Federal Reports

To fulfill the Office of Inspector General’s audit responsibilities, we contracted with the independent public accounting firm of KPMG LLP (KPMG) to conduct the audit, subject to our review.The attached report presents the results of the independent certified public accountants’ audit of the Southwestern Federal Power System’s combined balance sheets, as of September 30, 2021, and 2020, and the related combined statements of revenues and expenses, changes in capitalization, and cash flows for the years then ended.KPMG is responsible for expressing an opinion on the Southwestern Federal Power System’s financial statements and reporting on applicable internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations. The Office of Inspector General monitored audit progress and reviewed the audit report and related documentation. This review disclosed no instances where KPMG did not comply, in all material respects, with generally accepted government auditing standards.KPMG concluded that the combined financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Southwestern Federal Power System as of September 30, 2021, and 2020, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.As part of this audit, auditors also considered the Southwestern Federal Power System’s internal controls over financial reporting and tested for compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements that could have a direct and material effect on the combined financial statements. The audit did not identify any deficiency in internal controls over financial reporting that is considered a material weakness. The results of the auditors’ review disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.

The U.S. Postal Service needs effective and productive operations to fulfill its mission of providing prompt, reliable, and affordable mail service. In recent years, service performance and Postal Service efficiency has trended downward. In response, the Postal Service established strategies in its 10-year Delivering for America plan to improve service performance and mail processing efficiencies.

We reviewed prior oversight reports and identified lessons to help the EPA administer the IIJA’s $1.85 billion for its 12 geographic programs and National Estuary Program.

DOI bureaus did not widely use FAR part 18 contracting flexibilities, and DOI policy provided bureaus with limited time to use these flexibilities.

A former NPS employee claimed to be teleworking full time for the NPS while they were a full-time employee for a State.

This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of mail delivery, customer service, and property conditions at the Santa Fe Main Post Office (MPO) in Santa Fe, NM (Project Number 22-132-3). The Santa Fe MPO is in the Arizona-New Mexico District of the WestPac Area and services ZIP Codes 87501, 87504, and 87506.1 These ZIP Codes serve about 28,861 people and are considered to be urban communities.2 We judgmentally selected the Santa Fe MPO based on the number of stop-the-clock3 (STC) scans occurring at the delivery unit, rather than at the customer’s point of delivery.