Audit of Peace Corps/OCIO Budget Formulation and Management

We recommend that the Investment Resource Board and Enterprise Architecture AdvisoryBoard establish the process and criteria that will be used to evaluateinformation technology projects post implementation.

We recommend that the Chief Information Officer issue guidance that describes the roles and responsibilities of the technical representatives and their relationship with project sponsors and managers. The guidance must clearly define who is responsible for each required document throughout the information technology project’s life cycle and who will retain the documentation.

We recommend that the Chief Information Officer develop and enforce standard operatingprocedures that will ensure the required information technology documentation isprepared timely and maintained in a readily available location for the life of theproject.

We recommend that the Chief Information Officer design the layout within the informationtechnology’s collaboration tool to assist users in determining whichdocumentation is required and who is responsible for each step of theinformation technology process.

We recommend that the Chief Financial Officer in conjunction with the Chief Information Officer clearly define the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s operations and maintenance account and the information technology centrally managed account and include the updated definition in the annual Peace Corps budget submission.