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Federal Audit Executive Council

Co-Chairs - Ms. Kilah White, AIG for Audit, Housing and Urban Development OIG & Katherine Trimble, AIG for Audit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency OIG

Vice Chair - VACANT

Scope of Responsibilities:
The scope and activities of the FAEC include but are not limited to coordinating joint audit projects; providing input on policies related to Federal Government audits; and coordinating with the Government Accountability Office, Office of Management and Budget, and others on matters affecting audit policy.

Membership:
Council membership is voluntary and consists of all Deputy or Assistant Inspectors General for Audit(ing) (DIGA/AIGA) or equivalent from Federal Inspectors General identified in Section 2 or Section 8G of the IG Act; the Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency; Auditors General of the military services; and related organizations as identified in the CIGIE Charter.

Standing Committees:
Cross-Cutting, Financial Statements, Information Technology, Training, Procurement, and Quality Management

Working Groups:
Improper Payments, Mentoring and Audit Resource, HR Toolkit and Annual Conference Working Group (Now a part of the Training Subcommittee)

​Charter: FAEC Charter

FAEC Organizational Chart


Meetings

  • FAEC Meeting -  Agenda - March 17, 2025 
  • FAEC Meeting – Agenda – December 5, 2024
  • FAEC Meeting - Agenda  - September 17, 2024
  • FAEC Meeting - Agenda  - April 30, 2024
  • FAEC Meeting - Agenda - May 20, 2024 (coming soon)
  • FAEC Meeting - Agenda - June 24, 2024
  • FAEC Meeting – Agenda  - December 5, 2023
  • FAEC Meeting – Agenda  - September 12, 2023
  • FAEC Meeting – Agenda  - July 11, 2023
  • FAEC Meeting – Agenda  - May 2, 2023
  • FAEC Meeting – Agenda - March 7, 2023

 Meeting minutes/presentations will be added to these once received.

Annual Conferences

FAEC 2025 Annual Conference - coming soon

FAEC 2024 Annual Conference

FAEC Procurement Conference

2024 Virtual FAEC Procurement Conference, October 28 and 29, 2024

Financial Statements Audit Network (FSAN)

 

2023 Virtual FAEC Procurement Conference, November 8 & 9, 2023

Cross Cutting Issues Subcommittee

Leadership:

Chair: Eric Rivera, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Office of the Inspector General, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Co-Chairs: Lauretta Joseph, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, AbilityOne & Khadija Walker, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections & Evaluations, USAID.

Role of the Committee:

CIGIE’s Audit Committee Charter states in part that “The Audit Committee will lead or be involved in coordinated, government-wide activities that promote economy and efficiency in Federal programs and operations and address areas of weakness and vulnerability with respect to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.” The Cross Cutting Subcommittee mission is to achieve this goal on behalf of the Audit Committee.

2025 Planned Updates and Recent Accomplishments:

Two products, Cloud Security – Best Practices for Agencies and Cloud Security Oversight – Best Practices for OIGs, are expected to be completed in fall 2025.

Contacts:

Eric Rivera, Eric.Rivera@exim.gov, Lauretta Joseph, ljoseph@oig.abilityone.gov, Khadija Walker, khwalker@oig.usaid.gov

Financial Statements Subcommittee

Leadership:

Chair: Kelly McFadden, Director, Financial Statement Audit Office, U.S. Department of Justice OIG

Role of the Committee:

The Financial Statement Subcommittee, also known as the Financial Statement Audit Network (FSAN), provides the CIGIE audit community with a forum to identify, discuss, and resolve key issues concerning the preparation and audit of federal financial statements.  The roster of over 260 members represents 52 OIG offices and supporting partners at GAO and FASAB.

2025 Planned Updates and Recent Accomplishments:

  • Annual CIGIE/GAO Financial Statement Audit Conference (June 10, 2025)
  • GAO/CIGIE Financial Audit Manual updates
  • OMB Circular A-136 updates
  • OMB Audit Bulletin updates
  • Working Group established to focus on the shortage of accounting talent in the pipeline

Contact: Kelly McFadden, Kelly.A.McFadden@usdoj.gov

Information Technology Subcommittee

Leadership:

Chair, Khalid Hasan, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology, OIG for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Co-Chair: Phil Faller, Program Director for Audit, Cyberspace Operations Directorate, at DOD-OIG

Role of the Committee:

The FAEC’s Information Technology (IT) Subcommittee discusses and coordinates on IT issues affecting the IG community, with a focus on cybersecurity.

