, waste,

and abuse stemming from Hurricanes Katrina and

Rita. As of the end of FY 2007, the Hurricane

Katrina Fraud Task Force had handled nearly

17,000 complaints. 

For its part, HUD OIG’s Gulf Coast Region has

been working jointly with Federal, state, and local

law enforcement agencies to prevent, detect, and

combat fraud, waste, and abuse of HUD program

disaster funds in the Gulf for relief of the victims of

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. HUD

OIG’s collaborative efforts with other OIGs have

detected and prevented waste, fraud, and abuse of

HUD disaster funds, FEMA disaster funds, and

other Federal agency disaster funds in the Gulf

Coast. Examples include subjects pleading guilty

to making false statements and claims, theft of

government funds, unauthorized acquisition of

food stamps, embezzlement, and mail fraud. 

In addition, DOL OIG investigations involving

fraudulent claims for Unemployment Insurance

and Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits

have resulted in over 75 indictments and 40

convictions. DOL OIG continues to concentrate

on labor racketeering schemes that were initially

directed at debris removal and currently involve

reconstruction. 

Finally, the Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) OIG is auditing all HHS

hurricane-related contractual procurements over

$100,000. As of August 31, 2007, HHS OIG

issued 51 audit reports with an audited value of

$79.5 million. Of the 51 reports, 48 concluded

that the awarding agencies had complied with

procurement requirements. The remaining three

reports had administrative findings. HHS OIG

also audited costs billed to the largest contract

awarded by HHS to assist hurricane victims. This

contract provided $21 million to transport

returning evacuees requiring en route medical care.

The audit found that $2 million of the $5.8 million

in costs billed did not fully comply with the

contract terms. 

Education

Audits of Schools and Libraries Program: The

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) OIG

collaborated with the Department of Education

(ED) and DOI OIGs to conduct audits of entities

receiving funds from the FCC’s Universal Service

Fund Schools and Libraries program—in New York

City and in Indian schools and territories. ED OIG

audited funding received by the New York City

Department of Education. DOI OIG performed

several audits at Indian schools and territories. FCC

OIG provided funding, training, and audit

guidance. ED OIG identified unsupported costs of

more than $47 million and more than $570,000 in

unallowable costs. DOI’s work resulted in over $2.9

million in unsupported costs. Efforts are underway

to recover misspent funds. 

LONG-STANDING FOCUS ON IG INTEGRITY 

The IG community takes seriously allegations of

misconduct in our own offices. To address such

allegations, the Integrity Committee, formalized by

Executive Order 12993, in March 1996, was

created to receive and review allegations of

misconduct against IGs and certain staff members,

and ensure that these allegations are appropriately

and expeditiously reviewed, and where appropriate,

investigated and resolved. 

The Integrity Committee is a fact-finding committee

that presents its findings to the PCIE and ECIE

Chair. Kenneth W. Kaiser, Assistant Director,

Criminal Investigative Division, FBI, chaired the

Integrity Committee during FY 2007. The other

Committee members, as defined by the Executive

Order, included the Director of the Office of

Government Ethics; Special Counsel of the United

States; and three IGs representing the PCIE and

ECIE. The Chief of the Public Integrity Section of

DOJ’s Criminal Division, or his designee, serves as

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Efforts Abroad

Interagency Assessments of U.S. Programs in

Afghanistan: OIGs from the Department of State

and Broadcasting Board of Governors (DOS) and

DOD collaborated to evaluate the U.S.

government effort to train and develop the Afghan

National Police. The assessment focused on the

plans and programs in place for training the police

and an examination of the effectiveness of

coordination and cooperation between those DOS

and DOD organizations responsible for

developing, implementing, and conducting police

training. The assessment judged that the U.S.-

funded program to train and equip the police was

generally well-conceived and well-executed;

however, additional action will be required to

institutionalize the police force and establish a selfsustaining program.

In another assessment, DOJ OIG joined the DOS

and DOD OIGs to assess the counternarcotics

programs in Afghanistan that are funded, directed,

managed, or contracted by DOJ, DOS, and DOD,

and to evaluate the overall effectiveness of U.S.

strategy, management structure, and interagency

cooperation and coordination. The DOD and

DOS OIGs issued a joint report assessing both the

strengths and weaknesses of the government’s role

in the counternarcotics program in Afghanistan

and provided recommendations for program

improvements.

Collaborative Learning Opportunities for Iraqi

IGs: The Special Inspector General for Iraq

Reconstruction (SIGIR) has offered opportunities

for Iraqi IGs and their staffs to collaborate on

inspections of relief and reconstruction projects.

SIGIR representatives have met with the IGs of the

Iraqi Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Oil, and

Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works to

discuss collaborative assessments involving ongoing and completed relief and reconstruction

projects. The benefits of such efforts are two-way

and include familiarization and on-the-job training

of Iraqi IGs’ inspections staffs and feedback to

SIGIR on any concerns with U.S.-funded relief and

reconstruction projects. 

The International Contract Corruption Task

Force, Joint Operations Center: U.S. funding in

support of the Global War on Terrorism and

reconstruction efforts has been susceptible to

corruption and fraud by government employees

and contractors at the individual and corporate

level. The mission of the Joint Operations Center

is to provide operational, intelligence, and logistical

support and coordination to ongoing investigations

and deployed agents supporting the task force.

These investigations involve matters regarding

corruption and contract fraud related to the U.S.

government war and reconstruction efforts in Iraq

and Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism.

The Joint Operations Center is serving as a force

multiplier in the investigation and prosecution of

corruption and contract fraud. Participants include

the SIGIR, DOD IG DCIS, DOS OIG, U.S.

Agency for International Development (AID)

OIG, FBI, and Department of the Army Criminal

Investigation Command Major Procurement Fraud

Unit.

Employment

Illegal Immigrants’ Alleged Use of False Identities:

The GSA and DOL OIGs, assisted by the Social

Security Administration (SSA) OIG and

Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

investigated allegations of illegal immigrants who

used false identification to gain employment as

subcontractors working on Federal construction

renovation projects. Having illegal, undocumented

aliens work on such Federal projects could impact

security and violates GSA contract requirements

and Federal labor laws. As a result of the effort,

there have been 10 arrests of illegal aliens, with

criminal prosecutions anticipated and possible

prosecution of the company that hired them.

Illegal Labor Conspiracy: A joint investigation by

the OIGs from DOL, DHS, and SSA, and

Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the

president of a national air cargo company

uncovered a conspiracy to permit hundreds of

undocumented workers to illegally obtain jobs and

circumvent the foreign labor certification program.

The scheme involved encouraging, inducing, and

aiding and abetting illegal immigrants to reside or

remain in the United States for commercial

advantage or private financial gain by the company

owner and others. The president was sentenced to
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incarceration and ordered to forfeit illegal proceeds

of $12 million and interest in land and property.

Energy

Improper Sale of Equipment Restricted for

Government Use: A joint task force investigation

by the DOE OIG, DOD IG DCIS, Food and

Drug Administration, and FBI substantiated

allegations that a DOE courier had sold

Department equipment restricted for use by

government, law enforcement, and military

personnel. Couriers are responsible for moving

nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, selected

non-nuclear weapons components, limited-life

components, and other materials requiring secure

transport. The subject was sentenced to 30

months’ incarceration and 3 years’ supervised

release and was ordered to pay restitution and fines.

His employment was subsequently terminated. 

Financial Management and Performance

Improper Payments Under

the Federal Employees’

Compensation Act: SSA

OIG and DOL OIG

joined forces to conduct

an audit of Federal

Employees’

Compensation Act

(FECA) recipients,

classified as not having

a wage earnings

capacity or whose

wage earnings

capacity had not yet

been determined,

who received

compensation for

lost wages when “earned

wages” were reported on the SSA’s

Master Earnings File. Based on the results of the

analyses, the team determined that the potential

exists for a substantial amount of improper

payments to occur and continue to be paid if

Federal agencies do not implement corrective

action to improve oversight and monitoring of their

FECA programs. 

Financial Services

Financial Regulatory Agency Emerging Issues

Symposium: The Department of the Treasury

(Treasury), the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board

(FRB), and the National Credit Union

Administration (NCUA) OIGs co-hosted the fifth

annual symposium on emerging issues in banking.

This year’s theme was Consumer, Credit, and

Capital Issues in a Changing Economy. Much of the

focus was the subprime mortgage crisis. Presenters

included FRB’s Director of Consumer and

Community Affairs, FDIC’s Chief Economist, and

a panel on emerging risks as seen by senior

supervisory officials from the Office of the

Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift

Supervision, FDIC, and FRB. The symposium also

featured a panel on congressional perspectives with

staff from the Senate Committee on Banking,

Housing and Urban Affairs. The symposium

provided an opportunity for up-to-date

information sharing on risk areas and training for

over 150 personnel from 10 different Federal

agencies, including GAO.

