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All Reports

The following is a list of reports prepared by the Office of Inspector General. Older documents in hard copy may be mailed to you on request. Please email (see the Contact Us page) your request to the Office of Inspector General and include your name, street address, city, state, and zip code as well as the document number and date of the desired publication. Reports that are non-public are noted as such but are not available for distribution.

External Peer Review of FTC OIG by USCP OIG (modified report)

The United States Capitol Police (USCP) Office of lnspector General (OIG) reviewed established policies and procedures for the audit function of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) OIG in effect at March 31, 2015. USCP OIG conducted the review in accordance with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Guide for Conducting Peer Reviews of the Audit Organizations of Federal Offices of Inspector General for assessing established audit policies and procedures.

Peer Review of OIG

Evaluation of the FTC's Bureau of Economics

Report Number
OIG Evaluation Report No. 15-03

The mission of the FTC is to protect consumers by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices; enhancing informed consumer choices and public understanding of the competitive process; and accomplishing this without unduly burdening legitimate business activity. The Bureau of Economics (BE) performs research and analysis to determine economic impacts of FTC actions, as well as the impact of government regulation on competition and consumers.

Inspection / Evaluation

Evaluation of the FTC's Information Security Program and Practices for Fiscal Year 2014

Report Number
AR 15-02

The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) provides a comprehensive framework for ensuring the effectiveness of technical, administrative, and physical security controls over federal information resources. FISMA requires an annual OIG evaluation of compliance with its requirements and related information security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines -- as well as an assessment of the level of security afforded to associated information assets.

Inspection / Evaluation

Federal Trade Commission's Fiscal Year 2014 Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010

In accordance with Section 3 (b) of Public Law 111-204, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 20 IO (hereafter referred to as IPERA), this memorandum communicated the results of the OIG's determination of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) compliance with applicable provisions of IPERA during the FTC's fiscal year 2014 activities.

Inspection / Evaluation

FTC OIG Financial Statement Audit for Fiscal Year 2014 Management Letter

Report Number
AR 15-01 A

On November 17, 2014, the OIG transmitted to the FTC the financial statement audit performed by an independent accounting firm -- which issued an unmodified (clean) opinion of the FTC's FY 2014 financial statements. When performing an audit of an agency's major financial systems and accounting processes, auditors often detect certain matters involving internal controls that do not rise to a level of seriousness to be reflected in the auditor's opinion report.

Audit