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B-203900 1 (1981-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkfb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-203900 October 6, 1981 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your June 23, 1981, request for our j , views and recommendations on S. 1327 which would amend the Inspec- .. tor General Act of 1978. We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the proposed legislation. According to the congressional staff that drafted the legis- lation, the intent of Section 2(a)(3) of the bill is to require the inspectors general to establish schedules and deadlines for resolving audit findings. However, when read in conjunction with Section 3(7), this provision could be interpreted as requiring the establishment of schedules and deadlines for completing the audits themselves rather than resolving the findings and recommendations resulting from the audits. We believe the intent of Section 2(a)(3) could be clarified by inserting the word-s findings and recommenda- tions resulting from after the word all on line 2 page 2. In addition, we believe Section 3(7) also needs clarification to show that the reporting requirement contained in this provision pertains to the agencies' failure to resolve audit findings rather than failure to complete the audits within a predetermined time- frame. The intent of this section could-be clarified by striking line 24 page 2, through line 7 page 3, and inserting the following: (7) a description of each audit finding or recommenda- tion which has not been resolved by the deadline estab- lished under Section 4(a)(1)(B), or in the case for which no deadline has been established, within 6 months after the date on which the audit was completed, and an expla- nation why such audit findings or recommendations have not been resolved by such deadline or within such speci- fied time; and * * *. Although we agree that timely and effective resolution of auditors' findings has been a pervasive problem, it should be noted that the inspectors general have no direct authority over agency operations. Agency management is, and should be, account- able for seeing to it that audit recommendations are resolved in a timely manner. As such, we believe they should be held account- able for setting schedules and deadlines for resolving audits.

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