Federal Reports

This report was submitted to the Comptroller General in accordance with Section 5 of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Act of 2008. The report summarizes the activities of GAO's Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the six-month reporting period ending March 31, 2023. During the reporting period, the OIG provided Congress with its legislative priorities which will improve transparency and enhance its independence by providing parity with other federal Inspectors General.The OIG also initiated work on one performance audit and continued work on three additional performance audits. In addition, the OIG closed nine investigations and opened 11 new investigations. The OIG processed 32 substantive hotline complaints, many of which were referred to other OIGs for action because the matters involved were within their jurisdictions.The OIG remained active in the GAO and OIG communities by briefing new GAO employees on its audit and investigative missions, briefing GAO teams on the work of the GAO OIG, and participating in committees and working groups of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, including those related to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

This evaluation focused on EPA Region 9’s oversight of authorized Hawaii state programs for underground storage tanks and drinking water quality and the response to the Red Hill drinking water contamination incident.

Independent Public Accountants (IPA) Audit Report of the FEC’s Human Capital Management Program.

Our objective was to evaluate the U.S. Postal Service’s management of the HCR late trip payment process. To accomplish our objective, we selected three samples of late trip payment transactions to review for accuracy of the payments. The first was a statistical sample of 208 of the 52,446 payment transactions for FY 2021 and FY 2022. The second was a judgmental sample of 55 transactions greater than 200 hours late. The last was a judgmental sample of 163 of the 1,629 lump sum payment transactions.

For our evaluation of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) plans for implementation of three new broadband grant programs under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA or the Act), our objective was to determine whether NTIA complied with the requirements of the Act. Specifically, we determined (1) what steps NTIA took to award and disburse funds, (2) the challenges faced during implementation, and (3) the status of awarding and disbursing funds under the CAA. We found that NTIA took steps to implement the CAA requirements and mitigate the impact of the challenges faced. As of March 2, 2023, NTIA awarded $1,528,642,673—or approximately 96 percent of the funds appropriated by the CAA.