§2076b Inspector General Audits and Reports

Summary

The Commission’s Inspector General (IG) must audit and review two main areas. First, the IG will check the agency’s capital projects, like upgrades to computer systems and the work to build the public database about incidents that cause injury or death (the database required under section 2055a). Second, the IG will review how the agency approves and watches over third-party testing and the groups that do conformity assessments (as in section 2063(a)(3)). Within 1 year after August 14, 2008, the IG must review employee complaints about coworkers who failed to enforce rules or do their jobs when those complaints involve conflicts of interest, ethical problems, or bad faith, and must assess how well and how quickly the Commission dealt with those complaints. Not later than 30 days after August 14, 2008, the Commission must put a direct link to the IG on its homepage and let people report waste, fraud, or abuse anonymously on the IG webpage. Not later than 60 days after August 14, 2008, the IG must send a report to the relevant Congressional committees about IG activities, barriers to oversight, and any extra authority or resources needed. Starting with fiscal year 2010, the IG must include the findings, conclusions, and recommendations from these reviews in its annual report to those committees.