Food Safety

Customs and Border Protection’s

Agricultural Inspection Activities: The

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

OIG and DHS OIG collaborated to

conduct an audit to assess how well U.S.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

communicated and cooperated with USDA

on issues relating to agricultural inspection

policies and procedures, complied with

established procedures for agricultural

inspections of passengers and cargo, and

accurately tracked agricultural inspection

activities. The audit also assessed the

effectiveness of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service in providing CBP with the

necessary policy and procedural guidance to

perform agricultural inspection activities. CBP

generally conducted agricultural inspection

activities in compliance with procedures at ports

visited; however, improvements were needed in

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Grants Management

National Single Audit Sampling

Project: Under the auspices of the

PCIE Audit Committee, the IG

community launched a

government-wide initiative in

November 2004 to assess the

quality of annual single audits

performed by state auditors or

independent public

accountants and required by

the Single Audit Act of 1984.

A number of Federal

agencies had raised

concerns about these

audits, which report on

billions of dollars in Federal

grants each year. The project was

overseen by an advisory board representing six

Federal OIGs—HHS, HUD, ED, DOL, DOT,

and the National Science Foundation (NSF)—

OMB, and three state auditors. In June 2007, the

IG community issued its Report on National Single

Audit Sampling Project on the quality of annual

audits. This report established that improvements

in performance of these single audits are needed.

Implementation of the recommendations in this

report is expected to have a significant impact on

future performance of these audits and enhance the

enforcement process when they are substandard. 

National Procurement Fraud Task Force, Grant

Fraud Committee: DOJ organized the National

Procurement Fraud Task Force, designed to

coordinate the efforts of DOJ, Federal OIGs, and

other Federal law enforcement agencies in

preventing, detecting, and prosecuting

procurement fraud, including grant fraud. The

Grant Fraud Committee of the Task Force includes

representatives from DOJ and 15 OIGs. Its 

focus is on three areas: (1) information sharing; 

(2) providing training to auditors, agents, and

prosecutors on detecting, investigating, and

prosecuting grant fraud; and (3) outreach to agency

program managers and grantees. Of special note,

in the area of outreach, the Grant Fraud

Committee prepared a presentation that provides

tips to grantees on how to detect and prevent fraud.

The presentation is posted at www.grants.gov, a

comprehensive Web site managed by HHS, which

allows applicants to apply for and ultimately

manage grant funds online. 

Health Services

Medicare Fraud: A joint

investigation uncovered a scheme in

which a former Federal Bureau of

Prisons physician, a former physician

assistant, and three civilians established

a medical clinic in Hialeah, Florida, and

used the clinic to defraud the Medicare

program. The clinic fraudulently billed

Medicare for HIV infusion therapy

treatment that it was not actually providing.

The clinic received approximately $2 million

in fraudulent Medicare proceeds. The former

physician was sentenced to 3 years’

imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release for

conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and was

ordered to pay a fine and restitution. The others

involved pled guilty and await sentencing. The

DOJ OIG’s Miami Field Office, HHS OIG, Florida

Department of Law Enforcement, and the FBI

collaborated on this case.

Joint Review of Research Process: In a review

done jointly with HHS OIG, the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) OIG reviewed a complaint

alleging that six individuals were members of one

particular VA research merit review subcommittee

and several National Institutes of Health review

panels, and in several instances reviewed each

others’ proposals despite real or apparent conflicts

of interest. VA OIG substantiated that researchers

named in the complaint had certain professional

and personal relationships. However, VA’s policies

do not define personal or professional relationships

constituting a conflict of interest in terms

applicable to peer review and do not specify the

extent and nature of the Veteran Health

Administration’s responsibility to identify these

conflicts. VA OIG recommended changes in the

Veteran Health Administration policies regarding

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Improper

Pharmaceutical

Company Activities: An

investigation worked

jointly by the HHS OIG

and VA OIG determined

that a pharmaceutical

company had improperly

promoted several of its

drugs for uses that were

not approved by the

Food and Drug

Administration and had

offered or paid kickbacks to physicians to prescribe

those drugs. A sales subsidiary of the company

pled guilty to conspiracy to make false statements.

The sales subsidiary was sentenced to pay a $180

million criminal fine and a special assessment fee,

in addition to a $255 million civil settlement that

the subsidiary, along with the company, agreed to

pay as part of a $435 million settlement agreement

that was signed with DOJ.

Housing

“Operation Rain Check”: The HUD and SSA

OIGs initiated a multi-defendant, proactive fraud

investigation covering a

number of geographic

locations in Michigan. The

two OIGs compared

potential Social Security

fraud subjects with HUD’s

Public Housing and

Housing Choice Voucher

tenant lists to determine

whether the subjects

involved in Social Security

fraud were also

underreporting their

income to HUD. Agents examined whether or not

the tenant reported the income earned from

supplemental Social Security checks that were

fraudulently requested and subsequently cashed.

Agents then added the amount of the fraudulent

checks to the tenant’s income and recalculated how

the rent would have changed if the income had

been accurately reported to the housing authorities

as required. In several instances, the tenants failed

to report this supplemental Social Security income

to the housing authorities. “Operation Rain

Check” has resulted in 587 individuals being

charged with violations involving Social Security,

Federal housing, state larceny, and fraud. So far, 

CONGRESS CONTEMPLATES IG REFORM

During the 110th Congress, both the House and the Senate introduced bills to amend the Inspector General

Act and enhance IG activities and operations. Congressman Jim Cooper introduced H.R. 928, Improving

Government Accountability Act, in February 2007, and the House Committee on Oversight and Government

Reform reported the bill, as amended, in late September. In early October, the House passed the bill and

referred it to the Senate for further consideration. 

On the Senate side, two bills were originally introduced to address IG matters. On November 8, 2007,

Senators Claire McCaskill and Susan Collins consolidated the provisions from the two original bills and

introduced S. 2324, Inspector General Reform Act. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and

Governmental Affairs reported S, 2324, as amended, in mid-November, and it is awaiting consideration by

the full Senate. 

The two pieces of legislation share many common provisions and include several key differences. Both bills

would establish in statute a unified IG council and Integrity Committee; address IG pay, nomination, and

qualification issues; and clarify items unique to IGs appointed by their agency head. The key differences in

the two bills include establishing term limits and removal for cause provisions, funding for the unified council,

and OIG operational issues. These operational issues involve ways of obtaining legal advice and submitting

annual budgets, requirements for managing Web sites and posting reports, and production of an annual report

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9 of these individuals have been convicted and 

60 were referred for eviction. 

Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force: The

HUD OIG, SSA OIG, and Immigration and

Customs Enforcement collaborated as part of the

Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force, which

was formed to identify, prosecute and/or remove

from the United States undocumented aliens

fraudulently obtaining benefits meant for U.S.

citizens and legal immigrants. This task force assists

HUD in its efforts to improve the integrity of the

Single Family Insurance Program by identifying and

prosecuting borrowers, loan officers, and real estate

agents who defraud the Federal Housing

Administration program. During the life of the task

force there have been 92 indictments and 30

convictions, with 29 indictments and 23 convictions

occurring in FY 2007. 

Information Security

Summary Report on Protection of Sensitive

Information: The PCIE Audit Committee, in

conjunction with the former PCIE Information

Technology Roundtable, collected and consolidated

data on the IG community’s efforts in assessing

agencies’ compliance with OMB Memorandum 

M-06-16, Protection of Sensitive Agency Information,

which requires agencies to take steps to ensure that

personally identifiable information and other

sensitive information is protected. Fifty OIGs

responded to the data call and the responses were

combined into a summary report provided to

OMB in October 2006. 

Collaborative FISMA

Evaluation: Treasury’s OIG

audit organizations

collaborated on the 2007

FISMA independent

evaluation of the Treasury.

To meet FISMA

requirements, the Treasury

Inspector General for Tax

Administration (TIGTA)

performs an evaluation of

the effectiveness of

information security at the

IRS. The Treasury OIG

performs this evaluation for the other, non-IRS,

Treasury bureaus. For several years, the two OIG

organizations have coordinated their FISMA

evaluations to apply a consistent review

methodology to all Treasury bureaus and to ensure

uniform results that can be combined to form one

consolidated independent Treasury evaluation. 

Natural Resources and the Environment

Tribal Environmental Successes: An interagency

team from the DOI OIG and the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) OIG worked with 14

Indian tribes to identify how the tribes successfully

met environmental and natural resource challenges,

ranging from cleaning up hazardous waste to

restoring degraded lands. The primary purpose of

this unique effort was to provide models that would

inspire others to successfully implement their own

natural resource and environmental programs.

EPA and DOI officials also could use the models to

expand tribal capability and capacity in the arena of

environmental program implementation. The

scope and outcome of this type of approach are

such that they can be applied across a broad

spectrum of stakeholders, including all levels of

government, tribal entities, and any other

organization committed to achieving sustainable

conservation and environmental protection. 

Veterans Affairs

Partnering on Multiple Investigations to Address

Drug Thefts: The type of case that the VA OIG

most frequently works jointly with the U.S. Postal

Service (USPS) OIG involves theft of drugs that

VA mails to veterans. Drugs

most often stolen are

narcotics; however, in their

search for narcotics, subjects

in these cases intercept,

open, and often discard

packages containing nonnarcotic medications. These

actions cause disruption in

patient care as veterans are

not receiving necessary

medications. The two OIGs

collaborated on 43 joint
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investigations during 2007. As a result of their

efforts, numerous individuals perpetrating such

crimes have been convicted and received stiff

sentences.

