Federal Reports

In August 2020, U.S. Representative Bobby Rush, 1st Congressional District of Illinois, requested that we conduct an investigation after he received over 600 complaints regarding inadequate mail delivery for customers serviced by four stations in the Chicago District. The Postal Service stations included Auburn Park, Henry McGee, Ashburn, and James E. Worsham. Congressman Rush stated that constituents reported they had not received their mail for up to four weeks and received unsatisfactory service at the retail counter. Our objective was to evaluate mail delivery and customer service issues at the Auburn Park, Henry McGee, Ashburn, and James E. Worsham Stations.

EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock, & Associates, LLC, audited $4.5 million in funds received by the Arkansas Secretary of State under the Help America Vote Act. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Office: 1) used funds for authorized purposes in accordance with Section 101 of HAVA and other applicable requirements; 2) properly accounted for and controlled property purchased with HAVA payments; and 3) used the funds in a manner consistent with the budget plan provided to EAC.

What We Looked AtThis report presents the results of our quality control review (QCR) of Allmond & Company, LLC’s management letter regarding the audit it conducted, under contract with us, of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) financial statements for fiscal years 2020 and 2019. In addition to its audit report on NTSB’s financial statements, Allmond issued a management letter that discusses internal control matters that it was not required to include in its audit report. What We FoundOur QCR of the management letter disclosed no instances in which Allmond did not comply, in all material respects, with generally accepted Government auditing standards. RecommendationsAllmond made eight recommendations in its management letter. NTSB concurred with all eight recommendations.