Federal Reports

Although the Department of Homeland Security has made improvements to reduce improper payments (IPs) and unknown payments (UPs), DHS did not comply with the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 for fiscal year 2023. According to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, an agency must meet all 10 PIIA requirements to be compliant. DHS complied with 9 of the 10 requirements, but it did not comply with the requirement to publish IP and UP estimates for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance Validate As You Go (VAYGo) program for FY 2023.

This report presents the results of our audit of the U.S. Postal Service Emergency Preparedness ofHurricane Ian.

We found DOI complied with PIIA, but we made one recommendation to help ensure program risk assessments are more accurate and effective.

Why We Did This ReportThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine whether the EPA complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for fiscal year 2023 reporting and to evaluate the EPA’s corrective action plans and efforts to prevent and reduce improper payments from prior audit recommendations. Summary of FindingsThe EPA complied with the requirements of the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, or PIIA, and the applicable Office of Management and Budget guidance for its fiscal year 2023 reporting. The EPA has made progress in resolving corrective action plans and efforts to prevent and reduce improper payments from prior audit recommendations, but Agency corrective actions are still in process. The Agency satisfied these requirements for PIIA compliance for FY 2023 but has an opportunity to improve internal controls to provide better oversight of its payment integrity activities.