2025 Updates and Recent Accomplishments:

  • FY 2025 IG FISMA Metrics, issued on April 3, 2025
  • FY 2025 IG FISMA Metric Evaluation Guide, issued on May 5, 2025

Contact: Khalid Hasan, Khalid.A.Hasan@frb.gov, Phil Faller, phillip.m.faller.civ@dodig.mil

Contracting and Procurement Subcommittee

Leadership:

Chair, Shenika Cox, Regional Audit Manager, DOJ OIG

Role of the Committee:

The FAEC’s Contracting and Procurement Subcommittee focuses on topics encountered by the IG Community in its oversight of the often-complex contracts and procurements that support Federal programs. We discuss the acquisition lifecycle to: (1) proactively identify emerging issues and risks, (2) share lessons learned and reference tools, and (3) develop forward-thinking resolutions to challenges facing the federal government.

2025 Planned Updates and Recent Accomplishments:

We revived the Annual Procurement Conference as a virtual event in 2020, and the 4th occurrence was held in November 2024. The 2025 Procurement Conference date is TBD. 

Contact: Shenika Cox, Regional Audit Manager, DOJ OIG

Quality Management Subcommittee (QMC)

Chair: Devin Polster, Director of Audits & Inspections Quality Assurance, DHS OIG
Vice Chair: Jerri Dorsey-Hall, Director of Quality Assurance and Operations Support, U.S. EPA OIG

Role of the Committee:

The Subcommittee’s overall goals and objectives are to:

  • Identify, document, and share resources, insights, and good/best practices to assist the OIG community with its quality management (QM) activities.
  • Enhance the understanding of how the Federal OIG QM community selects, plans, performs, reports, and follows-up on QM activities.
  • Foster a network of support and communication for the Federal OIG QM community.
  • Provide learning, sharing, and professional development activities to enhance QM subject matter expertise across the Federal OIG community.
  • Share current industry-related developments relevant to the OIG and QM communities.

Current Activities and Accomplishments:

  • Audit Quality Assurance Across Federal Offices of Inspectors General.  This review – perhaps the first of its kind in the OIG’s Quality Management community – is a comprehensive view of this community’s structure, processes, and outputs.  The information derived from the participation of 56 Federal OIGs and addresses organizational development; quality and compliance functions and activities; and product deliverables.  It speaks to quality- and compliance-management’s integral role within and across the OIG community, particularly from an Audits perspective, as well as its practitioners’ important contributions to Federal oversight.  The issuance of this product is expected during Calendar Year 2025.
  • Toolkit for Implementing Quality Risk Assessments, 2024 Government Auditing Standards. The February 2024 revision of the Government Auditing Standards (GAS) details audit organizations’ responsibilities for designing, implementing, and operating a system of quality management (SQM) that assesses and responds to quality risks.  These include assigning SQM responsibility and accountability, monitoring the SQM and remediate any deficiencies, and evaluating its SQM at least annually.  Chapter 5 of GAS also includes requirements and application guidance for engagement quality reviews that the audit organization may use as a response to quality risks relating to quality management.  Revisions to these Standards catalyzed a distinct need for Federal OIGs to exchange ideas and information on GAS’ new quality requirements, as well as for a ‘toolkit’ to help inform how OIGs of every size, mission, and operating environment could approach SQM implementation, and the quality risk assessment process, in particular.  The Quality Management Subcommittee convened and facilitated an interagency Working Group spanning representatives from over 35 OIGs to inform their (and their respective OIG’s) understanding of the updated Standards and produce this ‘Toolkit.’  The document provides information on how Federal OIGs may identify and assign SQM responsibilities and how to assess quality risks.  It also includes a template OIGs may use to document quality risk assessments.  The issuance of this product is expected during Calendar Year 2025.
  • Professional Development and Continuing Education. The Quality Management Subcommittee regularly offers professional development and learning opportunities for its members and the oversight community, including in the areas of auditing; inspections and evaluations; quality assurance and control frameworks; and professional standards.

