Federal Reports

The report summarizes the FTC OIG’s activities and accomplishments during the second half of the FY 2024 reporting period.

Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Inspector General released their semiannual report for the reporting period ending September 30, 2024. The report is part of the semiannual requirement to communicate OIG oversight activities of the CPSC to Congress and the American people.

We performed this review to determine whether the Yukon-Koyukuk School District’s (Alaska) expended Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) grant funds for allowable purposes in accordance with applicable requirements. We determined that all of the ESSER expenditures we reviewed for the Yukon-Koyukuk School District (Yukon-Koyukuk) were allowable. However, we found that Yukon-Koyukuk did not comply with key competitive procurement process or documentation requirements when procuring the goods or services associated with three (38 percent) of eight non-personnel expenditures, totaling $24,386 (26 percent) of the $92,527 in non-personnel expenditures we reviewed. For these expenditures, Yukon-Koyukuk used a competitive process but did not maintain documentation supporting its awarding of contracts to the selected vendors. We made two recommendations to address the procurement issues we identified to ensure ESSER funds are used, documented, and managed in accordance with applicable requirements.

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide the nation with trusted, safe, and secure mail services. As the Postal Service provides mail service to almost 167 million addresses six days a week as part of its universal service obligation, mail can be subject to theft, including internal theft. Internal mail theft includes the theft, destruction, or delay of mail and packages by postal employees.