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QUALITY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (QMC)
The Quality Assurance Working Group (QAWG) was established in 2016 to help enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of Quality Assurance throughout the Federal OIG community. In 2019, CIGIE formally recognized the Working Group as part of its Federal Audit Executive Council (FAEC). In 2023, the QAWG became a full, permanent, standing committee under FAEC: the Quality Management Committee.
CIGIE’s Quality Standards for Federal Offices of Inspector General (Silver Book) requires each Office of Inspector General to establish and maintain a quality assurance program to ensure that work performed complies with established OIG policies and procedures; meets applicable professional standards; and is carried out economically, efficiently, and effectively.
Message from the Board
Quality management professionals have the opportunity and vital responsibility for catalyzing transformational change, self-awareness, and a culture of continuous learning and improvement within their organizations. On behalf of the QMC Board and fellow members, we invite you to participate with us in this vibrant, dynamic, and growing community. Arrive with your questions, lend your expertise, and contribute to a variety of initiatives that will further develop the community and yourself.
Meeting Schedule
The QMC meets on a quarterly basis. Meetings are typically held in the following months: February, May, July/August, and November/December.
Meetings are held virtually, via VTC (with a dial-in teleconference option).
Board/Leadership
The QMC is comprised of a Board and members. The Board – QMC’s official leadership – consists of the Chair, Vice-Chair, and two Operations Officers.
QMC Goals/Objectives + Charter
The Committee’s overall goals and objectives are to:
- Identify, document, and share resources, insights, and good/best practices to assist the OIG community with its 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.
The QMC’s Charter can be found here (in the process of updating)
Products, Activities, Resources
Whitepapers: QA Good Practices. The QMC developed and recently issued five industry whitepapers related to quality assurance, directly focusing on those areas senior leadership across the Federal OIG Audits community deemed priorities:
- Monitoring and Reporting Quality Assurance
- Audit Sampling
- Data Reliability
- Supervisory Review
- Audit risk
QA Community Profile. The QMC has initiated an ambitious benchmarking project aimed at identifying the Federal OIG community’s approach to quality assurance across the entirety of the CIGIE community, particularly from an Audits perspective. Standby for exciting developments…
Implementation of the 2024 Government Auditing Standards Revisions, Quality Management. QMC has convened an interagency working group of 35 OIGs to inform the oversight community’s implementation of the Yellow Book’s revisions related to its quality management requirements. A toolkit and information-sharing sessions are forthcoming.
Professional Development and Continuing Education. The QMC has established professional development and learning opportunities for its membership community, including in the areas of auditing; inspections and evaluations; quality assurance and control frameworks; and professional standards. Select presentation materials can be found here:
- The Silver Book and Quality Assurance (QMC; 3/2025)
- The Green Book: Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (GAO/QMC; 7/2024)
- Assessing and Responding to Errors in Published Reports (QMC; 12/2023).
- Navigating Difficult Conversations for Quality Management Practitioners (QMC; 5/2023)
- GAO Standards Update – 2023 Yellow Book Exposure Draft (QMC; 3/2023)
- CIGIE’s Federal Audit Executive Council (FAEC) (QMC; 2/2023)
- Quality Assurance and Risk Management (QMC; 8/2022)
- Focus on P.O.W.E.R. (QMC; 4/2022)
- The Trust Advantage (QMC; 2/2022)
- GAO’s Quality Assurance Framework (QMC; 9/2021)
- New Blue Book Training (QMC; 5/2021)
Membership & Participating Agencies
The QMC welcomes participation across the CIGIE Quality Management community. Please contact the Board to join. We look forward to welcoming you.
Current membership includes representation from the following agencies, primarily from Office of Inspectors General:
- AmeriCorps
- Amtrak
- Architect of the Capital
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Treasury
- Election Assistance Commission
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Farm Credit Administration
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Election Commission
- Federal Housing Finance Agency
- Federal Maritime Commission
- Federal Reserve Board
- Federal Trade Commission
- General Services Administration
- Government Accountability Office
- Health and Human Services
- Housing and Urban Development
- Intelligence Community
- Legal Services Corporation
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Credit Union Administration
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- National Intelligence Community
- National Labor Relations Board
- National Science Foundation
- National Security Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Office of the Intelligence Community
- Office of Personnel Management
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Security and Exchange Commission
- Small Business Administration
- Smithsonian Institution
- Social Security Administration
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
- Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- U.S. Airforce
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Capitol Police
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- U.S. Marshals Service
- U.S. Military
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- U.S. Postal Service
- Veterans Administration
Note: Membership/participation in QMC does not necessarily imply agency/OIG sponsorship or endorsement of QMC nor its activities or products.