All Reports
Special Report on the Peace Corps’ Information Technology Environment
In September 2025, the OIG issued a special report on the Peace Corps’ Information Technology environment. OIG contracted with technical subject matter experts to conduct three cybersecurity tests from January 2025 to March 2025. The three tests included a simulated phishing campaign, a review of the agency’s internal vulnerability management practices, and penetration tests that targeted critical Peace Corps systems.
While observing the agency’s security processes throughout the assessment, OIG found that the Peace Corps’ monitoring capabilities were able to identify the testing activities and demonstrate its incident response procedures. However, the cybersecurity tests also uncovered multiple vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, ranging from informational issues to critical severity risks that the Peace Corps needs to review and address.
Evaluation of Peace Corps/Madagascar
Peace Corps OIG conducted an evaluation of Peace Corps/Madagascar’s programs, operations, and activities from October 2021 to May 2024. OIG evaluation activities included: Volunteer and post staff surveys; interviews with staff, Volunteers, and stakeholders; document collection and analysis; and in-person observations and inspections. The evaluators performed on-site work at the post in May 2024, where they closely collaborated with post leadership and staff to learn more about past and present operations. During this review, OIG traveled to Volunteers’ homes and work sites for in-person observations and interviews.
Management Implication Report: Recommendations Issued to the Peace Corps Regarding Human Capital Management
OIG conducted a review of recent human capital-related recommendations made to the agency and their corresponding reported statuses. The goal of this review was to help the Peace Corps leverage existing reviews and recommendations in determining where and how to direct its resources to better address its overarching human capital management challenge.
Management Advisory Report on Post Medical Inventory: Promising Practices in Peace Corps/The Gambia Can Inform Needed Improvements in Peace Corps/Namibia
OIG conducted a review of two posts’ inventory of controlled substances to determine if they maintained effective controls for managing controlled substances and complied with Peace Corps requirements. OIG conducted site visits of the Peace Corps overseas posts in The Gambia (Peace Corps/The Gambia) and Namibia (Peace Corps/Namibia) from November 19 through 22, 2024.
Management Advisory Report: Peace Corps Non-Disclosure Agreements Generally Comply with Anti-Gag Provision Requirements, but Agency Policies Need Updating
The purpose of this report is to provide the results of our survey of the Peace Corps’ compliance with the anti-gag provision requirement in the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) (5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(13)). We initiated this assessment at the request of Senator Chuck Grassley. (See attached Senator Grassley Letter, dated March 11, 2024).
Semiannual Report to Congress for the First Half of Fiscal Year 2025
This semiannual report informs Congress of the Peace Corps Office of Inspector General's work from October1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
Review of the Peace Corps’ Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for FY 2024
This review determined that the Peace Corps complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act for FY 2024. The agency provided payment integrity information through the Office of Management and Budget’s FY 2024 annual data call; published its improper payment information in the Agency Financial Report for FY 2024; and posted that report on the Peace Corps’ website.
Evaluation of Peace Corps/Guyana
We conducted an evaluation of Guyana's (hereafter referred to as "the post") programs, operations, and activities from October 1, 2021, to May 3, 2024. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the agency’s effectiveness in meeting its objectives related to Volunteer health and safety, project activities, Volunteer training and support, and post leadership.