to facilitate an audit. The Government Accountability Office shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with any assets held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians. All such books, accounts, records, reports, files, papers, and property of the Open Technology Fund shall remain in the possession and custody of the Open Technology Fund. (3) Exercise of authorities Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service is authorized to exercise the authorities of the Inspector General Act of 1978 with respect to the Open Technology Fund. . (b) Conforming amendments The United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 is amended by— (1) in section 304(d) ( 22 U.S.C. 6203(d) ), by inserting the Open Technology Fund, before the Middle East Broadcasting Networks