Federal Reports

In response to a referral from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Investigations, we audited a claim for missing gas cylinders submitted to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Airgas USA, LLC (Airgas) under Contract Nos. 5436 and 5456. Under the contracts, Airgas was to manage inventory of industrial gases for TVA, including furnishing, selling, and delivering all bulk gases and related products and services to TVA. On February 2, 2021, Airgas submitted an $891,340 claim to TVA for missing gas cylinders resulting from inventory counts Airgas performed at TVA delivery locations in 2018. Our audit objective was to determine if Airgas' claim for missing gas cylinders complied with the contracts' terms and was accurate.In summary, we determined Airgas' February 2, 2021, claim for $891,340 related to missing gas cylinders was not valid. Specifically, we found Airgas (1) did not comply with the contracts' criteria related to the frequency of inventory audits and loss of use allowances and (2) did not provide documentation supporting that the claimed missing gas cylinders were billed and delivered to TVA. (Summary Only)

The objective of our ongoing inspection is to evaluate FNS’ oversight of TEFAP—this report provides the interim results on what criteria FNS used to approve States for food and administrative funds provided under the FFCR and CARES Acts.

A former BOR official waived fees for a fashion show promoter to use a DOI location against previous advice from the Office of the Solicitor.

Inspector General’s summary of the top management and performance challenges facing the Commission and briefly assesses management’s progress in addressing these challenges.

Our objective was to determine whether the Postal Service followed applicable statutory, regulatory, and process requirements in its decision to sell the East Hartford Post Office. Chairman Gerald E. Connolly of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations and Representative John B. Larson requested that we conduct this review.

This report represents our current assessment of the U.S. Small Business Administration's programs and activities that pose significant risks, including those that are particularly vulnerable to fraud, waste, error, mismanagement, or inefficiencies. The Challenges are not presented in order of priority, except for the COVID 19 challenge, which we address first in this report. We also view the other challenges as critically important to SBA operations.