Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls

Citation
Richard M. Nunno, Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls (GAO-12-616R) (May 24, 2012) (full-text).

Overview
This report presents the deficiencies the GAO identified during our fiscal year 2011 testing of information systems controls over key BPD financial systems relevant to the Schedule of Federal Debt. This report also includes the results of our follow-up on the status of BPD's corrective actions to address information systems control-related recommendations contained in our prior years' reports and open as of September 30, 2010. GAO also assessed information systems controls over key financial systems maintained and operated by the Federal Reserve Banks (FRB) on behalf of BPD relevant to the Schedule of Federal Debt. The GAO issued a separate report to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on the results from that assessment.