1、CRS INSIGHTNew Law Requires Agencies to Report on OutstandingIG RecommendationsUpdated January 28, 2019 (IN11026)|Related AuthorKathryn A. Francis|Kathryn A. Francis, Analyst in Government Organization and Management (kfranciscrs.loc.gov, 7-2351)On January 3, 2019, President Donald Trump signed into
2、 law the Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act(GAO-IG Act), which requires agency reporting on outstanding inspector general (IG) recommendations, among otherthings. The act requires covered agencies to include in their annual budget justifications information on outstandingrecommendations ma
3、de by their respective IGs, includinga list of each public IG recommendation that was published at least one year before submission of the annualbudget justification and for which no final action was taken;the status of each aforementioned public IG recommendation, which contains an explanation as t
4、o why no finalaction or action not recommended was taken and a timeline to implement each outstanding unimplementedrecommendation that the agency has decided to adopt; andan explanation of any discrepancies between information on IG recommendations required under the GAO-IGAct and the semiannual rep
