Oversight Review: Quality Control Review of Air Force Audit Agency's Special Access Program Audits
Abstract
We arc providing this report for your information and use. We reviewed the Air Force Audit Agency (AFAA) system of quality control for Special Access Program (SAP) audits for the three years ended September 30, 2004. The Government Auditing Standards (GAS) require that an audit organization performing audits and/or attestation engagements in accordance with GAS should have an appropriate internal quality control system in place and undergo an external peer review at least once every 3 years by reviewers independent of the audit organization being reviewed. As the organization that has audit policy and oversight responsibilities for audits in the Department of Defense, we conducted this external peer review of the AFAA SAP audits in conjunction with the Naval Audit Service's external peer review of AFAA non-SAP audits. An audit organization's quality control policies and procedures should be appropriately comprehensive and suitably designed to provide reasonable assurance of meeting the objectives of quality control. We tested the AFAA system of quality control to the extent considered appropriate. In our opinion, the system of quality control for the audit function of the AFAA SAP audits in effect for the period ended September 30, 2004, was designed in accordance with quality standards established by GAS. Further, the internal quality control system was operating effectively to provide reasonable assurance that SAP audit personnel were following established policies, procedures, and applicable auditing standards. Accordingly, we are issuing an unqualified opinion on your SAP audit quality control system for the review period ended September 30, 2004.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 26, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA437287
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense