The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) assessed VA’s compliance with mandated reporting of staffing and vacancy data on its public website and its clarity in related explanations. The MISSION Act of 2018 requires VA to publicly release this information each quarter to promote transparency in personnel management. VA must also report yearly on the steps taken to achieve full staffing capacity and improve the onboarding timeline for certain facilities. The MISSION Act further requires the OIG to review VA’s data-reporting website and make recommendations for improvement.The OIG found VA complied with staffing and vacancy reporting requirements by publishing data on onboard personnel, gains and losses, vacancies, and time-to-hire. However, in its 2023 annual report, VA did not address the steps it took to improve the onboarding process at medical facilities that exceeded time-to-hire metrics, as required by the Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020; VA agreed to ensure this is addressed in future reports. Furthermore, the OIG identified opportunities for VA to improve the staffing and vacancy information reported on its public website. The review team found that VA could clarify the reason for reporting vacancies as funded and unfunded, define the scope for data in its annual reports, and ensure that data sources are described consistently across written procedures and published reports.The OIG made one recommendation to the assistant secretary for human resources and administration/operations, security, and preparedness to ensure the annual reports to Congress include the steps VA is taking to improve the onboard timeline for facilities where the duration of the onboarding process exceeds the metrics laid out in the VHA time-to-hire model, or successor model, in accordance with the Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020.
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Department of Veterans Affairs | Action Needed to Ensure VA Meets Staffing and Vacancy Reporting Requirements under the MISSION Act of 2018 | Review | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | Cloud Computing: USAID Needs to Improve Controls to Better Protect Agency Data | Audit |
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| Department of War | Summary of Oversight Reports on Security Assistance to Ukraine Issued From January 2020 Through February 2024, to Inform DoD Efforts to Support Israel and Other Future Security Assistance Efforts | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| General Services Administration | FAS’s Office of Assisted Acquisition Services Should Improve Its Oversight and Administration of Classified Contracts | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Denali Commission | Denali Commission’s Charge Card Program Risk Assessment | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Internal Revenue Service | The Individual Tax Processing Engine Project Is Progressing, but Risks Remain | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Federal Labor Relations Authority | Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Federal Labor Relations Authority for Fiscal Year 2025 | Top Management Challenges | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | Audit of Community Service and Other Grants Awarded to WTVP-TV, Licensed to Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation, Peoria, Illinois for the Period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, Report No. AST2404-2415 | Audit |
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| U.S. Agency for International Development | Financial Audit of Health Direct Financing Project Managed by Government of Nepal's Department of Health and Services and Other Implementing Government Agencies Under Development Objective Agreement 367-014 (3670184.00), IL No. 6, March 26 to July 16, 202 | Other |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | DOJ Press Release: Former Southern Pine Credit Union Finance Officer Sentenced to Prison | Investigation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
