The report cited issues similar to those raised in other reports by IGs of various agencies. Image: ALamphad/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration has raised concerns about the off-boarding process there, citing “risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access to, or modification of government information and property, and unauthorized access to NARA’s facilities and IT systems.”
The report cited issues similar to those raised in other reports by IGs of various agencies, including that personal identification verification cards were not timely disabled, exit documents were not always kept, financial obligations of departing employees were not timely identified, and property that had been assigned to the employees was not adequately tracked.
It said for example that in a sample of 20 agency employees and three contractor employees who had departed or who had been reassigned in a way that required changing their IT system access, five did not have access disabled per agency standards—in one case for more than 700 days and in another for nearly 900. Similarly it said that of the 13 employees in that group who separated, the agency did not timely cancel PIV cards for five, including one for nearly 550 days.
Another complicating factor, it said, is that many off-boarding responsibilities require coordination across component lines within the agency, involving HR, IT, security, acquisition, financial management and other offices.
Agency management stated general agreement with the IG’s recommendations but did not provide specific comments.
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