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AFMD-85-36 1 (1985-02-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnot0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 11w 1 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ACOUWIN* AMD PPINANCIA. MANAGuMFD I V0ESION B-217594 FEBRUARY 5,1985 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review Groups Not Located in the Offices of Statutory Inspectors General (GAO/AFMD-85-36) On May 21, 1984, you asked us to conduct a study of the 19 federal agencies that currently have statutory inspectors general (IGs) to see if management review offices are interfering with or duplicating the work of the IGs. You noted that in enacting the Inspector General Act of 1978, the Congress intended to centralize and coordinate all of the audit and investigative activities into independent offices of inspector general (OIGs) in order to strengthen auditing capabilities, provide for better compliance with audit and investigative standards, and provide greater assur- ance that the Congress and agency top management are regularly in- formed of important management problems. With the agreement of Committee staff, we concentrated our survey efforts in two agencies--the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). GSA was selected because you asked us to pay special attention to that agency. HHS was selected because our preliminary information indi- cated that a significant number of employees outside the OIG were involved in audit and investigative activities. To identify potential audit and investigative groups at GSA and HHS, we reviewed organizational listings and mission and func- tion statements, and interviewed officials responsible for carrying out evaluation functions similar to audits and investigations. We also talked with OIG officials and officials in the groups outside the IG's office regarding coordination of their respective evalua- tive efforts. This review was conducted in accordance with gen- erally accepted government auditing standards. While we did not obtain official agency comments, we discussed the results of our review with responsible agency officials and incorporated their comments where appropriate. 126174(911045)

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