Federal Reports

An Amtrak secretary based in Chicago, Illinois, resigned from the company on November 10, 2020, while under investigation for engaging in outside employment while taking Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave and while on a Medical Leave of Absence. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by working as a personal assistant as part of a program funded through the Illinois Department of Human Services while also working for Amtrak. She conducted her job as a personal assistant during times that she was taking FMLA leave, a medical leave of absence, or sick leave. We also found that the former employee falsified a Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) application for sickness benefits by stating she had no income while she was receiving RRB benefits, when in fact she did have income from the State of Illinois.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act gave States the option to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income adults without dependent children. It also mandated changes to Medicaid eligibility rules and established a higher Federal reimbursement rate for services provided to these beneficiaries, which led us to review whether States were correctly determining eligibility for these newly eligible beneficiaries. (States operate and fund Medicaid in partnership with the Federal Government through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.) Ohio chose to expand Medicaid coverage.Our objective was to determine whether Ohio determined Medicaid eligibility for newly eligible beneficiaries in accordance with Federal and State eligibility requirements.

Our objective was to fulfill our responsibilities under the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act) (Pub. L. No. 101-576) and related legislation, we monitored Grant Thornton LLP's audit of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 financial statements to ensure the quality of the audit work performed was adequate.

The Office of Inspector General assessed NASA’s initial acquisition strategy for the Artemis missions with respect to meeting schedule, cost, and performance goals.