Valuable Analytical Database of Service Members:

The DOD OIG and VA OIG entered into an

interagency agreement to evaluate the medical care

transition process for injured Operation Iraqi

Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom service

members from DOD to VA. Prior to the

evaluation, only a very limited quantitative

characterization of care transition issues was

possible using available government data. In order

to describe the care transition process

quantitatively, VA OIG used relevant data files

from both DOD and VA sources to create an

analytical database that incorporates details about

all 494,147 service members discharged between

July 1, 2005, and September 30, 2006. The

database will be used to better understand,

interpret, and address issues related to veteran care

transition. 

Enhancing OIG Efficiency 

and Effectiveness

As discussed above, while OIGs

collaborate closely in carrying out the

IG mission with respect to external

issues of mutual concern, they take

their responsibility to the IG mission

seriously when it comes to their own

internal operations as well. During FY 2007,

in numerous instances, OIGs sought means to

enhance their own economy, efficiency, and

effectiveness; adopt creative approaches to their

assignments; work smarter; leverage resources;

develop qualified, highly trained employees and

future leaders; and ensure quality and integrity in

OIG operations and products. A brief discussion

of examples of such endeavors follows.

Working Smarter 

New Prevention Tool—Critical Point Evaluations:

As a problem prevention tool, the DOI OIG has

developed and shared with the IG community its

concept of Critical Point Evaluations (CPEs) to

focus on major DOI projects or initiatives. CPEs

are proactive, limited-scope evaluations, conducted

under PCIE Inspection Standards, of planned or

on-going major DOI projects or initiatives, such as

the acquisition of a new financial system, a large

construction project, or a new cross-cutting

initiative. The objective of a CPE is to identify

problems that could result in wasted resources or

limit project or intiative effectiveness before such

consequences occur. The OIG works with a DOI

project management team to identify critical

decision points when CPEs should be conducted.

Where possible, and to achieve maximum benefit, a

member of the relevant DOI management team is

included on the CPE team, together with multidisciplined OIG staff and independent subjectmatter experts. 

Exchanging Best Practices: The Tennessee Valley

Authority (TVA) OIG led an initiative to establish

a protocol for OIGs who wished to participate in a

formalized best practices exchange program. The

exchanges have resulted in improved processes and

better office morale, but more importantly, they

have enabled the participating offices to better serve

their agencies and to add more value as a part of the

IG community. Participating OIGs included TVA,

the Smithsonian Institution, NASA, EPA, USPS,

and FDIC.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Violations Summit:

HHS OIG sponsored a Conflict of Interest and

Ethics Violations Summit that brought together

over 200 individuals from the IG, ethics program

and policy, and enforcement communities to

discuss a variety of issues related to operation of

government ethics programs and violations of

Federal conflict of interest statutes. Participants

included senior officials from HHS OIG; the

Securities and Exchange Commission; Office of

Government Ethics; DOJ; and the Chief

Investigative Counsel, Senate Committee on

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This

summit resulted in an active dialogue among

agencies with different roles and responsibilities

related to ethics issues and provided participants

with the opportunity to share best practices and

experiences related to preventing, detecting, and

prosecuting Federal ethics violations.
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Promoting OIG Training and Development

PCIE and ECIE Conference: The PCIE and ECIE

held their annual conference in April 2007, with a

conference theme of Making a Difference in a

Challenging World. The conference provided the

members with an opportunity to look internally at

their activities and think strategically about their

future direction. The conference also allowed the

members to collaborate on various initiatives and

exchange pertinent and valuable information. The

OIGs from USDA and the Federal Election

Commission served as planning partners for the

conference. 

Leadership Development Programs: The Human

Resources Committee worked with the American

University’s Institute for the Study of Public Policy

on an OIG-specific leadership program. Working

with an OIG expert panel, the university developed

a three-part, graduate-level leadership program

leading to a Key Executive Leadership Certificate

for OIG managers. A second leadership program

offers senior OIG management teams a 2-day

concentrated leadership course and team-building

experience. 

Instructional Program for New Auditors:

The IG audit community undertook 

a collaborative effort to provide

introductory training during FY 2007.

The Introductory Training Task Force

focused on basic training in

professional competencies for 

entry-level audit personnel and a

comprehensive simulated audit case

study. Nearly 200 entry-level

personnel from 22 Federal OIG

and Defense audit organizations

were trained during the year.

OIGs participating on the Task

Force included DOD, EPA,

FDIC, ED, USDA, Treasury,

NSF, and HUD. 

Criminal Investigator

Training: Under the oversight

of the Investigations Committee, the

Inspector General Criminal Investigator

Academy provided required basic and refresher

training to 369 members of the IG community and

worked toward increasing the quality and quantity

of its future course offerings. In early FY 2007, the

Academy conducted a needs assessment survey to

determine the training requirements of the IG

community. As a result, a training program was

designed to satisfy the periodic refresher training

requirements specified in the Attorney General’s

Guidelines for OIGs with Statutory Law Enforcement

Authority and the PCIE and ECIE Quality

Standards for Investigations. The Academy also

established a curriculum review committee of

experienced investigators from PCIE and ECIE

agencies to periodically review and revise the

Academy’s basic training programs.

Annual Workshop on Grant Fraud Investigations:

For the past 6 years, the NSF OIG has sponsored a

grant fraud forum to disseminate methods and

ideas for the detection and prevention of grant

fraud. Recent workshops have drawn from the

expertise that resides within various OIGs and have

featured speakers from the Federal Law

Enforcement Training Center and other law

enforcement experts. This year’s workshop

attracted nearly 120 attendees from over 35 Federal

agencies. The program serves as a leading source of

grant fraud training and enables those who work to

identify and stop grant fraud to network with one

another and discuss current trends and issues.

The forum promotes the goals of the

National Procurement Fraud

Task Force in raising the

awareness of grant fraud

within the IG community.

Professional

Journal: Since

1995, The Journal

of Public Inquiry, a

semiannual

publication of the IG

community, has

continued to address issues

and topics important to its

audience. The Journal

provides a forum to share

professional ideas, suggest new

innovations, and chronicle changes

over the years. The DOD OIG

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coordinates publication of the Journal. Editions of

The Journal of Public Inquiry can be found on

IGnet, www.ignet.gov.

Ensuring Quality 

IG Community Peer Reviews: Government

Auditing Standards require that audit organizations

conducting audits of Federal agencies undergo peer

reviews every 3 years. The IG community has

implemented a process to meet this requirement.

The purpose of the peer review is to determine

whether the reviewed audit organization’s internal

quality control systems are adequate and provide

reasonable assurance that applicable auditing

standards, policies, and procedures are met. In FY

2007, 17 PCIE OIGs and 9 ECIE OIGs underwent

peer reviews conducted by a fellow OIG or had

such peer reviews in process at the end of the fiscal

year. All completed peer reviews resulted in

unmodified opinions. 

Similarly, investigative peer reviews are conducted

to ensure compliance with the requirements of the

Quality Standards for Investigations and determine

whether adequate internal safeguards and

management procedures exist to ensure that law

enforcement powers are properly exercised. During

FY 2007, six OIGs underwent peer reviews and

received a favorable rating. Two reviews were in

process at the end of FY 2007. Both the audit and

investigative communities have formed working

groups to update their respective peer review guides

to keep current with changes to professional

standards and other applicable guidelines. 

Other Quality Assurance Efforts: The IG

community’s inspections and evaluations function

does not have a formal peer review process at this

time. However, on an informal basis, some

inspection and evaluation units have conducted

external reviews. For example, at the request of the

DOS OIG, the VA and HHS OIGs performed a

joint peer review of DOS’s Inspections group.

Similarly, to better ensure audit quality, smaller

OIGs are collaborating together, as is the case with

the Federal Maritime Commission and Federal

Trade Commission OIGs who provide quality

assurance services for one another other, thereby

ensuring independent quality control reviews at a

fraction of what it would cost to contract out this

function. 

Leveraging Resources

Assistance to New IG: The first IG for the ExportImport Bank of the United States was confirmed by

the Senate in the summer of 2007. The FDIC

OIG detailed an auditor and an investigative agent

to help conduct audit work and investigations for

the new IG, until that office is more fully staffed.

The FDIC OIG is also providing counsel support

for the newly created office.

Supporting IT Processes: The NASA OIG

provides centralized access to an electronic work

papers solution for 300 VA OIG audit and

inspection staff by leveraging its existing

information technology infrastructure and assuring

data integrity between users, groups, offices, and

agencies, thus providing substantial cost savings.

The NASA OIG also provides application and

support services to the SIGIR Office of

Investigations so that SIGIR users both in the U.S.

and Baghdad, Iraq, efficiently access a Web-based

investigative case management system customized

for their own use by NASA OIG.

