Federal Reports

San Antonio did not have effective controls to ensure that it reported complete and accurate Clery Act crime statistics. San Antonio had processes for requesting crime statistics from local law enforcement agencies, identifying campus security authorities (CSA), processing and compiling the crime information, and reporting the annual Clery Act crime statistics by the reporting deadline. However, these processes were not effectively designed or consistently performed during the audit period and did not provide reasonable assurance that the reported Clery Act crime statistics would be complete and accurate. Additionally, we found that San Antonio did not follow all applicable Clery Act requirements and guidance, which, if followed, would help support the completeness and accuracy of the reported crime statistics. For example, San Antonio did not properly notify its CSAs of their roles and responsibilities, request crime reports from CSAs, or follow applicable requirements for identifying its Clery Actgeography. San Antonio’s reported Clery Act crime statistics for calendar years 2015–2017 were not complete and accurate. As a result, the statistics did not provide reliable information to current and prospective students, their families, and other members of the campuscommunity for making decisions about personal safety and security.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, Office of Inspector General (CNCS-OIG) presents its Semiannual Report, covering the six-month period of April 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020

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The Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) homemaker and home health aide program offers personal care and related services to help frail or disabled veterans with daily activities. The OIG examined whether veterans received intended program services and VHA accurately processed program claims.The team conducted this audit because of the large number of veterans in the program; its high cost; the risks experienced by older veterans, such as poor health and social isolation; and the volume and nature of hotline complaints about the program.The OIG found that VHA could not be certain that veterans received services from home health agencies that were licensed or certified, or met criteria for exemption, for about 546,000 of 1.1 million claims approved for payment between September 2018 and February 2019. Consequently, VHA may have made up to $145.4 million in improper payments.Medical facilities also applied program policies differently, or inconsistently prioritized veterans on the program’s waiting lists. The team also found variances in how some facility personnel addressed veterans who were difficult to place because of prior inappropriate behavior towards aides. These differences resulted in some facilities providing inconsistent access to services for some veterans and were partly caused by limited budget resources.VHA paid more than half of program claims within 30 days and nearly always accurately. However, it could further reduce risks of paying inadequately supported claims or claims for services not preauthorized. Based on a random sample of 200 program claims, the OIG estimated VHA improperly paid at least $8.5 million to home health agencies, with at least $5.5 million potentially recoverable.VHA concurred with the OIG’s eight recommendations on program policies and practices, controls for service agencies’ licensing and certification, program demand tracking, procedures for hard-to-place veterans, timeliness and claim payment monitoring, and a review of identified claim errors.