OTC Audit Reports and Evaluations

View OT-related audit reports and evaluations, primarily those conducted by the Government Accountability Office and the Office of Inspector General.

Audits and Evaluations

DHS OIG Audit - DHS OT Use - Nov 2017
An audit report of whether the Department of Homeland Security's use of OT authority met statutory requirements for issuing and overseeing OTs.

DHS OIG Audit - OTs and Consortia - May 2019
An audit report on the extent the Department of Homeland Security has controls for issuing and managing OT agreements involving consortium activities.

DoD OIG Audit - DoD OTs and Consortia - Apr 2021
An audit report of whether the Department of Defense planned and awarded OTs awarded through consortiums in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

DoD OIG Audit - DoD Production and EP OTs - May 2022
A report to inform Department of Defense leadership of the lack of policies and procedures for tracking OT agreements for follow-on production and for tracking and awarding OTs as Procurements for Experimental Purposes.

DoD OIG Audit - DoD OTs and NDCs - Sep 2022
An audit report on whether the Department of Defense awarded OTs for prototypes in accordance with applicable Federal laws and department policies.

GAO Audit - COVID-19 Contracting - Jul 2021
An audit report examining how the DoD, HHS, and DHS (the only agencies that reported using OTs in response to COVID-19 in the federal procurement database) used such OT agreements, including awards to consortia, and oversight of such use.

GAO Audit - DHS Use of Acquisition Authority - Dec 2004
An audit report on whether Department of Homeland Security developed policies and established a workforce to manage OTs effectively and evaluated how effectively DHS used its OT authority to attract nontraditional government contractors.

GAO Audit - DoD OTs and Consortia - Sep 2022
An audit report examining the extent to which the Department of Defense used consortia-based OTs from FYs 2019 thru 2022 and shared consortia-based OT information with contracting personnel.

GAO Audit - Federal Use of OTs - Jan 2016
An audit reports that outlines which agencies are authorized to use OT agreements and the extent to which agencies have guidance to implement the authority, why agencies used OT agreements and for what types of activities, and the extend to which agencies used OT agreement for FYs 2010 through 2014.

HHS OIG Audit - NHLBI OT Compliance - Apr 2021
An audit report that determined whether NHLBI complied with applicable Federal requirements for awarding and administering OTs.

NASA OIG Audit - Reimbursable Agreements - May 2018
An audit report of NASA's management of reimbursable agreements, which includes Space Act Agreements (NASA's equivalent of Other Transactions). 

NASA OIG Audit - Use of Space Act Agreements - Jun 2014
An audit report examining NASA's management and use of Space Act Agreements (NASA's equivalent of Other Transactions).

NSF OIG Report - Summary of OT Findings - Mar 2023
A report informing the National Science Foundation of potential risks inherent to OTs as it develops its own OT policies and procedures.