Office of Inspector General

Program Summary by Budget Activity

Dollars in Thousands

FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2022 TO FY 2023

Budget Activity Operating Plan Annualized 

CR Request $ Change % Change

Audit $29,324 $30,521 $32,198 $1,677 5.49%

Investigations $10,120 $10,520 $11,680 $1,160 11.03%

Subtotal, OIG $39,444 $41,041 $43,878 $2,837 7%

Offsetting Collections - Reimbursables $9,000 $12,000 $12,000 $0 10.00%

Reimbursable – SSBCI $400 $1,000 $1,000 $0 0.00%

Resources from Other Accounts $8,000 $10,959 $10,122 ($837) -7.64%

Total Program Operating Level $17,400 $23,959 $23,122 $1,000 100%

Direct FTE 180 190 190 0 0.00%

Total FTE 189 190 190 0 0.00%

FY 2021 Other Resources and Full-time Equivalents reflect actuals.

Additional appropriated resources were provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

which are not included above:

1. $6.5 million for oversight, monitoring, and recoupment of the Emergency Rental Assistance program.

2. $3 Million for oversight of the Emergency Rental Assistance program.

3. $2.6 million for oversight of the Homeowner Assistance Fund.

4. $35 million for oversight of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (Funding received in FY 2020) 

5. $10 million for SSBCI (Small Business Jobs Act of 2010) starting in 2021 with $400k and thereafter $1M each year.

Summary

The FY 2023 request for $43,878,000 for the Office of Inspector General (OIG) will be used to 

fund critical audit, investigative, and mission-support activities to meet the requirements of the 

Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and other statutes including, but not limited to: the 

Cybersecurity Act of 2015; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

(Dodd-Frank); Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA); Federal 

Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act; Government Management Reform Act; 

Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA); Federal Deposit Insurance Act; Small 

Business Jobs Act of 2010; the Government Charge Card Abuse Protection Act of 2012; 

Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the 

Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act); the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

Security Act (CARES); the FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act; and the American Rescue 

Plan Act (ARP). Specific mandates include (1) audits of the Department’s financial statements, 

(2) audits and/or evaluations of the Department’s information systems security program and 

practices as required by FISMA, (3) assessments of the Department’s cyber security information 

sharing, (4) audits of improper payments and recoveries under PIIA, (5) risk assessments and 

audits of charge card programs, and (6) material loss reviews of failed insured depositary 

institutions regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OIG will 

also conduct audits of the Department’s highest risk programs and operations and respond to 

stakeholder requests for specific work, including: (1) operating in an uncertain environment; 

(2) cyber threats; (3) Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering, and and-terrorist financing 

enforcement; (4) efforts to promote spending transparency and to prevent and detect improper 

payments; (5) information technology acquisition and project management; and (6) certain 

Treasury Pandemic Relief programs. 
Within its jurisdictional boundaries, the OIG also conducts audit of the highest risk programs and 

operations of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) established under the 

RESTORE Act. The highest risk programs and operations identified as the Council’s 

management and performance challenges include: (1) Federal Statutory and Regulatory 

Compliance, (2) Grant and Interagency Agreement Compliance Monitoring, and (3) Loss of Key 

Leadership Over Administration of Gulf Coast Restoration Activities.

The OIG will continue its investigative work to prevent, detect, and investigate complaints of 

fraud, waste, and abuse impacting Treasury programs and operations. This includes the 

detection and prevention or deterrence of employee misconduct and fraud.

This year, the OIG is working to align budget activities and performance measures to the new 

objectives in the Treasury FY 2022 – 2026 Strategic Plan. This work will include benchmarking 

performance and may result in changes to performance measures in the FY 2024 Budget. The OIG 

will publish a component plan that aligns bureau activities and priorities to the Department’s by 

early spring 2022.