Sharing Counsel Resources: The Federal Housing

Finance Board (FHFB) IG obtains professional

legal and other related services from the FDIC OIG

Counsel’s office. The FDIC IG and the FHFB IG

have entered into an annual agreement for FDIC

OIG Counsel to provide the services on a

reimbursable basis. Because the FDIC, like FHFB,

is a financial regulatory agency, sharing these

services gives FHFB OIG access to lawyers with

diverse experiences in legal issues relevant to FHFB

OIG activities. In similar fashion, the National

Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and FRB provided

legal consultation for the Federal Labor Relations

Authority (FLRA) OIG Investigations group

because the FLRA OIG does not have its own legal

counsel. 

Sharing Information

Interagency Investigative Data Mining Working

Group: The Working Group was established to

facilitate effective data mining techniques and tools
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and to share information on using data mining to

facilitate investigations. Agencies participating in

the work group include OIGs from NASA, DOS,

ED, USPS, DOD, HUD, and NLRB; Air Force

Office of Special Investigations; Naval Defense

Information System Agency; and Criminal

Investigative Service. 

Regional IG Activities:

On a regular basis,

OIGs come together in

specific geographic

locations to exchange

information, discuss

possible joint

investigative initiatives,

and develop joint

training programs. In

the case of the Chicago

IG Council, for

example, some 17

Federal OIGs regularly

participate, including

HHS, VA, ED, DHS,

DOJ, HUD, DOL,

USDA, EPA, SSA, GSA, SBA, TIGTA, USPS,

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Railroad

Retirement Board, and Amtrak. The OIGs from

the State of Illinois and Chicago are regular

participants. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the

Northern District of Illinois and the FBI also

regularly participate. As another example, Federal

OIGs and senior officials from U.S. Attorneys’

Offices in New Jersey convene regularly as part of

the New Jersey Government Fraud Task Force.

Federal Regulatory IG Working Group: Several

years ago, the financial regulatory IGs determined

that because they share similar missions and face

common challenges in carrying out the IG mission

at their agencies, it would be beneficial to meet

monthly to engage in dialogue, exchange

information, share best practices, and contemplate

joint efforts. This practice of monthly meetings has

continued over the years. Financial regulatory

Inspectors General are from FRB, FDIC, FHFB,

NCUA, Treasury, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation, Farm Credit Administration,

Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, and Export-Import

Bank.

Iraq Working Groups: OIGs involved in oversight

of Iraq relief and reconstruction efforts meet

quarterly to identify areas of mutual interest,

resolve conflicting approaches, and plan for

collaborative work efforts. Coordinated by the

SIGIR, the working

group includes

representatives from the

Defense Contract Audit

Agency (DCAA), Defense

Intelligence Agency,

Department of the Army,

U.S. Army Audit Agency,

Department of

Commerce, DOD, DOS,

AID, and GAO. The

SIGIR also coordinates

quarterly meetings of an

Iraq Accountability

Working Group to

discuss ongoing and new

audit work for all U.S.

audit groups in Baghdad. Those participating are

from SIGIR; Multi-National Force-Iraq IG; MultiNational Security Transition Command-Iraq IG;

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf

Region Division; Joint Contracting CommandIraq; DOD OIG; DOS OIG; and AID OIG.

Council of Counsels to the IGs: Independent

Counsels to IGs from the PCIE and ECIE face

common challenges and legal issues in providing

legal advice to their respective OIGs. Monthly

meetings of the Council foster enhanced

communications, shared approaches, information

sharing, and networking opportunities for

attendees. One example of the benefit of this

coordinated effort is the development of a unified

response on proposed legislation that affects the IG

community and IG authority in general. As

another example, the Council presented a unified

view to DOJ regarding a directive to U.S. Attorneys

on the use of the non-custodial advice and

warnings in OIG investigations and subsequent

prosecutions.
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On March 26, 1981, the President signed Executive Order 12301, Integrity

and Efficiency in Federal Programs, and created the PCIE. The purpose of

this Council was to provide a forum for the presidentially appointed,

Senate-confirmed IGs to work together and coordinate their professional activities.

On May 11, 1992, the President signed Executive Order 12805, which reconstituted

the PCIE and created the ECIE for the IGs from designated Federal entities.

Today, 30 IGs are members of the PCIE, and 34 IGs are members of the ECIE.

OMB’s Deputy Director for Management chairs both the PCIE and ECIE and

reports to the President on the Councils’ activities. In addition, five senior

government officials are ex officio members of both the PCIE and ECIE. These

officials include the Controller of OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management,

Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel, Director of the Office of

Government Ethics, Deputy Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel

Management, and Assistant Director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division.

Appendix D provides a current list of all PCIE and ECIE members.

In FY 2007, Clay Johnson III, chaired both the PCIE and ECIE. Gregory

Friedman, DOE IG and PCIE member, served as the PCIE Vice Chair. Until his

retirement in May 2007, Barry Snyder, FRB IG and ECIE member, served as the

ECIE Vice Chair. Dr. Christine Boesz, NSF IG, is currently the ECIE Vice Chair.

The Vice Chairs, who are chosen by the Chair from among the members of their

respective Councils, provide executive direction to their councils, and manage their

day-to-day activities.

An Executive Council, comprised of the Vice Chairs of the PCIE and ECIE,

Chairs of IG-led Committees, and an At-Large Member, provides corporate

leadership, centralizes external communications and relationships on behalf of the

IG community, compiles and distributes information regarding common priorities,

and provides long-term planning. Table 3 presents the FY 2007 Executive Council

members.

Overview of the PCIE and ECIE

Appendix A
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The PCIE, in conjunction with the ECIE, maintains standing committees to examine

important issues and assist the Councils in their ongoing efforts to promote integrity,

accountability, and excellence in government. Over the years, PCIE and ECIE members

have also seen the need to form various roundtables and working groups to help manage

current issues and addresses challenges.

Through its organizational structures, the PCIE and ECIE reach across agency boundaries

to provide government-wide coordination of and focus on the activities of the OIGs.

Among the functions they perform are:

◆ Providing a forum in which the IG community discusses government-wide

issues and addresses shared concerns;

◆ Developing uniform standards for conducting the 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; and

◆ 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 CFOs, Chief Information Officers, and Chief

Acquisition Officers. Designated PCIE members regularly attend the meetings of these

other groups as observers and inform the PCIE and ECIE membership about relevant

issues and initiatives.

Committees, Working Groups, and Roundtables

In FY 2007, the Councils maintained seven standing committees that provided leadership

for activities in their respective areas and coordinated much of the project-related work

conducted under the Councils’ auspices. The membership of these committees is

comprised of PCIE and ECIE OIGs, with the committee chairs selected by the PCIE

Gregory Friedman, DOE PCIE Vice Chair

Christine Boesz, NSF ECIE Vice Chair

John Higgins, ED Audit Committee Chair

Earl Devaney, DOI Human Resources Committee Chair

Claude Kicklighter, DOD Information Technology Committee Chair

Daniel Levinson, HHS Inspection and Evaluation Committee Chair

Patrick O’Carroll, SSA Investigations Committee Chair

Phyllis Fong, USDA Legislation Committee Chair

Lynne McFarland, FEC ECIE At-Large Member

Table 3. FY 2007 Executive Council
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membership through periodic elections. Table 4 explains the specific purpose of these

standing committees.

Table 4. Standing PCIE Committees

Committee Purpose

Audit Committee

Provides leadership to and serves as a resource for the

Federal audit community. Sponsors and coordinates

audits that address multi-agency or government-wide

issues, develops and maintains professional standards

for OIG audit activities, and provides oversight of

auditor training. Works closely with the Federal Audit

Executive Council, a subgroup of Assistant IGs for

Audit, and other professional organizations.

Human Resources Committee

Provides educational opportunities for members of the

IG community and ensures the development of

competent personnel. Seeks opportunities to improve

training methods, enhances the development of OIG

staff, and establishes training to meet continuing

educational requirements.

Information Technology

Committee

Facilitates effective OIG information technology audits,

evaluations, and investigations, and provides a vehicle

for expressing the IG community’s perspective on

government-wide information technology operations.

This committee was established during FY 2007.

Inspection and Evaluation

Committee

Seeks to enhance the work of the IG community and

improve the management of Federal programs by

promoting effective practices, and improving

methodologies and techniques. Works closely with the

Inspection and Evaluation Roundtable, which is

comprised of Assistant IGs who conduct evaluations

and inspections in their respective agencies.

Integrity Committee

Receives and reviews allegations of misconduct by IGs

and certain senior members of their staff. Ensures that

complaints against IGs receive a thorough and timely

review and, where appropriate, that the cases are

investigated. The Committee is chaired by the Assistant

Director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division and

includes IGs and non-IG members.

Investigations Committee

Advises the IG community on issues involving criminal

investigations, investigative personnel, and investigative

guidelines and oversees the IG Criminal Investigator

Academy. Works closely with the Assistant IGs for

Investigations.

Legislation Committee

Ensures that the PCIE is kept abreast of matters in the

congressional arena of interest to the IG community.

Develops, coordinates, and represents the official IG

community positions on legislative issues.
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Several of the committees have established working groups with a broader membership to

discuss policy matters and to conduct specific projects under the committee’s leadership.

In addition, several forums and roundtables affiliated with the Councils address specialized

issues of widespread interest within the IG community but do not fit readily within the

committee structure.

