Following is a Web version of a document from USAID's 1997 Congressional Presentation. Please note that some formatting may have been lost in the automated conversion of the original file. This document is also available for download in its original WordPerfect 5.1 format.

The FY 1997 budget request of $30,000,000 for the operating expenses of the Inspector General provides the necessary resources to finance audits and investigations legislated under the IG Act and designed to promote economy and efficiency, to detect fraud and abuse in USAID programs and to administer the USAID worldwide security program.

These resources will allow the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to continue to focus on financial, information technology, and program audits of the five major strategic objectives of the Agency. FY 1997 will be the first full year of auditing USAID's Strategies for Sustainable Development. The OIG will continue audits that cover management systems and the traditional role of OIG oversight of operations, accounting, budgeting and procurement. OIG will continue to redirect its financial audit program to include audits of legislated Agency-wide financial statements, as required by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Government Management Reform (GMR) Acts.

In addition, this request includes a limited amount of resources to effectively manage the OIG's Worldwide Physical, Personnel and Information Security programs, which are designed to supplement the efforts of local authorities and the Department of State to protect USAID employees against terrorism and criminal activity and protect national Security Information. This request also includes resources to provide light armoring for USAID- purchased vehicles and replacement of one Fully Armored Vehicle (FAV).

This request includes sufficient resources to fund increases in retirement costs in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and base pay increases due to the projected pay raise.

To enable the OIG to operate at the reduced level in FY 1997, the following have already occurred: reductions in the number of supervisors, managers, and senior Foreign Service designated positions; reductions in U.S. direct hire personnel and U.S. and Foreign National personal service contractors; and decreases in administrative and operational costs in Washington and Overseas. The Inspector General can effectively operate at the requested level by using the remaining $4.3 million in no-year and multi-year funds to support FY 1997 operations.

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