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(June 2023) The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) completed an inspection of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s compliance with 31 U.S.C. §§ 3351- 3358 (commonly known as the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 or PIIA), pursuant to direction set forth in PIIA, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, Appendix C, Requirements for Payment Integrity Improvement, (March 5, 2021), and OMB Circular A-136, Financial Reporting Requirements, (June 3, 2022). OMB establishes implementing guidance for PIIA and requires Office of Inspectors General to conduct an annual improper payment review of PIIA compliance.

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(June 2023) The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) recently released its semiannual report to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Congress for the period of October 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. The National Security Act of 1947 (as amended) requires the IC IG to prepare and submit to the DNI a classified and, as appropriate, unclassified report summarizing the work of the IC IG for the preceding six-month period.

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(May 2023) The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) conducted an evaluation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The classified annex accompanying the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (division E of Public Law 116-92), directed the IC IG, in coordination with the Department of Defense (DoD) OIG, to provide the congressional intelligence and defense committees with an assessment of the effectiveness of the DIA OIG, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) and DoD Directive 5106.

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(April 2023) The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) announced that it will initiate a risk assessment of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Charge Card Program. In 2012, Congress enacted the Government Charge Card Abuse Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–194) which included amendments to other laws in order to improve the management of government purchase cards. These laws require ODNI to perform a risk assessment to identify and analyze risks of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases and payments relating to purchase card programs and to analyze risks of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases and payments relating to travel card programs when annual spending exceeds $10 million. ODNI is required to submit findings and recommendations of such audits and reviews in a status report to the Office of Management and Budget for compilation and submission in an annual report to Congress (AUD-2023-005).

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(February 2023) The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community announced the fiscal year 2023 audit of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) financial statements. The Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 requires that ODNI prepare and submit audited financial statements annually to Congress and the Director, Office of Management and Budget. An independent public accounting firm will conduct the audit (AUD-2023-004).

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(March 2023) Pursuant to Section 831 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, see Pub. L. No. 117-103, the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG), in coordination with the National Security Agency Office of the Inspector General and the Central Intelligence Agency Office of the Inspector General submitted a report to the congressional intelligence committees on the effectiveness of the Intelligence Community (IC) with respect to the integration and dissemination of all-source intelligence relating to foreign cyber threats.