Federal Reports

OIG reviewed USDA’s compliance with improper payment requirements and the Department’s high-dollar overpayments reports for FY 2020.

La EPA debe realizar nuevas RTR de las categorías de fuentes que emiten cloropreno y óxido de etileno para abordar los riesgos elevados de cáncer para una persona de por vida que afectan a más de 464,000 personas, como se observó en una herramienta de modelización, y lograr justicia ambiental.

To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) overpaid widows when it applied the Social Security Act’s Retirement Insurance Benefits (RIB) limitation provision and the reduced widow(er)’s benefit policy.

Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of Terminal Handling Services (THS) operations in Denver, CO. We conducted site visits at the Denver THS facility and the Denver Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). We selected the Denver P&DC because it accounted for about 76 percent of the total mail volume delivered to the Denver THS. Our fieldwork occurred after the President of the U.S. issued the national coronavirus emergency declaration on March 13, 2020. Our results may not reflect process and/or operational changes that occurred as a result of the pandemic.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did not adequately identify and track human trafficking crimes. Specifically, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) did not accurately track dissemination and receipt of human trafficking tips, did not consistently take follow-up actions on tips, and did not maintain accurate data on human trafficking. These issues occurred because HSI did not have a cohesive approach for carrying out its responsibilities to combat human trafficking. We made one recommendation to improve ICE’s coordination and human trafficking efforts to assist victims. ICE concurred with our recommendation.