External Peer Reviews
Each Federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) is required to receive an independent, comprehensive peer review of its audit operations once every three years, consistent with applicable standards and guidelines. In general, the peer reviews determine whether the OIG's internal quality control system is adequately designed and provides reasonable assurance that the OIG follows applicable standards (e.g., Government Auditing Standards), policies and procedures. An External Peer Review report is issued with a rating of pass, pass with deficiencies, or fail.