Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act

To require agencies to submit reports on outstanding recommendations in the annual budget justification submitted to Congress. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act GAO-IG Act 2. Reports on outstanding Government Accountability Office and Inspector General recommendations (a) Definition In this section, the term agency (1) a designated Federal entity, as defined in section 8G(a)(2) (2) an establishment, as defined in section 12(2) (b) Required reports In the annual budget justification submitted to Congress, as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, each agency shall include— (1) a report listing each public recommendation of the Government Accountability Office that is classified by the Government Accountability Office as open closed, unimplemented (2) a report listing each public recommendation for corrective action from the Office of Inspector General of the agency for which no final action has been taken as of the date on which the annual budget justification is submitted; and (3) a report on the implementation status of each public recommendation described in paragraphs (1) and (2), which shall include— (A) with respect to a public recommendation that is classified by the Government Accountability Office as open closed, unimplemented (i) that the agency has decided not to implement, a detailed justification for the decision; or (ii) that the agency has decided to adopt, a timeline for full implementation; (B) with respect to a public recommendation for corrective action from the Office of Inspector General of the agency for which no final action or action not recommended has been taken, an explanation of the reasons why no final action or action not recommended was taken with respect to each audit report to which the public recommendation for corrective action pertains; (C) with respect to an outstanding unimplemented public recommendation from the Office of Inspector General of the agency that the agency has decided to adopt, a timeline for implementation; and (D) an explanation for any discrepancy between— (i) the reports submitted under paragraphs (1) and (2); (ii) the semiannual reports submitted by the Office of Inspector General of the agency under section 5 (iii) reports submitted by the Government Accountability Office relating to public recommendations that are classified by the Government Accountability Office as open closed, unimplemented (c) Copies of submissions

Summary: Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act or the GAO-IG Act This bill requires each federal agency (including each legislative branch agency), in its annual budget justification, to include a report on (1) each public recommendation of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that is designated as "open" or "closed, unimplemented" for a period of at least one year preceding the date on which such justification is submitted; (2) each public recommendation for corrective action from the agency's office of the inspector general (OIG) that was published at least one year before the justification is submitted for which no final action was taken; and (3) the implementation status of each such recommendation. Each agency shall also provide a copy of this information to its OIG and to the GAO. The deadline for submission to Congress of agency statements is extended.