◆ The Federal Audit Executive Council (FAEC), a subgroup established by the

PCIE and ECIE and under the auspices of the PCIE Audit Committee, discusses

and coordinates issues affecting the Federal audit community. The FAEC is

comprised of senior audit officials from the IG community, with special emphasis

on financial statement auditing, information security auditing, contracting, audit

training, and other policy and operational issues. During FY 2007, Mary Ugone,

DOD Deputy IG for Audit, chaired the FAEC.

◆ The Assistant IGs for Investigations, working under the auspices of the PCIE

Investigations Committee, routinely collaborate on community-wide

investigative and law enforcement issues, including training, professional

standards, peer reviews, and investigative operations. During FY 2007, for

example, the group updated the peer review guidelines and coordinated closely

with the FBI to pursue a more efficient process for implementing the Attorney

General requirement for OIGs and the FBI to notify one another of open cases

under their jurisdictions. During FY 2007, John Hartman, Assistant IG for

Investigations at the DOE, chaired this group.

◆ The Inspection and Evaluation Roundtable, led by Stuart Wright, Deputy IG

for Evaluation and Inspections, HHS, supports the work of the Inspection and

Evaluation Committee by conducting projects and surveys related to the

inspection and evaluation functions. The Roundtable is made up of Assistant

IGs who conduct evaluations and inspections within their respective OIGs.

◆ The Homeland Security Roundtable coordinates efforts to review the

performance of agency programs and operations that impact homeland security.

Specifically, the Roundtable supports the IG community’s efforts to keep the

nation safe by sharing information, identifying best practices, and working with

other government entities and external organizations. During FY 2007, Richard

L. Skinner, DHS IG, chaired the Homeland Security Roundtable.

◆ The Misconduct in Research Working Group shares information about specific

audits, investigations, and other reviews that have implications for an agency’s

misconduct in research policies and their practical application in investigations.

The Working Group is also focusing on the increasing global nature of research

and investigative techniques that can be successfully applied in resolving

allegations that span international borders. Over time, misconduct in research

erodes the integrity of federally funded research, and in the absence of diligent

detection and prevention efforts, it can undermine the credibility of data and

results derived from such research. During FY 2007, Christine C. Boesz, NSF

IG, chaired the Misconduct in Research Working Group.
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Over the years, the IG community has compiled statistics to measure its

productivity and effectiveness. The tables on the following pages detail in a

quantitative way the community’s audit and investigative accomplishments

during FY 2007. We have placed these accomplishments in an overall context by

providing a 5-year running total for each reporting category. The statistical

performance of an individual OIG can be found in its semiannual reports, which

are available on its Web site. (See Appendix D for individual OIG Web site

addresses.)

Audit-Related Accomplishments

OIG audit reports generally provide agency management with recommendations

on ways to improve their operations. These recommendations include enhancing

management practices and procedures, offering ways to better use agency funds,

and questioning the actual spending of funds. Agency management either agrees

or disagrees with these recommendations.

Many recommendations are qualitative and do not specify quantitative savings.

However, other recommendations are quantitative, and associated dollar amounts

can be captured from year to year. Section 5 of the IG Act establishes a uniform set

of statistical categories under which OIGs must report the quantitative results of

their audit activities. The categories used in the next two tables correspond to the

IG Act’s reporting requirements.

The total accomplishments also include results associated with audits performed by

DCAA under agreements with OIGs and agencies. Due to reporting processes, the

results of audits performed by DCAA and corresponding management decisions

may be reported by more than one OIG.

Recommendations that Funds be Put to Better Use

A recommendation that funds could be better used tells agency management that

taking action to implement the recommendation would result in more efficient or

effective use of funds. Such actions could include reducing outlays, deobligating

funds, and avoiding unnecessary expenditures.

History of Statistical

Accomplishments

Appendix B

4,296 $11.4b

$5.1b

6,805

33,740 1,277
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Questioned Costs

A recommendation questioning a cost tells agency management that the expenditure is

questionable because it allegedly violated a law, regulation, contract, or grant; was not

adequately documented; or was unnecessary or unreasonable.

Investigation-Related Accomplishments

The categories used below reflect the broad range of accomplishments generated by the

OIGs’ investigative components. Unlike the specific reporting categories for audit reports,

the IG Act did not create a uniform system for reporting the results of investigative activities.

Over the years, the OIGs have developed a relatively uniform set of performance indicators

for their semiannual reports that include most of the data presented in this section.

Reporting Year Recommendations that

Funds be Put to Better Use

Amount of Recommendations

Agreed to by Management*

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

FY 2006 $16,434,386,326 $9,982,235,555

FY 2007 $21,151,726,355 $7,313,756,130

FYs 2003-2007 $92,834,465,437 $56,843,269,677

Table 5. Recommendations that Funds be Put to Better Use

*The amounts in this column may exceed the amounts in the preceding column because either management agreed to a

higher dollar amount than an OIG recommended or the amount includes recommendations issued in previous reporting

periods that were accepted in the current fiscal year.

Table 6. Questioned Costs

*The amounts in this column may exceed the amounts in the preceding column because either management agreed to a

higher dollar amount than an OIG recommended or the amount includes recommendations issued in previous reporting

periods that were accepted in the current fiscal year.

Reporting Year Amount of Questioned Costs Amount of Recommendations

Agreed to by Management*

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

FY 2006 $5,334,641,555 $3,955,711,372

FY 2007 $5,464,017,707 $4,087,941,919

FYs 2003-2007 $22,694,666,005 $16,554,858,808
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Investigative work often involves several law enforcement agencies working the same case.

OIGs typically conduct cases with other OIGs, other Federal law enforcement agencies,

and state or local law enforcement entities. The investigative statistics below have been

compiled using a methodology that attempts to eliminate duplicate reporting by multiple

OIGs. As a result, these consolidated statistics differ from the collective totals for the

equivalent categories in individual OIG semiannual reports. The joint OIG investigations

statistics include results from investigations that were worked jointly with other Federal

OIGs.

Criminal Prosecutions

A criminal prosecution is included below when a subject is convicted in Federal, state,

local, or foreign courts, under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or is accepted for a

pretrial diversion agreement by DOJ.

Indictments and Criminal Informations

The totals below include criminal indictments and informations filed in Federal, state,

local, or foreign courts or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Reporting Year OIG Investigations Joint OIG Investigations Total

FY 2003 6,010 816 6,826

FY 2004 5,583 648 6,231

FY 2005 5,676 1,171 6,847

FY 2006 5,686 828 6,514

FY 2007 6,232 573 6,805

FYs 2003-2007 29,187 4,036 33,223

Reporting Year OIG Investigations Joint OIG Investigations Total

FY 2003 6,051 557 6,608

FY 2004 5,928 547 6,475

FY 2005 6,626 1,077 7,703

FY 2006 7,370 1,040 8,410

FY 2007 8,348 613 8,961

FYs 2003-2007 34,323 3,834 38,157

Table 8. Indictments and Criminal Informations

Table 7. Criminal Prosecutions
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Civil Actions

A civil action, resolved through legal or legal-related actions other than criminal

prosecution, includes civil judgments, settlements, or settlements or agreements in

cases governed by the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, or other agency-specific civil

litigation authority, including civil money penalties.

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.

Table 9. Civil Actions

Table 10. Suspensions and Debarments

Reporting Year OIG Investigations Joint OIG Investigations Total

FY 2003 7,510 97 7,607

FY 2004 4,891 154 5,045

FY 2005 9,715 203 9,918

FY 2006 7,125 138 7,263

FY 2007 4,213 83 4,296

FYs 2003-2007 33,454 675 34,129

Reporting Year OIG Investigations Joint OIG Investigations Total

FY 2003 598 55 653

FY 2004 549 45 594

FY 2005 453 98 551

FY 2006 839 108 947

FY 2007 1,223 54 1,277

FYs 2003-2007 3,662 360 4,022
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Personnel Actions

Personnel actions include reprimands, suspensions, demotions, or terminations of Federal,

state, or local government employees, or of Federal contractors and grantees.

Investigative Recoveries and Receivables

Investigative recoveries and receivables reflect the results of criminal and civil cases that

were ordered plus any voluntary repayments during the fiscal year. In criminal cases, the

dollar value reflects the restitution, criminal fines, and special assessments resulting from

successful criminal prosecutions. The dollar value in civil cases reflects the amount of

damages, penalties, settlements, and forfeitures resulting from successful civil actions.

Voluntary repayments include the amount paid by the subject of an investigation, or the

value of government property recovered before prosecutorial action is taken.

Table 11. Personnel Actions

Table 12. Investigative Recoveries and Receivables

Reporting Year OIG Investigations Joint OIG Investigations Total

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

FY 2006 $3,348,177,094 $3,434,571,754 $6,782,748,848

FY 2007 $3,856,379,659 $1,266,375,062 $5,122,754,721

FYs 2003-2007 $15,833,851,750 $8,283,352,601 $24,117,204,351

Reporting Year OIG Investigations Joint OIG Investigations Total

FY 2003 1,988 11 1,999

FY 2004 1,954 35 1,989

FY 2005 2,686 133 2,819

FY 2006 4,092 82 4,174

FY 2007 5,674 133 5,807

FYs 2003-2007 16,394 394 16,788
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Joint Investigations with Other Federal Investigative Offices

This category reflects the percentage of investigations in which OIGs had an active

investigative role with other Federal investigative organizations, not including other

OIGs. These other investigative organizations include, for example, the FBI, IRS, the

Postal Inspection Service, and state and local law enforcement organizations.

