OCFO should revise EEOC Order 360.001 as needed to assist CORs in performing their
duties. Include implementation guidance for contract administration activities, such as
submitting contract modifications.
This semiannual report summarizes the OIG's activities and accomplishments for April 1, 2020
through September 30, 2020.
The OIG issued no audit or evaluation reports for the reporting period and resolved 372 investigative inquiries.
The OIG’s completed, ongoing, and planned projects, as well as closed and ongoing investigations, include the following:
Completed Other Project
Ongoing Audits and Other Projects
Newly Initiated Evaluation
Planned Audits and Other Projects
Closed Investigative Matters
Ongoing Investigations
All EEOC employees, contractors, interns, and volunteers are required to cooperate with OIG audits, evaluations, and investigations or face possible administrative action. Cooperation means testifying if asked and providing information relating to the performance of your job-related duties.
Audit and Evaluation reports are public documents and are available on this website.
Audits are objective and systematic assessments of how well offices carry out the EEOC programs and operations and focus on the process.
The Inspector General is statutorily required to prepare semiannual reports for the Chair and Congress [Semi-Annual Reports | EEOC Office of Inspector General]
The OIG has a staff of eleven. The OIG staff positions include: an inspector general, a deputy inspector general, a counsel to the inspector general, a chief technologist, an information technology specialist, auditors (2), evaluators (2), investigators (2), and an administrative assistant.
To maintain independence, the OIG is prohibited from performing any Agency program functions.
The OIG is an independent office created within the EEOC by the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988. As outlined in the Act, the OIG's primary mission is to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement and promote economy and government efficiency. The OIG carries out its responsibilities by conducting audits, evaluations, investigations, and other inquiries relating to the EEOC programs and operations.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm of Harper, Rains, Knight & Company, P.A. (HRK) to audit the financial statements of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for fiscal years ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, and to report on EEOC's internal controls over financial reporting, and compliance
with laws, regulations, contracts, grant agreements, and other matters. The contract required that HRK conduct the audit in accordance with U.S. generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) audit guidance, and U.S. Government Accountability Office/Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Financial Audit Manual.