Certification and Quality Assurance
Certification
Agencies are required to certify that the information provided to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is complete, accurate, and reliable.
Quality Assurance
Data quality assurance involves the process of data cleaning and screening for accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and compliance.
Agencies are required to conduct quality assurance of data on a regular basis (and, at minimum, prior to certification) to confirm that data elements are complete, accurate, and reliable. Quality checks may include:
- Crosscheck of the agency human resource information system (and/or pay system) with records within OPM’s Executive and Schedule C System (ESCS).
- Crosscheck of all required data fields against completed personnel actions.
- Update of any new and corrected personnel actions to ESCS.
- Review of random selection of records on a regular basis to confirm that all data fields are completed and accurate.
It is the responsibility of each individual agency to ensure that the information it provides is not prohibited from disclosure under federal law. Agencies that have certified the completeness, accuracy, and reliability of their data are listed below. This list will be updated following the 2024 update of the Plum Reporting website, which is scheduled to be completed this summer.
| Agency | Certification Date |
|---|---|
| Administrative Conference of the United States | |
| Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | 6/13/2025 |
| African Development Foundation | |
| American Battle Monuments Commission | 6/25/2025 |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | 6/30/2025 |
| Arctic Research Commission | 7/1/2025 |
| Armed Forces Retirement Home | |
| Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation | 6/26/2025 |
| Central Intelligence Agency | |
| Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | |
| Commission of Fine Arts | |
| Commodity Futures Trading Commission | 6/18/2025 |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission | 6/24/2025 |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | |
| Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency | 6/25/2025 |
| Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia | 6/30/2025 |
| Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board | 6/25/2025 |
| Delta Regional Authority | |
| Department of Agriculture | 6/27/2025 |
| Department of Commerce | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Education | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Education Office of the Inspector General | 5/22/2025 |
| Department of Energy | 6/25/2025 |
| Department of Energy Office of the Inspector General | 6/30/2025 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General | 6/20/2025 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 6/30/2025 |
| Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 6/30/2025 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General | 6/30/2025 |
| Department of Justice | 6/25/2025 |
| Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Labor | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Labor Office of Inspector General | 6/9/2025 |
| Department of State | 6/27/2025 |
| Department of State Office of the Inspector General | 6/26/2025 |
| Department of the Air Force | |
| Department of the Army | 6/25/2025 |
| Department of the Interior | 6/30/2025 |
| Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General | 7/1/2025 |
| Department of the Navy | 6/20/2025 |
| Department of the Treasury | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of the Treasury Office of the Inspector General | |
| Department of the Treasury Tax Administration Office of the Inspector General | 6/30/2025 |
| Department of Transportation | 6/24/2025 |
| Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General | |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 6/25/2025 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General | 6/23/2025 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 6/24/2025 |
| Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Inspector General | 7/1/2025 |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | 6/10/2025 |
| Executive Office of the President-Council of Economic Advisers | 6/30/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Council on Environmental Quality | 6/24/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of Administration | 6/25/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of Management and Budget | 6/24/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of National Drug Control Policy | 6/25/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy | 6/24/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of Science and Technology Policy | 6/20/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of the National Cyber Director | 6/25/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of the United States Trade Representative | 6/24/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Office of the Vice President | 6/24/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-Official Residence of the Vice President | 6/24/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-U.S. DOGE Service | 6/30/25 |
| Executive Office of the President-White House Office | 6/30/25 |
| Export-Import Bank | |
| Export-Import Bank Office of the Inspector General | |
| Federal Communications Commission | 7/1/2025 |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | |
| Federal Election Commission | 6/25/2025 |
| Federal Election Commission Office of the Inspector General | 4/2/2024 |
| Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | 6/18/2025 |
| Federal Housing Finance Agency | |
| Federal Housing Finance Board | |
| Federal Labor Relations Authority | 6/30/2025 |
| Federal Maritime Commission | 6/30/2025 |
| Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | |
| Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission | 6/26/2025 |
| Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council | 6/24/2025 |
| Federal Reserve System | 3/27/2024 |
| Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board | 6/30/2025 |
| Federal Trade Commission | 6/24/2025 |
| General Services Administration | 6/24/2025 |
| General Services Administration Office of the Inspector General | 6/9/2025 |
| Government Accountability Office | |
| Government Publishing Office | |
| Great Lakes Fishery Commission | |
| Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council | 6/24/2025 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | 6/30/2025 |
| Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator | 6/26/2025 |
| Interagency Council on the Homeless | |
| Inter-American Foundation | 6/30/2025 |
| International Boundary and Water Commission | |
| Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin | |
| James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation | |
| Japan United States Friendship Commission | |
| Library of Congress | |
| Marine Mammal Commission | |
| Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission | |
| Merit Systems Protection Board | 6/24/2025 |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation | |
| Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation | |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 6/27/2025 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Inspector General | |
| National Archives and Records Administration | 6/24/2025 |
| National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Inspector General | |
| National Capital Planning Commission | |
| National Council on Disability | |
| National Credit Union Administration | 6/24/2025 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | |
| National Endowment for the Humanities Office of the Inspector General | |
| National Labor Relations Board | |
| National Mediation Board | |
| National Science Foundation | 6/16/2025 |
| National Science Foundation Office of the Inspector General | |
| National Security Council | 6/30/2025 |
| National Space Council | 6/30/2025 |
| National Transportation Safety Board | 6/26/2025 |
| Northern Border Regional Commission | |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | 6/30/2025 |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Inspector General | |
| Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board | 6/24/2025 |
| Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | 5/15/2025 |
| Office of Government Ethics | |
| Office of Personnel Management | 6/30/2025 |
| Office of Personnel Management Office of the Inspector General | 6/30/2025 |
| Office of Special Counsel | 6/20/2025 |
| Office of the Director for National Intelligence | |
| Office of the Secretary of Defense | 6/24/2025 |
| Office of the Secretary of Defense Office of the Inspector General | |
| Peace Corps | 7/1/2025 |
| Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | |
| Postal Regulatory Commission | |
| Presidents Committee on the Arts and the Humanities | |
| Public Buildings Reform Board | |
| Railroad Retirement Board | 6/26/2025 |
| Railroad Retirement Board Office of the Inspector General | 6/25/2025 |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | 7/1/2025 |
| Selective Service System | |
| Small Business Administration | 6/24/2025 |
| Small Business Administration Office of the Inspector General | |
| Social Security Administration | 6/24/2025 |
| Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General | 6/20/2025 |
| Surface Transportation Board | 6/23/2025 |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | |
| Tennessee Valley Authority Office of the Inspector General | |
| Trade and Development Agency | |
| U.S. Abilityone Commission | |
| U.S. Access Board | 6/5/2025 |
| U.S. Agency for Global Media | |
| U.S. Commission on Civil Rights | |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | 6/26/2025 |
| U.S. Agency for International Development Office of the Inspector General | |
| U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad | |
| U.S. Election Assistance Commission | |
| U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum | |
| U.S. Institute of Peace | |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation | 5/20/2025 |
| U.S. International Trade Commission | 6/24/2025 |
| U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | 7/1/2025 |
| U.S. Postal Service | |
| U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission | |
| Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission | |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | |
| World War I Centennial Commission |