Federal Reports

In accordance with the Office of the Inspector General's fiscal year 2024 Annual Plan, we have established an agile risk-based approach to select oversight engagements. Based on this, we will audit the results of the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA's) budget execution and acquisition planning processes. Our objective is to determine whether DIA continuously applied strategies to optimize the use of funds and took timely monitoring actions to maximize funding of mission requirements.

Audit of the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s Charge Card Program and Risk Assessment for Fiscal Year 2023

his Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the Veterans Integrated Service Network 22: VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network in Long Beach, California. This evaluation focused on five key operational areas:• Leadership and organizational risks• Quality, safety, and value• Medical staff credentialing and privileging• Environment of care• Mental health (suicide prevention) The OIG issued two recommendations for improvement in the following topic areas:1. Quality, safety, and value• Peer review summary data2. Medical staff credentialing and privileging• Credentials files and appointment process for physicians with potentially disqualifying licensure actions

We reviewed the Environmental Quality Incentives Program payment schedule process, including the methodology for cost estimates, and corrective actions Natural Resources Conservation Service took in response to prior EQIP audit recommendations.

Williams, Adley & Company – DC, LLP (Williams Adley), under contract with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, issued an Independent Accountant’s Report on the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers’ (FLETC) FY 2023 Drug Control Detailed Accounting Report. FLETC’s management prepared the Table of FY 2023 Drug Control Obligations and related assertions to comply with the requirements of the ONDCP Circular, National Drug Control Program Agency Compliance Reviews, dated September 9, 2021. Based on its review, nothing came to Williams Adley’s attention that caused it to believe that FLETC’s FY 2023 Detailed Accounting Report and related assertions are not presented in conformity with the criteria in the Circular. Williams Adley did not make any recommendations.

While conducting our annual audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD or Department) compliance with the Payment Integrity and Information Act, HUD’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) informed my office that the Department will once again be unable to estimate improper payments for the Office of Public and Indian Housing’s Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (PIH-TBRA) program and the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs’ Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) program for fiscal year (FY) 2023. These are the two largest program expenditures in HUD's portfolio, totaling $45.3 billion in FY 23, or 67.5 percent of HUD's total expenditures.