Federal Reports

What We Looked AtWe queried and downloaded 93 single audit reports prepared by non-Federal auditors and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between April 1, 2023, and June 30, 2023, to identify significant findings related to programs directly funded by the Department of Transportation (DOT).What We FoundWe found that reports contained a range of findings that impacted DOT programs. The auditors reported 26 incidents of significant noncompliance with Federal guidelines related to 18 grantees that require prompt action from DOT’s Operating Administrations (OA). Of the 26 significant findings, 13 were repeat findings related to 8 grantees. The auditors also identified questioned costs totaling $2,892,004 for five grantees. Of this amount, $2,550,676 was related to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, WA. Additionally, we identified nonmonetary repeat findings that caused a qualified opinion for the Hydaburg Cooperative Association, Hydaburg, AK, the City of Fairburn, Fairburn, GA, and the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Wagner, SD.RecommendationsWe recommend that DOT coordinate with the impacted OAs to develop a corrective action plan to resolve and close the findings identified in this report. We also recommend that DOT determine the allowability of the questioned transactions and recover $2,892,004, if applicable. 

We substantiated allegations that a marina owner submitted false receipts for an FWS grant and violated the terms and conditions of the grant.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation to determine whether the EPA has verified that its own laboratories are complying with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requirements for the management of hazardous waste.

Objectives: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) completed counts for program integrity and hearings workloads in Fiscal Years 2017 through 2021 were complete and accurate. In addition, we determined whether SSA’s spending exceeded dedicated funding amounts for program integrity and hearings backlog workloads.

The report provides information for administrative law judge trends for Fiscal Years 2018 through 2022.

This report presents a summary of the results of our self-initiated audits assessing the controls over retail transactions at three selected retail units in the Ohio 2 District. These retail units include Madeira Branch, Groesbeck Branch, and the Cincinnati Main Post Office in the Ohio 2 District of the Central Area. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) previously issued interim reports to district management for each of these retail units regarding the conditions we identified.