GSA officials love the Industrial Funding Fee because it pays their salaries. The IFF is the fuel that keeps the bureaucratic fire burning brightly. GSA can be shameless in its quest for the IFF, particularly during pre- and post-award reviews by Industrial Operations Analysts (IOA). The IOA focuses on the IFF reporting and payment processes. The purpose of the visit is to make sure that each new Schedule holder understands the absolute necessity of paying the IFF on time. An IOA visit should not be construed as a full blown audit; those are conducted post-award by the GSA Office of the Inspector General (OIG). OIG audits can scrutinize all aspects of contract compliance in varying degrees of detail and scope depending on what triggered the audit.