FY 2023 Budget Highlights

Dollars in Thousands

Office of Inspector General FTE Amount

FY 2022 Enacted 190 $41,041

Changes to Base:

2023 Maintaining Current Levels (MCLs): 0 1,516

Pay Annualization (2022 2.7% average pay raise) 0 211

Pay Raise (2023 4.6% average pay raise) 0 

 

1,083

Non-Pay 0 222 

FY 2022 Current Services 190 $42,557

Other Adjustments:

 Adjustments to Meet Current Operating Levels 0 1,321

FY 2023 President's Budget Request 190 $43,878

FY 2023 Budget Adjustments

Maintaining Current Levels (MCLs).........................................+$1,516,000 / +0 FTE

Pay Annualization (2.7%) +$211,000 /+0 FTE

Funds are requested for annualization of the January 2022 2.7% average pay raise.

Pay Raise (4.6% in 2023) +$1,083,000 / +0 FTE 

Funds are requested for a 4.6% average pay raise in January 2023.

Non-Pay +$222,000 / +0 FTE

Funds are requested for non-labor expenses such as travel, contracts, rent, supplies, 

and equipment.
Other Adjustments .......................................................+$1,321,000 / +0 FTE

Adjustments to Meet Current Operating Levels +$1,321,000 / +0 FTE

Treasury requests adjustments to realize current services operating levels. Current Operating 

Levels include the annualization of the January 2021 1.0% average pay raise, 2.7% average pay 

raise in January 2022, FY 2022 FERS contribution increases and FY 2022 non-labor expenses 

self-funded from FY 2021 enacted levels.

Legislative Proposals

OIG has no legislative proposals.

Performance Highlights

FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023

Budget Activity Performance Measure Actual Actual Actual Target Target

Audit Number of Completed Audit Products 79 85 80 74 82

Audit Percent of Statutory Audits Completed by the 

Required Date 100 100 100 100 100

Investigations

Percentage of All Cases Closed During the Fiscal 

Year That Were Referred for Criminal/Civil 

Prosecution or Treasury Administrative Action

80 91 100 80 80

Description of Performance

The Office of Audit completed 80 audit products in FY 2021 and expects to complete 74 in 

FY 2022. In FY 2021, OA met its mandated audit requirements.

In keeping with the OIG’s strategy to maintain a highly skilled and motivated workforce, the 

OIG plans and executes a meaningful body of work designed to help ensure the integrity, 

efficiency, and effectiveness of programs and operations across OIG’s jurisdiction while looking 

for opportunities to improve them.

In FY 2021 the OIG exceeded the Investigative Performance Measure target, opened 88 new 

investigations, and closed 72 investigations. The OIG also referred 13 investigations that 

substantiated administrative violations against a Treasury employee to the appropriate regulated 

bureau for action. In addition, the OIG referred 65 investigations for criminal prosecution and 5

investigations for civil prosecution. In FY 2021 the Office of Investigations charged and/or 

indicted 23 subjects. Ongoing investigations resulted in 24 subjects sentenced which resulted in 

fines, seizures, restitution, penalties, and settlements of more than $10.9 million.

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) established a Fraud Task Force to 

serve as a resource for the Inspectors General (IG) community by merging investigative 

resources into those areas where the need is the greatest, currently pandemic loan fraud. Agents 

from Offices of Inspectors General (OIG) across the Government are detailed to work on Task 

Force cases. These agents have partnered with prosecutors at the Department of Justice’s Fraud 

Section and at United States Attorneys’ Offices across the country. 
Department of the Treasury (Treasury or the Department) OIG has seven agents who are 

assigned to the PRAC Fraud Task Force on a part-time basis. The agents are assigned Paycheck 

Protection Program cases while continuing to work their existing Treasury OIG caseload. This 

initiative allows Treasury OIG to make a broader contribution to the IG community by assisting 

with investigations that might otherwise remain unstaffed.

The Office of Investigations continues to support frequent congressional inquiries, sensitive 

investigative requests from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 

and annual peer reviews of other Offices of Inspector General, ensuring a high level of 

professionalism within the Inspector General community.