In FY 2007, of the 28 PCIE OIGs that reported conducting investigations, 27 reported

conducting joint investigations with other Federal investigative organizations. Of these,

10 OIGs indicated that 10 percent or fewer of their cases were joint, 15 stated that joint

cases comprised between 10 to 50 percent of their investigations, and 2 OIGs conducted

more than 50 percent of their cases jointly. The highest portion of joint cases reported by

a PCIE OIG was 96 percent.

Among the 15 ECIE OIGs that reported conducting investigations, 11 reported

conducting joint cases. Of these 11, 7 indicated that 10 percent or fewer of their cases

were joint, and 4 stated that joint cases comprised between 10 to 50 percent of their

investigations.
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Challenges Facing Our Nation

Appendix C

AGENCY

HOMELAND

SECURITY

AND DISASTER

PREPAREDNESS

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT AND

SECURITY

FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT AND

PERFORMANCE

HUMAN CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT

PERFORMANCE

MANAGEMENT AND

ACCOUNTABILITY

PROCUREMENT

AND GRANT

MANAGEMENT

Agency for International

Development X X X X X

Appalachian Regional

Commission X X X

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission X

Consumer Product Safety

Commission X X X

Corporation for National and

Community Service X X X

Department of

Commerce X X X X X

Department of Defense X X X X

Department of

Education X X X X

Department of Energy X X X X X

Department of Health and

Human Services X X X X X

Department of

Homeland Security X X X X X X

Department of Housing and

Urban Development X X X X

Department of the

Interior X X X

Department of Justice X X X X

PROCUREMENT

Homeland Security

and Disaster

PreparednessInformat

ion technoloy

Management and

SecurityFinancial

Management

and Performance
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AGENCY

HOMELAND

SECURITY

AND DISASTER

PREPAREDNESS

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT AND

SECURITY

FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT AND

PERFORMANCE

HUMAN CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT

PERFORMANCE

MANAGEMENT AND

ACCOUNTABILITY

PROCUREMENT

AND GRANT

MANAGEMENT

Department of Labor X X X

Department of State X X X X

Department of

Transportation X X X

Department of the Treasury X X X X

Department of

Veterans Affairs X X X

Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission X X X X

Environmental

Protection Agency X X X X

Farm Credit

Administration X X X X

Federal Communications

Commission X X X

Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation X X X X X

Federal Election

Commission X X X

Federal Housing Finance

Board X

Federal Labor Relations

Authority X X X X X X

Federal Maritime

Commission X X

Federal Trade

Commission X X

General Services

Administration X X X

Government

Printing Office X X X X X

Legal Services

Corporation X X X X X

Library of Congress X X X

National Aeronautics and

Space Administration X X X
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AGENCY

HOMELAND

SECURITY

AND DISASTER

PREPAREDNESS

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT AND

SECURITY

FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT AND

PERFORMANCE

HUMAN CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT

PERFORMANCE

MANAGEMENT AND

ACCOUNTABILITY

PROCUREMENT

AND GRANT

MANAGEMENT

National Archives and

Records Administration X X X X

National Endowment for

the Arts X X X X

National Endowment for

the Humanities X X X X

National Labor

Relations Board X X X X

Nuclear Regulatory

Commission X X X X

National Science

Foundation X X X X X

Office of Personnel

Management X X X

Peace Corps X X X X

Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation X X X X X

Railroad Retirement

Board X X

Securities and

Exchange Commission X X X

Small Business

Administration X X X

Social Security

Administration X X X X X

Special Inspector

General for Iraq

Reconstruction

X X X

Treasury Inspector

General for Tax

Administration

X X X X X

U.S. Capitol Police X X X X X X

U.S. Department of

Agriculture X X X X

U.S. International

Trade Commission X X X X

U.S. Postal Service X X X X
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Clay Johnson III

Chair, PCIE and ECIE

Deputy Director of Management

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT

AND BUDGET

Eisenhower Executive Office Building

17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Room 113

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

Web site http:/www.ig.energy.gov

Hotlines (202) 586-4073

(800) 541-1625

Hotline E-mail

ighotline@hq.doe.gov

Christine C. Boesz

Vice Chair, ECIE

Inspector General

NATIONAL SCIENCE

FOUNDATION

4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1135

Arlington, Virginia 22230

(703) 292-7100

Web site http:/www.nsf.gov/oig

Hotline (800) 428-2189

Danny Werfel

Acting Controller, Office

of Federal Financial Management

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT

AND BUDGET

Eisenhower Executive Office Building

17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Room 262

Washington, DC 20503

(202) 395-6059

Kenneth W. Kaiser

Assistant Director, Criminal

Investigative Division

FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION

935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Room 5012

Washington, DC 20535

(202) 324-4260

Robert I. (Ric) Cusick

Director

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT

ETHICS

1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 482-9300

Howard Weizmann

Deputy Director

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

1900 E Street, NW, Room 5018

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

Disclosure hotline (800) 872-9855

Whistleblower protection

(800) 572-2249

Hatch Act information

(800) 854-2824

PCIE and ECIE Membership

Appendix D

MEMBERS OF BOTH COUNCILS

Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak

◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central

Intelligence Agency ◆ Commodity Futures

Trading Commission ◆ Consumer Product

Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National

& Community Service ◆ Corporation for Public

Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆

Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of

Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆

Department of Education ◆ Department of

Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human

Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆

Department of Housing and Urban Development

◆ Department of the Interior ◆ Department of

Justice ◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of

State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆

Department of the Treasury ◆ Treasury

Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆

Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election

Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental

Protection Agency ◆ Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission ◆ Export Import

Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit

Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation

◆ Federal Communications Commission ◆

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal
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Donald A. Gambatesa

Inspector General

U.S. AGENCY FOR

INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Ronald Reagan Building

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20523-6600

(202) 212-1170

Web site http://www.usaid.gov/oig

Hotlines (202) 712-1023

(800) 230-6539

John L. Helgerson

Inspector General

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

AGENCY

Room 2X30, New Headquarters

Building

Washington, DC 20505

(703) 874-2555

Gerald Walpin

Inspector General

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL

AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 830

Washington, DC 20525

(202) 606-9390

Web site http://www.cnsig.gov

Hotline (800) 452-8210

Phyllis K. Fong

Inspector General

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE

Jamie L. Whitten Building

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 117-W

Washington, DC 20250-2301

(202) 720-8001

Web site http://www.usda.gov/oig

Hotlines (202) 690-1622

(800) 424-9121

Hearing impaired (202) 690-1202

Todd J. Zinser

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW

Suite 7898C

Washington, DC 20230

(202) 482-4661

Web site http://www.oig.doc.gov/oig

Hotlines (202) 482-2495

(800) 424-5197

Hearing impaired (800) 854-8407

Claude M. Kicklighter

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

400 Army Navy Drive

Arlington, Virginia 22202

(703) 604-8300

Web site http://www.dodig.mil

Hotline (800) 424-9098

Gregory H. Friedman

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20585

(202) 586-4393

Web site http://www.ig.energy.gov

Hotlines (202) 586-4073

(800) 541-1625

John P. Higgins, Jr.

