scope:

PURPOSE.

To minimize the burden on units from internal U.S. Coast Guard Assessment, Inspection and Audit (AIA) activities without creating unacceptable organizational risk. This Instruction establishes a governance structure for AIA Activities that will implement a process to validate requirements, identify redundancy, evaluate risk, consolidate scheduling, and provide transparency of AIA results. The ideal result will be fewer AIA visits to units, minimal redundancy in AIA activities and no significant increase in organizational risk. Definitions of AIA-specific terms are provided as enclosure (1). A list of activities considered AIA is provided as enclosure (2). This list of activities is not exhaustive. This list can be modified by the AIA Compliance Configuration Board (CCB) or the AIA Compliance Oversight Board (COB). This list specifically excludes financial and property audits governed by Commandant (CG-8) and any external assessments, audits or inspections directed by higher authority. However, every effort will be made to consider these activities when practical.