Federal Reports

The FTC OIG conducted this audit to assess the effectiveness of the Consumer Response Center's (CRC) current practices and procedures related to recording and responding to consumer reports and inquiries.

The Office of the Inspector General contracted with Castro & Company, LLC to evaluate the effectiveness ofthe Smithsonian's information security program in fiscal year 2024.  For Fiscal year 2024, Castro found that the Smithsonian Institution’s Information security program was effective overall because it was operating at a managed and measurable level (Level 4) in all five cybersecurity functions (Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover).
 

Castro noted Smithsonian continues to make improvements to their information security program.  Castro made six recommendations to improve Smithsonian’s configuration management.  Management concurred with all six recommendations.

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this self-initiated audit to assess the NCUA’s compliance with its examiner-in-charge rotation policy and procedures. The objectives of our audit were to determine whether the NCUA: (1) rotated examiners-in-charge in the regions and the Office of National Examinations and Supervision (ONES) in accordance with established requirements, (2) adequately maintained all written approved exceptions to the rotation policy, and (3) assigned examiners-in-charge to perform examinations of federal credit unions or federally insured state-chartered credit unions in accordance with established grade level requirements. The scope of our audit covered the period from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2022. However, due to timing, we expanded our scope for some examinations to determine whether rotation of examiners-in-charge occurred as prescribed by the National Supervision Policy Manual (NSPM) or the ONES’ office practices, when applicable.