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20202-1500

(202) 245-6900

Web site

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig

Hotline (800) 647-8733

E-mail oig.hotline@ed.gov

Daniel R. Levinson

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

AND HUMAN SERVICES

330 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 5250

Washington, DC 20201

(202) 619-3148

Web site http://oig.hhs.gov

Hotline (800) 447-8477

E-mail hhstips@oig.hhs.gov

Richard L. Skinner

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF

HOMELAND SECURITY

245 Murray Drive, Building 410

Washington, DC 20528

(202) 254-4100

Web site

http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/index.shtm

Hotline (800) 323-8603

Hotline E-mail

dhsoighotline@dhs.gov

Hurricane Fraud Hotline

(866) 720-5721

Hurricane Fraud Hotline E-mail

hkftf@leo.gov

Kenneth M. Donohue

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

451 7th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20410

(202) 708-0430

Web site

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

Hotlines (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

Web site http://www.doioig.gov/

Hotline (800) 424-5081

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Glenn A. Fine

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 4706

Washington, DC 20530

(202) 514-3435

Web site http://www.usdoj.gov/oig

Hotline (800) 869-4499

Hotline E-mail

oig.hotline@usdoj.gov

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties E-mail

inspector.general@usdoj.gov

Gordon S. Heddell

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

200 Constitution Avenue, NW

Room S5502

Washington, DC 20210

(202) 693-5100

Web site http://www.oig.dol.gov

Hotlines (202) 693-6999

(800) 347-3756

William E. Todd

Deputy 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

Web site http://www.oig.state.gov

Hotlines (202) 647-3320

(800) 409-9926

Calvin L. Scovel III

Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

West Building-W70-300

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 366-1959

Web site http://www.oig.dot.gov

Hotlines (800) 424-9071

Dennis S. Schindel

Acting Inspector General

DEPARTMENT OF THE

TREASURY

Main Treasury Building, Room 4436

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20220

(202) 622-1090

Web site

http://www.ustreas.gov/inspector

-general

Hotline (800) 359-3898

J. Russell George

Inspector General

TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL

FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE

TREASURY

1125 15th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 622-6500

Web site 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) 461-4720

Web site http://www.va.gov/oig

Hotline (800) 488-8244

Hotline E-mail vaoighotline@va.gov

Bill Roderick

Deputy Inspector General

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Mailcode 2410T

Washington, DC 20460-0001

(202) 566-0847

Web site http://www.epa.gov/oig

Hotlines (202) 566-2476

(888) 546-8740

Michael W. Tankersley

Inspector General

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF

THE UNITED STATES

811 Vermont Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20571

(202) 565-3923

Web site

http://www.exim.gov/oig/index.cfm

Hotline 1-866-571-1801

Jon T. Rymer

Inspector General

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

3501 Fairfax Drive

Arlington, VA 22226

(703) 562-2166

Web site http://www.fdicig.gov

Hotline (800) 964-3342

E-mail ighotline@fdic.gov

Brian D. Miller

Inspector General

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

18th and F Streets, NW, Room 5340

Washington, DC 20405

(202) 501-0450

Web site http://oig.gsa.gov/

Hotlines (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

Web site http://oig.nasa.gov

Hotline (800) 424-9183

Hotline Web site

http://oig.nasa.gov/cyberhotline.html
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Hubert T. Bell

Inspector General

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

11555 Rockville Pike

Mail Stop 05-E13

Rockville, MD 20852

(301) 415-5930

Web site http://www.nrc.gov/inspgen.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

Web site http://www.opm.gov/oig

Hotline Fraud/waste/abuse

(202) 606-2423

Hotline Healthcare fraud

(202) 418-3300

Martin J. Dickman

Inspector General

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

844 North Rush Street, Room 450

Chicago, IL 60611

(312) 751-4690

Web site

http://www.rrb.gov/mep/oig.asp

Hotline (800) 772-4258

Eric M. Thorson

Inspector General

SMALL BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION

409 3rd Street, SW, 7th Floor

Washington, DC 20416

(202) 205-6586

Web site http://www.sba.gov/IG

Hotline (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

Web site http://www.ssa.gov/oig

Hotline (800) 269-0271

Richard W. Moore

Inspector General

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902-1499

(865) 632-4120

Web site http://oig.tva.gov

Hotline (877) 866-7840

www.OIGempowerline.com

Fred E. Weiderhold, Jr.

Inspector General

AMTRAK

10 G Street, NE, Suite 3W-300

Washington, DC 20002

(202) 906-4600

Web site 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

Web site

http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=2

060

Hotlines (202) 884-7667

(800) 532-4611

Carl W. Hoecker

Inspector General

U.S. CAPITOL POLICE

499 S. Capitol Street, SW, Suite 345

Washington, DC 20003

(202) 593-4642

Hotline (866) 906-2446

E-mail Oig@cap-police.senate.gov

A. Roy Lavik

Inspector General

COMMODITY FUTURES

TRADING COMMISSION

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20581

(202) 418-5110

Web site

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

Web site http://www.cpb.org/oig

Hotlines (202) 783-5408

(800) 599-2170

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Michael Marsh

Inspector General

DENALI COMMISSION

Peterson Tower, Suite 410

510 L Street

Anchorage, Alaska 99501

(907) 271-1414

Curtis Crider

Inspector General

U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE

COMMISSION

1225 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 566-3125

Web site http://www.eac.gov/oig.asp

Hotline (866) 552-0004

Aletha L. Brown

Inspector General

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

1801 L Street, NW, Suite 3001

Washington, DC 20507

(202) 663-4379

Web site

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

c.html

Hotline (800) 849-4230

Carl A. Clinefelter

Inspector General

FARM CREDIT

ADMINISTRATION

1501 Farm Credit Drive

McLean, Virginia 22102

(703) 883-4030

Web site http://www.fca.gov/oig.htm

Hotlines (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

Web site 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

Web site

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

Hotline (202) 694-1015

Edward Kelley

Inspector General

FEDERAL HOUSING

FINANCE BOARD

1625 Eye Street, NW, Room 3095

Washington, DC 20006-4001

(202) 408-2544

Web site

http://www.fhfb.gov/Default.aspx?Page

=100

Hotlines (202) 408-2900

(800) 276-8329

Francine C. Eichler

Inspector General

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS

AUTHORITY

1400 K Street, NW, Room 250

Washington, DC 20424

(202) 218-7744

Web site

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

Hotline (800) 331-3572

Adam Trzeciak

Inspector General

FEDERAL MARITIME

COMMISSION

800 North Capitol Street, NW

Room 1054

Washington, DC 20573

(202) 523-5863

Web site

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

general/InspectorGeneral.asp

Hotline (202) 523-5865

Elizabeth A. Coleman

Inspector General

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

20th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW

Stop 300

Washington, DC 20551

(202) 973-5005

Web site http://federalreserve.gov/oig

Hotlines (202) 452-6400

(800) 827-3340

John M. Seeba

Inspector General

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20580

(202) 326-2743

Web site http://www.ftc.gov/oig/

Hotline (202) 326-2800

J. Anthony Ogden

Inspector General

GOVERNMENT PRINTING

OFFICE

North Capitol and H Streets, NW

Stop: IG

Washington, DC 20401

(202) 512-0039

Web site http://www.gpo.gov/oig/

Hotline (800) 743-7574

Judith Gwynn

Acting Inspector General

U.S. INTERNATIONAL

TRADE COMMISSION

500 E Street, SW, Room 515

Washington, DC 20436

(202) 205-3177

Web site http://www.usitc.gov/oig

Hotline (800) 500-0333

Jeffrey E. Schanz

Inspector General

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

3333 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20007

(202) 295-1650

Web site http://www.oig.lsc.gov/

Hotline (800) 678-8868
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E XECUTIVE C OUNCIL O N I NTEGRITY AND E FFICIENCY

Karl W. Schornagel

Inspector General

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

101 Independence Avenue

Suite LM-630

Washington, DC 20540

(202) 707-2637

Web site http://loc.gov/about/oig/

Paul Brachfeld

Inspector General

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND

RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

8601 Adelphi Road

College Park, MD 20740-6001

(301) 837-1532

Web site http://www.archives.gov/oig

Hotlines (301) 837-3500

(800) 786-2551

Hotline E-mail oig.hotline@nara.gov

William A. DeSarno

Inspector General

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION

ADMINISTRATION

1775 Duke Street

Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3428

(703) 518-6351

Web site http://www.ncua.gov/oig

Hotlines (703) 518-6357

(800) 778-4806

Daniel L. Shaw

Inspector General

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT

FOR THE ARTS

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Room 601

Washington, DC 20506

(202) 682-5402

Web site

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

Room 419

Washington, DC 20506

(202) 606-8350

Web site

http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/oig.html

Hotline (202) 606-8423

Vacant

Inspector General

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS

BOARD

1099 14th Street, NW, Room 9820

Washington, DC 20570

(202) 273-1960

Web site

http://www.nlrb.gov/About_Us/inspector

_general/index.aspx

Hotline (800) 736-2983

Christine C. Boesz

Inspector General

NATIONAL SCIENCE

FOUNDATION

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1135

Arlington, Virginia 22230

(703) 292-7100

Web site http://www.nsf.gov/oig

Hotline (800) 428-2189

E-mail oig@nsf.gov

Geoffrey Johnson

Acting Inspector General

PEACE CORPS

1111 20th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20526

(202) 692-2916

Web site

http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?sh

ell=learn.whatispc.management.inspgen

Hotline (800) 233-5874

Deborah Stover-Springer

Acting Inspector General

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

1200 K Street, NW, Suite 470

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 326-4030 x3437

Web site http://oig.pbgc.gov/

Hotline (800) 303-9737

Jack Callender

Inspector General

POSTAL REGULATORY

COMMISSION

901 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 230

Washington, DC 20268-0001

(202) 789-6817

Web site

http://www.prc.gov/main.asp?Left=about

.asp&Right=oig.htm

Hotline (202) 789-6817

David C. Williams

Inspector General

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

1735 N. Lynn Street

Arlington, Virginia 22209-2020

(703) 248-2300

Web site http://www.uspsoig.gov

Hotline (888) 877-7644

H. David Kotz

Inspector General

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549-2736

(202) 551-6037

Web site

http://www.sec.gov/about/oig.shtml

Hotline (202) 551-6061

Stuart W. Bowen, Jr

Inspector General

SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL

FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

400 Army Navy Drive

Arlington, Virginia 22202

(703) 428-1100

Web site http://www.sigir.mil/

Hotline (866) 301-2003

A. Sprightley Ryan

Inspector General

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

MRC 524, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, DC 20013-0712

(202) 633-7050

Web site http://www.si.edu/oig/

Hotline (202) 252-0321
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AID U.S. Agency for International

Development

CBP U.S. Customs and Border

Protection

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CPE Critical Point Evaluation

