The Office of Refugee Resettlement Did Not Award and Manage the Homestead Influx Care Facility Contracts in Accordance with Federal Requirements
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), a program office of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within HHS, manages the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program. ORR funds a network of about 195 facilities. ORR also operates influx care facilities to provide temporary emergency shelter...
The National Institutes of Health Should Improve Its Stewardship and Accountability Over Hardware and Software Assets
OIG identified monitoring and reporting on the integrity of HHS programs, including responsible stewardship of HHS programs and protection of resources, as a top management and performance challenge for HHS. NIH operations are responsible for the prudent management and careful stewardship of...
The National Institutes of Health Administered Superfund Appropriations During Fiscal Year 2019 in Accordance With Federal Requirements
The National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute Did Not Fully Comply With Federal Requirements For Other Transactions
Why OIG Did This Audit The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) use of “other transactions” (OTs), which are special award instruments that are generally not subject to Federal laws and regulations that apply to traditional award instruments, increased by $314 million from 2016 to 2019. The Federal...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Could Improve Its Wage Index Adjustment for Hospitals in Areas With the Lowest Wages
States Could Do More to Oversee Spending and Contain Medicaid Costs for Specialty Drugs
States Continued To Fall Short in Meeting Required Timeframes for Investigating Nursing Home Complaints: 2016-2018
Southwest Key Programs Failed to Protect Federal Funds Intended for the Care and Placement of Unaccompanied Alien Children
The Unaccompanied Alien Children ProgramThe UAC Program funds temporary shelter care and other related services for children in ORR custody. For project periods with services beginning during FYs 2014 and 2015, ORR awarded grants totaling $2.1 billion to providers for the care and placement of...