Goals

The goals of the PCIE Inspection and Evaluation Committee are:

• to provide positive contributions to the Inspector General community as well as the Federal Government as a whole in improving the management of Federal programs;
• to improve the practice of inspections and evaluation by sharing effective practices and insights; and
• to improve the analytic and administrative skills of OIG inspectors and evaluators by providing training in variety of pertinent topics.

Subgroups

• I & E Roundtable Members

Reports

• Survey of Inspection and Evaluation Units in the Federal Inspector General Community (February 2004)
• "Common Problems and Uncommon Solutions: How OIG's are Helping Improve Federal Travel Card Programs" (December 2003)
• "A Practical Guide for Reviewing Government Purchase Card Programs" (2002)
• Advisory and Assistance Services: A Practical Reference Guide (January 2001)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Compliance with Federal Agency Child Support Efforts prepared by the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (May 2000)
• Survey of Inspection and Evaluation Units in the IG Community (January 2000)
• Screening of Federal Grants and Loans by Offices of Inspector General and Their Agencies' Grant and Loan Officers (January 1998)
• Inspections and Evaluations Divisions Working Relationships (January 1998)
• Inspection and Evaluation Units: Examples of Impact (January 1997)
• OIG Involvement in GPRA Activities (August 1996)
• Accountability for Block Grants (July 1996)

• Quality Standards for Inspections (1993)

• American Evaluation Association
• Eastern Evaluation Research Society
• GAO Publications
  • Designing Evaluations (03/91)
  • Case Study Evaluations (11/90)
  • The Evaluation Synthesis (03/92)
  • Prospective Evaluation Methods: The Prospective Evaluation Synthesis
• Resources from the DHHS OIG