The Office of Personnel Management has added three new
senior executives to its Center for Internal Control
and Risk Management as part of a larger effort to address
financial management shortcomings.
It said that earlier this year it requested “a downgraded
rating on the financial performance section of the OPM
scorecard” after finding “material weaknesses,” and
explained the request as one that “would yield long term
benefits in the way OPM and other agencies handle internal
control and risk management and give further credibility
to an agency when it achieved and maintained green status.”
Robert Wurster, formerly the division director for program
reviews in the office of audits in the office of the
inspector general at the State Department, was named chief
of OPM’s risk management group where he will be the
principal manager for researching and drafting policies
and procedures for a comprehensive internal control and
risk management program, OPM said.
It named Michael Thaggard, an engineer by training with
experience as a lead operations research and management
analyst in the Department of Defense, to the new audit
coordination group chief in CICRM, who will act as the
primary liaison to the office of inspector general.
Bruce Belyea was appointed as procurement analyst in
CICRM and is tasked with looking for ways to improve
procurement processes and management, increase operational
efficiency and effectiveness, and achieve potential
monetary benefits through the application of internal
controls and risk management, said OPM.
