Audit of the Federal Trade Commission’s Unpaid Consultant and Expert Program

Recommend that the FTC Executive Director, in coordination with bureau directors, develop internal policy or guidance requiring documenting unpaid consultants’ and experts’ scope of work—including guidance on allowable and prohibited activities and a process for communicating the scope of work with candidates prior to their time with the FTC.

Recommend that the FTC Executive Director, in coordination with office and bureau directors, establish individual employment agreements for each unpaid consultant and expert, delineating roles and restrictions for each position.

Recommend that the Executive Director, in coordination with bureau directors, develop and disseminate unpaidconsultant and expert program policies and procedures for identifying and documenting position needs and standardizingrecruitment and selection.