US International Trade Commission
USITC Inspector General concluded that the agency was compliant with the Payment Integrity Information Act of of 2019 (PIIA) in the most recent compliance audit (OIG-MR-25-06) completed in May 2025. PIIA requires agencies to review and assess all programs and activities with annual outlays greater than $10,000,000 for improper payment risk at least once every three years to identify those susceptible to significant improper payments. USITC only has one program and aims to conduct an improper payment risk assessment annually, but no less than once every three years. In FY 2025, USITC conducted improper payment risk assessments for the only program and determined it was not susceptible to significant improper payments. In addition, risk assessments will be performed if any significant changes affecting operations or funding occur to determine if the agency continues to be at low risk for making significant improper payments at or above the threshold levels set by PIIA. USITC maintains payment integrity with well established processes, strong financial controls and continuous monitoring.
Show full executive summaryRecovery information
Please note: Overpayment amounts recovered are reported in the year they were recovered, not the year they were identified. Therefore it is possible in some years to have a recovery rate greater than 100%.
| Overpayment amount identified through recovery activities | $0.26 M |
| Overpayment amount recovered through recovery activities | $0.08 M |
| Recovery activities recovery rate | 30.77 % |
Why recovery audits are not cost effective in certain programs
The USITC has one program (Salaries and Expenses) that is soley sourced by the annual appropriation. In FY 2025, the appropriation for the agency was $122 million and improper payments were .21% of the appropriation amount. As a result, the agency determined that it is not cost effective to conduct recovery audits for the program but rather focus efforts on maintaining and improving strong internal controls that are designed to prevent and detect improper payments.
Supplemental Information
USITC uses the Do Not Pay Initiative to review payment eligibility for purposes of identifying and preventing improper payments. The USITC utilizes a Shared Service Provider (IBC) to host our financial systems. IBC posts a Do Not Pay file into Oracle on a weekly basis for USITC review. IBC utilizes the Treasury Working System to perform online searches and screen payments against the Do Not Pay databases. USITC is notified of any flagged payments or items in need of adjudication. During FY 2025, USITC vendor payments totaled approximately $20M. The Do Not Pay Initiative has neither identified a material amount nor realized a reduction of improper payments attributable to implementing the Do Not Pay Initiative capabilities. Rather, Do Not Pay Initiative implementation has proven that USITC has robust and effective internal controls over ensuring that eligible entities receive Federal funds.
The Working System has not reduced/prevented improper payments:
USITC has not identitied incorrect information in the Working System.
USITC was found compliant during the most recent PIIA compliance review.
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Compliant programs:
- Salaries and expenses - US International Trade Commission
| Program name | When was the last improper payment risk assessment conducted? | Likely to be susceptible to significant improper payments? | Substantial changes made to the assessment methodology used for the reporting cycle |
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| Salaries and expenses - US International Trade Commission | 2025 |
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