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From March to July 2022, The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a modified peer review of the AbilityOne OIG’s Office of Audit (OA). The team from AmeriCorps OIG reviewed (1) the OA’s established audit policies and procedures in effect for the year ended September 30, 2021, and (2) the OA’s monitoring of Government Audit Standards (GAS) engagements performed by Independent Public Accountants (IPAs).

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an audit of the Commission’s Contract Administration Process. Our overall objectives is to determine whether and to what extent the staffing shortfalls in the Office of Contracting Policy impacted the ability to manage and administer the contract administration process.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an audit of Third-Party Service Provider Agreements. Our overall objective is to determine the extent to which the services provided by third-party organizations align with the terms of existing service agreements.

Looking forward: Semiannual Report to Congress for October 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022.

The U.S. AbilityOne Commission’s (Commission) charge card programs for fiscal years (FY) 2020 and 2021, as required by the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Charge Card Act) conducted by RMA Associates, LLC (RMA), an independent public accountant firm.

As of March 31, 2022, there are 71 open recommendations, 7 of which were reported as implemented by management but remain open per third-party (CLA/other Independent Public Accounting firm (IPA)/OIG) determination; and none of the remaining 64 were considered “Overdue.”

The objective of the audit is to express an opinion on whether the Commission’s financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

RMA was engaged by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct the performance audit and issue its report. The objectives of the audit were to assess 1) the completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and quality of the Q2 FY 2021 financial and award data submitted by the Commission for publication on USASpending.gov, and 2) the Commission’s implementation and use of the government-wide financial data standards established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Treasury (Treasury).

The objective of the review is to determine the effectiveness of the Commission’sinformation security program and practices. The review will assess information security program controls to support the OIG’s reporting of FISMA metrics into the Department ofHomeland Security’s Cyberscope application.

As of December 31st, 2021, there are 67 open recommendations, 8 of which were reported as “implemented” by management; and none of the remaining 59 categorized as “Overdue.” Since the date of the OIG’s last recommendation status report, dated September 30th, 2021, 16 new recommendations were added, and 9 recommendations were closed.