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Audit of the Peace Corps' Compliance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
IG-20-01-A
Report Type
Audit
Component
Agency-wide
Description
The objectives of this performance audit were to assess the completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of Fiscal Year 2019, First Quarter financial and award data submitted for publication on USAspending.gov in accordance with the DATA Act and to assess the Peace Corps’ compliance with use of the Government-wide financial data standards established by the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury. While the Peace Corps’ FY 2019, Q1 DATA Act submission was of high quality, the agency lacks a comprehensive data quality plan outlining the risks and what mitigating controls it has in place to demonstrate that data submitted is of high quality.
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
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Recommendations

Disclaimer: Open/Closed recommendations are updated semiannually.

That the chief financial officer designate a senior accountable officer at a high enough level to coordinate across the multiple divisions of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

That the Director develop a risk profile in alignment with the agency’s enterprise risk management policy and OMB Circular No. A-123, Management Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control. This should include risks associated with the controls over the source systems and reporting for the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014.

That the chief financial officer develop and implement a data quality plan that aligns with the requirements of OMB memorandum 18-16 and outlines the risk and mitigating controls the agency has in place to demonstrate that the data submitted is of high quality.

That the chief financial officer require all quality review steps, outlined in the data quality plan, be performed prior to the senior accountable officer certification of the quarterly submissions for the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014.