Federal Reports

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this audit to determine whether VA complied with the law governing geospatial data and to follow up on recommendations from its inaugural report. VA uses geospatial data to support budget, strategic planning, and policy decisions for benefits and services it provides.The OIG found VA met nine of the 12 applicable covered agency requirements of the law. According to VA officials, VA does not collect, hold, manage, or consume declassified geospatial data, and the OIG team did not find evidence to the contrary, making the related requirement not applicable.In its inaugural audit, the OIG found VA was not compliant with three covered agency requirements: (1) VA was unable to comply with requirement 1 due to the absence of an approved strategic plan from the Federal Geographic Data Committee, (2) VA had not established mandatory department-wide policies and responsibilities to promote the integration of geospatial data for requirement 3, and (3) VA had not ensured geospatial data and activities are included on VA record schedules that have been approved by the National Archives and Records Administration for requirement 4.Although VA has taken steps toward compliance with the requirements, all necessary actions have not been completed for requirements 1 and 3. In addition, although VA was previously compliant with requirement 9, it has not met additional recommended criteria to protect personal privacy and maintain confidentiality.The OIG recognizes the complexity of integrating multiple geographic information systems across the agency. In light of the significant progress VA has made to comply with the act’s requirements, the OIG is making no recommendations for improvement. The OIG encourages VA to complete its planned actions to ensure compliance.

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This report presents a summary of the results of our self-initiated audits assessing mail delivery, customer service, and property conditions at four select delivery units in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM Region (Project Number 22-132). These delivery units were the Rio Rancho Branch and Richard J. Pino Station in Albuquerque, NM; and the Santa Fe Main Post Office (MPO) and Coronado Station in Santa Fe, NM. We judgmentally selected these delivery units based on the number of customer inquiries per route the unit received and Stop-the- Clock (STC) scans occurring at the delivery unit. We previously issued interim reports to district management for each of these units regarding the conditions we identified. In addition, we issued a report on the efficiency of operations at the Albuquerque Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), which services these four delivery units.All four delivery units are in the Arizona-New Mexico District of the WestPac Area and have a combined total of 75 city routes and 153 rural routes. Staffing at the delivery units during our audit included 87 full-time city carriers, 34 city carrier assistants, 137 full-time rural carriers, 94 rural replacement carriers, 11 assistant rural carrier, 44 full-time clerks, one full-time mail handler, and 19 postal support employees (see Table 1).The delivery units service about 332,667 people in several ZIP Codes, which are all considered to be urban communities (see Table 2).

EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited funds received by the State of Delaware under the Help America Vote Act, including state matching funds and interest earned, totaling $20 million. This included Election Security and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grants.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are the primary collaborators on the Visa Security Program (VSP), with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) having a limited role.