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Federal Reports
Report Date
Agency Reviewed / Investigated
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Type
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Social Security Administration
Overpayments Pending Collection for Miscellaneous Reasons
Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) should have resolved Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance overpayments that were pending collection for miscellaneous reasons.
Audit of Community Service Grants Awarded to Morgan State University, WEAA-FM, Baltimore, Maryland, for the Period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018, Report No. ASR1904-1906
DHS OIG conducted this investigation in response to complaints made by Lieutenant Commander [Redacted] (“Complainant 1”), and Lieutenant [Redacted] (“Complainant 2”) of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) alleging that Lieutenant Commander (Responsible Management Official 1 [Redacted] (“RMO 1”) and Captain [Redacted] (“RMO 2”) retaliated against the Complainants for making protected communications, in violation of the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (“MWPA”), 10 U.S.C. § 1034.
Financial Audit of Centro de Informacion y Educacion para la Prevencion del Abuso de Drogas' Management of the Alliance for Digital and Financial Services Project in Peru, Cooperative Agreement 72052718CA00003, December 15, 2017, to December 31, 2018
Financial Audit of the Punjab Youth Workforce Development Project in Pakistan Managed by Louis Berger Group Inc., Contract AID-391-C-16-00001, May 18, 2016, to May 25, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not properly review the requests for Public Assistance grant funds for damages to the Holland Tunnel. FEMA did not follow Federal regulations nor its own guidelines for reviewing cost estimates and documenting its determinations. FEMA Region II personnel could not provide documentation to justify changes made to the cost estimates or prove they reviewed the cost estimates for reasonableness, resulting in a lack of assurance the costs obligated are accurate and reasonable. We recommend FEMA deobligate $123 million in ineligible costs, in addition to two other recommendations that, when implemented, will improve FEMA’s review and obligation of Public Assistance grant funds. FEMA concurred with one recommendation, which we consider resolved and open. FEMA did not concur with two recommendations that remain unresolved and open.
DHS has not fully met requirements of the Act to assess its cybersecurity workforce and develop a strategy to address workforce gaps. The Department has not submitted annual workforce assessments to Congress by the statutorily defined due dates for the past four years. DHS did not include all required information in the submitted assessments. Further, the Department did not submit an annual cybersecurity workforce strategy to Congress, as required between 2015 and 2018. We made three recommendations to the Chief Human Capital Officer to timely complete the required cyber workforce assessments and strategies by assigning necessary staff resources, establishing a department-wide and coordinated approach to compiling centralized cybersecurity workforce data, and conducting oversight of component stakeholders to ensure department-wide commitment to addressing legislative reporting and data submission requirements. The Department concurred with all three recommendations.