See more at the Subcommittee’s page here.

Contact: Devin Polster, Devin.Polster@oig.dhs.gov

Training Subcommittee

Leadership:

Chair: Brittany Banks, Assistant Inspector General for Follow-Up, Architect of the Capitol, OIG

Co-Chair: Virginia King, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Appalachian Regional Commission, OIG

Role of the Committee:

CIGIE’s Audit Committee Charter states in part that “The Audit Committee will lead or be involved in developing policies that will aid in the maintenance or a corps of well-trained and highly skilled Inspector General personnel.” The Training Committee’s role is to achieve this goal on behalf of the Audit Committee through collaborative efforts.

2025 Planned Updates and Recent Accomplishments:

The Training Subcommittee will coordinate with CIGIE’s Training Institute on Audit Trainings (including Monetary Impact Toolkit training), hold two Connect, Collaborate, and Learn events, and has the Training Curriculum in draft.

Contact:

Brittany Banks, Brittany.Banks@aoc.gov

Virginia King, VKing@arc.gov

Audit Training Subcommittee Charter

Annual Conference Working Group

Leads: 

  • Kathleen Sedney, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections & Evaluations, U.S. Department of Interior, OIG, kathleen_sedney@doioig.gov 
  • Nicole Miller, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Inspections & Evaluations, U.S. Department of Interior, OIG, nicole_miller@doioig.gov

Goal: According to the FAEC Charter, the annual conference will be held to disseminate information to top leadership officials on its progress in achieving planned results and discuss special challenges and other events of interest.

Connect, Collaborate, and Learn Working Group

Leads:

 Goal: CCL aspires to create learning opportunities for the OIG community to advance technical skills and job performance through collaborative and interactive training sessions.

Website: https://www.ignet.gov/ccl

Improper Payments Subcommittee

Leadership:

Chair: Marcus Gullett, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit EPA, OIG

Role of the Committee:

The Improper Payments Subcommittee was initially formed in January 2010 in response to the CIGIE requirements in Executive Order 13520 on reducing improper payments that was signed on November 20, 2009.  The Subcommittee’s role then expanded to address the CIGIE requirements in the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–204—July 22, 2010), the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery and Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–248—January 10, 2013), and the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–117—March 2, 2020).

The current role of the Subcommittee is to update the CIGIE guide for the annual OIG compliance review that is required under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA); liaison, as needed, with the Office of Management and Budget on issues related to PIIA; and answer questions, as needed, related to improper payment issues from the CIGIE community.

2024 Planned Updates and Recent Accomplishments:

Update the Improper Payment Guide

Contact:

Marcus Gullett, Gullett.Marcus@epa.gov

Mentor Group

Leadership:

Chair: Theresa Hull, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General

Co-Chair: Jason Yovich, Deputy Assistant Inspector General of Audits, Evaluations, and Cyber, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Role of the Committee:

2024 Accomplishments:

  • Established the new subcommittee to:
    • Connect AIGAs and DAIGAs with mentors.
    • Create a Peer Connection for new AIGAs and DAIGAs.
    • Become mechanisms for AIGAs/DAIGAs to Share Best Practices.
    • Provide Informal Discussion groups for Audit/Peer Review issues.

2025 Planned Updates:

This year, the Subcommittee will design, develop, and distribute an AIGA/DAIGA Directory to fulfill its mission of providing AIGAs/DAIGAs with connections for mentorship and informal discussion groups to discuss issues and share best practices.

Contact: Theresa Hull, THull@nsf.gov, Jason Yovich, JYovich@fdicoig.gov

Resources

FAEC Product Review Process:

  1. FAEC Subcommittee Review and Approval
  2. FAEC Chair/Vice Chair Review and Approval
  3. Audit Committee Chair and Vice Chair Review and Approval
  4. Audit Committee Member IG Review and Approval
  5. CIGIE Executive Council Review and Approval
  6. Full IG Membership Review and Approval (if determined necessary by the CIGIE Executive Council)