#INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOIA MANUAL#
The Audit Division adheres to the Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States (the Yellow Book), and the Inspector General Manual (IG Manual). The Audit Division has standards and review procedures in place that assure that information disseminated to the public is reviewed for objectivity, utility, integrity, the use of sound statistical methods, and transparency of methods, sources, assumptions, and outcomes. Summaries of audits of outside entities also are posted on the OIG web site. Except where the dissemination of an audit would undermine national security or reveal sensitive law enforcement information, audits of Department programs and operations are posted on the OIG web site. The OIG Audit Division is responsible for independent audits of Department programs, computer systems, and financial statements, as well as audits of entities doing business with or receiving benefits from the Department. Influential information means information that is expected to have a clear and substantial impact at the national level on major public or private policy decisions.Īpplication of Standards of Quality by the OIG OIG Audits Transparency refers to a clear description of the methods, data sources, assumptions, outcomes, and related information that will allow the data user to understand how the information produced was designed or produced. Sound statistical methods means that methods are used to produce information that is accurate, reliable, and unbiased. Integrity means that information is protected from unauthorized access, corruption, or revision to ensure that disseminated information is not compromised through corruption or falsification. Objectivity means that disseminated information is substantively accurate, clear, complete, and presented in an unbiased manner. Utility means that the information to be disseminated is useful to its intended users, including the public. Finally, influential information is subject to an added level of scrutiny.įor purposes of these guidelines, the following definitions apply: In addition, statistical information disseminated by the OIG is based on sound statistical methods and the principle of transparency. The OIG has adopted standards of quality consistent with the OMB and DOJ guidelines, which assure utility, objectivity, and integrity. The Deputy Inspector General will be responsible for considering and responding to requests for reconsideration of requests for corrections. The OIG's OGC will be responsible for receiving and responding to requests for corrections and for producing the annual report to OMB regarding complaints and how they were addressed.
The Senior Counsel to the Inspector General will be responsible for overall implementation and oversight of information quality guidelines for the OIG. The remedies provided in these guidelines are limited to that which is set forth below. This description does not confer any rights upon a subject or witness of an OIG investigation to a pre-issuance review, which is reserved to the Inspector General's discretion and judgment. The steps described below reflect the OIG normal practice and may vary to some degree from one review to another. The guidelines are intended to ensure accuracy in OIG reports disseminated to the public. Nor will they apply to memoranda of law, or other legal advice, prepared by the OIG Office of General Counsel (OGC) to assist OIG components in the performance of their responsibilities. The guidelines do not apply to reports of investigation of employee misconduct or illegal activity that are submitted to Federal or State prosecutors for purposes of criminal prosecution or to Department components for purposes of administrative discipline. They apply to Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit and inspection reports and to those investigative reports undertaken by the OIG's Oversight and Review Division that are posted on the OIG's web site. The guidelines set forth below have been adopted pursuant to Section 515 of P.L.
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