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B-291001 1 (2002-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaohs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO ~mAccountability * Integrity * Reliability Decision Matter of: Transportation Security Administration's Proposed Time and Attendance System File: B-291001 Date: December 23, 2002 DIGEST Transportation Security Administration (TSA) certifying officers expressed three concerns with TSA's new Time and Attendance (T&A) approval system. In their view, (1) approval is not occurring at the appropriate level, (2) data will not be checked against independent sources, and (3) the proposed rounding of an employee's start/stop time minutes will not provide a complete and accurate agency record. Based on our discussions with TSA officials, we determined that, in accordance with Title 6 of GAO's Policy and Procedures Manual for Guidance of Federal Agencies, first-line supervisors are approving T&A data. These supervisors have personal knowledge of the time worked of the employees involved; therefore, they are not required to check the data against independent sources. In addition, TSA will maintain actual original entry records along with a trail of all changes to data to support what we consider to be the immaterial rounding of employee time in and time out data. TSA management, however, should build additional control- related steps into the T&A approval system as it further develops and implements the system. DECISION Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3529(a), four certifying officers at the Department of Transportation (DOT) asked us whether the method of approving an employee's time and attendance (T&A) information in the T&A system to which the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is transitioning meets the requirements of Title 6' of 'Title 6 of GAO's Policy and Procedures Manual addresses Pay, Leave, and Allowances; chapter 3 specifically addresses Time and Attendance. Although GAO (continued...)

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