Semiannual Report: Oct-Mar 2019

Fiscal Year
2019
Semiannual option
Oct-Mar
Attachment
Executive Summary

Executive Summary
This semiannual report summarizes the OIG’s activities and accomplishments for the period October 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019.

The OIG issued four final audit/evaluation reports and received 495 investigative contacts.

The OIG’s completed, ongoing, and proposed projects include the following:

Completed Audit and Evaluation Projects
 The public accounting firm Harper, Rains, Knight & Company, P.A. (HRK) completed the OIG’s FY 2018 Audit of EEOC’s Financial Statements.
 The public accounting firm Harper, Rains, Knight & Company, P.A. (HRK) completed a Management Letter describing its comments and recommendations regarding deficiencies
relating to internal control (control deficiencies).
 The public accounting firm Brown and Company CPAs and Management Consultants, PLLC, completed the OIG’s FY 2018 Independent Evaluation of the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission’s Compliance with Provisions of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014.
 The OIG issued a written advisory to the Acting Chair validating the Agency’s compliance with the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act.

New and Ongoing Audit and Evaluation Projects
 The OIG contracted with The Center for Organizational Excellence (COE) to assess the Agency's federal hearings and appeals activities
 The OIG is conducting a review of the Agency’s compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010.
 The OIG has contracted with the public accounting firm Harper, Rains, Knight & Company, P.A. (HRK) to perform an audit of the FY 2017 and FY 2018 EEOC Purchase
Card Program.
 The OIG has contracted with the public accounting firm Harper, Rains, Knight & Company, P.A. (HRK) to perform the FY 2019 Financial Statement Audit of the EEOC.
 OIG has contracted with the public accounting firm Harper, Rains, Knight & Company, P.A. (HRK) to perform the FY 2019 DATA Act Audit.
 The OIG is conducting an external peer review of the Federal Maritime Commission,
 The OIG has ongoing investigations in several field offices involving such matters as ethics violations, conflicts of interest, misuse of position, mismanagement, false statements, and
falsification of government records.