The objective of this sample audit work program is to assess documented policies and procedures, including business requirements documentation, to determine if the provisions of the Electronic Signatures Act (E-Sign Act) and Department of Education are adequately addressed and ensure that electronic signature records can be proved to be authentic.

This audit work program can be used to gain an understanding of methods/evidence that could be used to demonstrate the authenticity of electronic signature documents and document the methods/evidence in a narrative, and document any exceptions in the testing summary.