Joseph E. Vengrin,
CPA, CGFM
Appointed Assistant
Inspector General for Audit Operations and Financial Statement Activities in May
1987.
Serves as Principal
Deputy to the Deputy Inspector General for Audit Services.
Responsible for audit
operations for the Office of Audit Services, which provides comprehensive audit
services for over 300 HHS programs with annual outlays in excess of $350
billion.
Responsible for
establishing policy for all HHS audit activities related to these programs and
for overseeing the audit of the consolidated HHS financial statements.
This includes audits of the Health Care Financing Administration (which accounts
for over 80 percent of the HHS outlays), eight other major HHS operating
divisions, and four service organizations that provide departmental accounting
or computer services. Accounting for about 21.2 percent of total Federal
outlays, HHS is one of the four largest agencies included in the Government-wide
financial statements.
Actively involved in
emerging issues affecting Federal financial management, such as implementation
of the Government Performance and Results Act and Year 2000 computer system
readiness.
Received numerous
awards for contributions to the improvement of government financial management,
including the prestigious Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award in 1997.
Began Government career
in 1969 at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Has held a variety of
increasingly responsible positions, including Director, Audit Operations, prior
to his current position.
Has been an instructor
and lecturer in accounting and auditing at Northern Virginia Community College.
Certified Public
Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Certified Government
Financial Manager, AGA.
Member of the
Association of Government Accountants and Past Chairman.
Audit Standards
Committee.
Member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
