Audit of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s Compliance with the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act

FITARA outlines the CIO responsibilities related to IT project planning and implementation through governance structures, participating in agency budgeting activities, approving contracts, and personnel decisions.

OPM has taken steps to enable its CIO to function as the head of the agency’s IT, however our audit determined that OPM still is not fully compliant with the requirements of FITARA.

We identified the following issues: OPM's CIO is not always included in budget discussions around core operating funds involving IT systems for other program offices; OPM's CIO is not always included in reprogramming discussions for funds involving IT systems for other program offices; OPM's CIO is not properly approving contracts and agreements for OPM 's major IT investments; and There were instances where the documentation approving OPM's acquisition of IT or IT services contained inaccurate information.