DCAA Defense Contract Audit

Agency

DCIS Defense Criminal Investigative

Service

DHS Department of Homeland

Security

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DOI Department of the Interior

DOJ Department of Justice

DOL Department of Labor

DOS Department of State and

Broadcasting Board of

Governors

DOT Department of Transportation

ECIE Executive Council on Integrity

and Efficiency

ED Department of Education

EPA Environmental Protection

Agency

FAEC Federal Audit Executive

Council

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCC Federal Communications

Commission

FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation

FECA Federal Employees’

Compensation Act

FEMA Federal Emergency

Management Agency

FHFB Federal Housing Finance Board

FISMA Federal Information Security

Management Act of 2002

FLRA Federal Labor Relations

Authority

FRB Federal Reserve Board

FTS Federal Technology Service

FY fiscal year

GAO Government Accountability

Office

Acronyms and

Abbreviations

Appendix E

AIDDHS

CBPCFODOE

DOJ DOT ECIE

EPA FAEC FCC FDIC FEMA

FY GSA HUD IG

IRS NASA OIG

PCIE SIGR SSA TVA

USDA USPS
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GSA General Services Administration

HHS Department of Health and

Human Services

HUD Department of Housing and

Urban Development

IG Inspector General

IG Act Inspector General Act of 1978

IRS Internal Revenue Service

IRS CID IRS Criminal Investigations

Division

NASA National Aeronautics and Space

Administration

NCUA National Credit Union

Administration

NLRB National Labor Relations Board

NSF National Science Foundation

OIG Office of Inspector General

OMB Office of Management and

Budget

PCIE President’s Council on Integrity

and Efficiency

SBA Small Business Administration

SIGIR Special Inspector General for Iraq

Reconstruction

SSA Social Security Administration

TIGTA Treasury Inspector General for

Tax Administration

Treasury Department of the Treasury

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

USPS U.S. Postal Service

VA Department of Veterans Affairs
Recipients of the 10th Annual

PCIE and ECIE Awards

On October 23, 2007, the IG community held its 10th annual awards ceremony and bestowed 110 awards

to individuals and groups for their achievements and excellence over the past year. In addition to acknowledging

a cross-section of OIG personnel, many of these awards recognized individuals from outside the IG community

who collaborated with the OIGs to promote efficiency and effectiveness and ensure integrity in Federal programs

and operations. Listed below are the special category awards and their recipients.

Alexander Hamilton Award recognizes achievements in improving the integrity, efficiency, or effectiveness of Executive

Branch agency operations.

Nelnet Audit Team, ED OIG

for efforts resulting in the termination of long-standing abusive over-billing practices by lenders;

preventing billions of future improper payments

Gaston L. Gianni, Jr. Better Government Award recognizes those who contribute to the ideals of the IG Act and actions

that improve the public’s confidence in government.

Indian Lobbying Investigative Team, DOI OIG

for methodically and tenaciously pursuing investigative leads to piece together a complex fraud

scheme involving lobbyists, non-profit groups, and high-ranking government officials

Glenn/Roth Exemplary Service to the Congress Award, named for former Senators John Glenn and William Roth

(deceased), recognizes achievements in furthering relations between a Department or Agency (or the community) and the

Congress.

Richard B. Jolliffe, Assistant IG for Acquisition and Contract Management, DOD OIG

for outstanding service to the Congress by relentlessly pursuing legislation to improve the

effectiveness of DOD acquisitions

Sentner Award for Dedication and Courage recognizes uncommon selflessness, dedication to duty, or courage while

performing OIG duties. This award is given in memory of William “Buddy” Sentner, an agent with the Department of

Justice OIG who lost his life while performing law enforcement duties.

Forward Deployed Presence in Southwest Asia, DOD OIG

for helping to establish a DOD OIG presence in Southwest Asia

June Gibbs Brown Career Achievement Award recognizes sustained and significant individual contributions to the

mission of Inspectors General throughout one’s career.

Judith Holtz-Rock, Director, Public Affairs, HHS OIG

for outstanding leadership, exemplary commitment to public service,

and lasting contributions to the HHS OIG

Individual Accomplishment Award recognizes sustained contributions to the PCIE or ECIE over a period of time or

outstanding leadership of projects or events that contribute to the PCIE or ECIE mission.

Susan C. Callahan, Senior Counsel, HHS OIG

for 30 years of outstanding contributions to the OIG community

Barry R. Snyder PCIE & ECIE Joint Awards recognize groups that have made significant contributions through

a cooperative effort in support of the mission of the PCIE/ECIE.

National Single Audit Project Management Team

for their outstanding collaborative effort to improve the quality of single audits,

resulting in greater accountability over billions of dollars in Federal funds

Federal Audit Executive Council Information Technology Committee

for exceptional performance in evaluating and reporting on the protection

of sensitive information government-wide

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onsumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation for Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆

epartment of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education ◆ Department of Energy ◆ Department of Health

d Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Development ◆ Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice

Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆ Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export

mport Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal Communications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit

surance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆

deral Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office ◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of

ongress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration ◆ National Endowment for the Arts ◆

ational Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◆ Office of

overnment Ethics ◆ Office of Management and Budget ◆ Office of Personnel Management ◆ Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace Corps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaranty

orporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchange Commission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Small Business Administration ◆ Smithsonian

stitution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Authority ◆ U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U.S.

ternational Trade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central Intelligence

gency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation for

ublic Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education ◆

epartment of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Development ◆

epartment of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice ◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆

easury Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆ Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal

mployment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal

ommunications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations

uthority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆ Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office

Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration

National Endowment for the Arts ◆ National Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear

gulatory Commission ◆ Office of Government Ethics ◆ Office of Management and Budget ◆ Office of Personnel Management ◆ Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace

orps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchange Commission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Small

usiness Administration ◆ Smithsonian Institution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Authority

U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U.S. International Trade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional

ommission ◆ Central Intelligence Agency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National &

ommunity Service ◆ Corporation for Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of

efense ◆ Department of Education ◆ Department of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of

ousing and Urban Development ◆ Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice ◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of

ansportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆ Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆ Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance

ommission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit

dministration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal Communications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission

Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆ Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆

eneral Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office ◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration ◆ National Endowment for the Arts ◆ National Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor

lations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◆ Office of Government Ethics ◆ Office of Management and Budget ◆ Office of

rsonnel Management ◆ Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace Corps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchange

ommission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Small Business Administration ◆ Smithsonian Institution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspector

eneral for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Authority ◆ U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U.S. International Trade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency for

ternational Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central Intelligence Agency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consumer

oduct Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation for Public Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department of

griculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education ◆ Department of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human

rvices ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Development ◆ Department of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice ◆

epartment of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆ Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆

epartment of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export

mport Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal Communications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit

surance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations Authority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆

deral Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office ◆ Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of

ongress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration ◆ National Endowment for the Arts ◆

ational Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear Regulatory Commission ◆ Office of

overnment Ethics ◆ Office of Management and Budget ◆ Office of Personnel Management ◆ Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace Corps ◆ Pension Benefit Guaranty

orporation ◆ Railroad Retirement Board ◆ Securities and Exchange Commission ◆ Postal Regulatory Commission ◆ Small Business Administration ◆ Smithsonian

stitution ◆ Social Security Administration ◆ Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ◆ Tennessee Valley Authority ◆ U.S. Capitol Police ◆ U.S.

ternational Trade Commission ◆ U.S. Postal Service ◆ Agency for International Development ◆ Amtrak ◆ Appalachian Regional Commission ◆ Central Intelligence

gency ◆ Commodity Futures Trading Commission ◆ Consumer Product Safety Commission ◆ Corporation for National & Community Service ◆ Corporation for

ublic Broadcasting ◆ Denali Commission ◆ Department of Agriculture ◆ Department of Commerce ◆ Department of Defense ◆ Department of Education ◆

epartment of Energy ◆ Department of Health and Human Services ◆ Department of Homeland Security ◆ Department of Housing and Urban Development ◆

epartment of the Interior ◆ Department of Justice ◆ Department of Labor ◆ Department of State ◆ Department of Transportation ◆ Department of the Treasury ◆

easury Inspector General for Tax Administration ◆ Department of Veterans Affairs ◆ Election Assistance Commission ◆ Environmental Protection Agency ◆ Equal

mployment Opportunity Commission ◆ Export Import Bank of the United States ◆ Farm Credit Administration ◆ Federal Bureau of Investigation ◆ Federal

ommunications Commission ◆ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ◆ Federal Election Commission ◆ Federal Housing Finance Board ◆ Federal Labor Relations

uthority ◆ Federal Maritime Commission ◆ Federal Reserve Board ◆ Federal Trade Commission ◆ General Services Administration ◆ Government Printing Office

Legal Services Corporation ◆ Library of Congress ◆ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ◆ National Archives ◆ National Credit Union Administration

National Endowment for the Arts ◆ National Endowment for the Humanities ◆ National Labor Relations Board ◆ National Science Foundation ◆ Nuclear

gulatory Commission ◆ Office of Government Ethics ◆ Office of Management and Budget ◆ Office of Personnel Management ◆ Office of Special Counsel ◆ Peace

Copies of this publication may be obtained by 

contacting (703) 562-6386. It also is available on 

the Inspectors General Web site at www.ignet.gov.