The Office of Inspector General

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Introduction

The Office of Inspector General was set under the Inspector General Act of 1978(Public law 95-452) and established in March 29, 1989 to provide independent and objective audits, investigations and reviews of the FCC operations and programs. The inspector general therefore pioneers the detection and prevention of fraud, waste and abuse in FCC’s operations and programs. The reports and finds of the investigations, audits and reviews are compiled semi annually by the Inspector General and presented to the chairman and the United States Congress. These reports are a source of information to the chair, commissioners and United States congress on the deficiencies and general operation of the FCC. The FCC chair supervises the Inspector General operations.

The Inspector General’s job is to inform the chairman and congress of any fraud or serious administrative problems which may arise in FCC operations. The Inspector General then recommends corrective action where appropriate in accordance to his analysis, audits, investigations and reviews. He also checks on the progress of implementations of the recommendations. The IG may then refer any criminal issues to the Department of Justice and/or other law enforcing arms. The Inspector General office is staffed with; the Inspector General, Assistant Inspector general for investigations and Counsel, an Assistant Inspector General for Universal Service Programs, an Assistant Inspector General for Audits, an Assistant Inspector General for Management, an Assistant Inspector General for Policy and Planning, a Chief Investigator for Universal Service Programs, a Director for Contract and Performance Audits, a Director for Information System Audits, a Director for Financial Audits...

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... in this process. Modernization of OIG through incorporation of computer aided forensics will lead to a more effective and efficient investigation and efficient procedures.

OIG can seek the help of stakeholders and experts for instance the law enforcing parties, lawyers, advocates, auditors, and accountants to handle some issues more effectively and efficiently, then provide the most desirable recommendations and advise to the OIG. Such delegation of duties will be at a fee but a more real and efficient approach will be provided to curb the issues in the system. OIG for example can seek the advice of the auditor in office (KPMG) on the recommendations to strengthen the internal control system, how to prepare and present the books of accounts in accordance to the required standards, avoid misappropriation of funds, how to implement financial statement changes.

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