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NO SECTION NAVIGATION Inspector General's Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2005–March 31, 2006
Purpose and Requirements of the Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report

The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the IG to keep the Federal Co-Chair and Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies in the Commission's operations and the necessity for corrective action. In addition, the Act specifies that semiannual reports will be provided to the Federal Co-Chair by April 30 and October 31 and to Congress 30 days later.

The Federal Co-Chair may transmit comments to Congress along with the report but may not change any part of the report. The specific requirements prescribed in the Act, as amended (Public Law 100-504), are listed below.

Reporting Requirements

Section 4(a)(2) Review of legislation and regulations
Section 5(a)(1) Problems, abuses, and deficiencies
Section 5(a)(2) Recommendations with respect to problems, abuses, and deficiencies
Section 5(a)(3) Prior significant recommendations not yet implemented*
Section 5(a)(4) Matters referred to prosecutive authorities
Section 5(a)(5) and
6(b)(2)		 Summary of instances where information was refused*
Section 5(a)(6) Listing of audit reports showing number of reports and dollar value of questioned costs
Section 5(a)(7) Summary of each particularly significant report**
Section 5(a)(8) Statistical table showing number of reports and dollar value of questioned costs
Section 5(a)(9) Statistical table showing number of reports and dollar value of recommendations that funds be put to better use
Section 5(a)(10) Summary of each audit issued before this reporting period for which no management decision was made by end of the reporting period
Section 5(a)(11) Significant revised management decisions*
Section 5(a)(12) Significant management decisions with which the Inspector General disagrees*

* None.

** See references to Sections 5(a)(1) and 5(a)(2) for discussion of significant reports.