Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023
This report summarizes the oversight work performed by EAC OIG during the 6-month period ended March 31, 2023.
This report summarizes the oversight work performed by EAC OIG during the 6-month period ended March 31, 2023.
EAC OIG performed this review to determine whether EAC complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 reporting requirements for fiscal year 2022.
EAC OIG audited EAC’s testing and certification program. The Help America Vote Act established requirements for EAC to provide for the “testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories.”
EAC OIG audited funds received by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the Help America Vote Act, totaling $1.2 million. This included Election Security and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grants.
EAC OIG requested that the Department of Interior OIG investigate allegations that an administrative officer for EAC improperly signed contracts for EAC when she did not have a contracting officer warrant.
EAC OIG issued this advisory to alert EAC’s Interim Executive Director and Acting General Counsel to current EAC procurement and contracting practices, which OIG identified as high risk.
EAC OIG issued this advisory to alert EAC’s Interim Executive Director and Acting General Counsel about an identified risk. Specifically, EAC may be inadvertently providing inconsistent guidance to grantees and there is a risk that unallowable activities may be taking place because the terms “voter registration,” “voter education,” and “get-out-the-vote” (GOTV) are not defined in the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Also, EAC has not adopted its own formal definitions.
This report summarizes the oversight work performed by EAC OIG during the 6-month period ended September 30, 2022.
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of Brown & Company CPAs and Management Consultants, PLLC, audited EAC’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021.
EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of Brown & Company CPAs and Management Consultants, PLLC, audited EAC’s information security program for fiscal year 2022 in support of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). The objective was to determine whether EAC implemented selected security controls for certain information systems in support of FISMA.