Background Investigations: Office of Personnel Management Needs to Improve Transparency of Its Pricing and Seek Cost Savings | |
United States. Government Accountability Office. | |
United States. Government Accountability Office. | |
关键词: Government accountability -- United States.; government operations; background investigations; letter report; | |
RP-ID : GAO-12-197 RP-ID : 588939 |
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美国|英语 | |
来源: UNT Digital Library | |
【 摘 要 】
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "OPMs reported costs to conduct background investigations increased by almost 79 percent, from about $602 million in fiscal year 2005 to almost $1.1 billion in fiscal ear 2011 (in fiscal year 2011 dollars). However, the extent to which OPMs cost data are reliable is unknown because an audit of OPMs revolving fund, which finances business-type operations, has not been conducted. Independent audits of OPMs overall financial management system, where revolving fund transactions are recorded, identified material weaknesses in internal controls, which could affect the reliability of these cost data. OPMs background investigation program has three principal cost drivers. The first cost driver is investigation fieldwork and support contracts, which represent nearly half of OPMs fiscal year 2011 reported costs about $532 million. These contracts allow OPM to assign an investigation to a contractor and buy clerical support for case-management. The second cost driver is personnel compensation and benefits for OPM's background investigation federal workforce, which represents about 25 percent of OPMs fiscal year 2011 reported costsabout $265 million. The third cost driver is OPMs information technology investments. While these investments represent less than 10 percent of fiscal year 2011 reported costs, they have increased more than 682 percent over 6 years (in fiscal year 2011 dollars), from about $12 million in fiscal year 2005 to over $91 million in fiscal year 2011. OPM attributed cost increases to more comprehensive subject interviews, increased FBI fees, and compliance with investigation timeliness requirements."
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