Office of Audits: Other Services
Fraud
Probes - normally are performed when
either GSA management or the OIG
suspects that fraudulent activity may exist. They are often performed in
conjunction with an OIG investigation. A good
example of this type probe was the audit of the Surplus Sales Centers.
This review started when management noticed an error when reconciling sales records
to bank deposits. The auditors and investigators were asked to determine whether
any fraudulent activity had taken place, and whether controls were in place to
prevent such activity.
Attendance at Meetings -
pertains to the availability of high level Office of Audit staff members to
attend meetings held at the Commissioner or Regional Administrator level.
Presently, many of our Regional Inspectors General for Auditing regularly
attend Regional Administrator briefings. This allows for an exchange of
information on the ongoing activities of both the Region and this office.
We believe that our attendance at such meetings permits better coordination and
communication on matters impacting the Agency.
Speaking at Meetings/Functions
- entails providing a staff representative of the Office to address meetings or
functions on agreed upon subjects. An example of this type of briefing
would be an Integrity Awareness Briefing that emphasizes GSA
employees' roles and responsibilities in preventing and detecting fraud.
In addition, we are often called upon to address professional organizations
or GSA management conferences on areas where we have a
particular expertise or to explain the services or functions of our
office. We are always ready to discuss the many functions of this Office
and how we can be of assistance to GSA.
Sharing of Expertise -
involves subjects where this Office has expertise that may/should be shared
with Agency employees. Examples of the expertise we could share would be
training contracting officers on cost or pricing data, management and financial
controls, and changes in procurements laws.
Task Force Participation-
involves this Office furnishing staff auditors to advise and assist Agency Task
Forces.
Consultation on Proposed Laws and Regulation- provides an independent assessment of proposed
legislation and regulations. Based on our knowledge of the subject area,
we can advise management of the potential impact on Agency programs and
operations of legislative and regulatory initiatives.