Federal Reports

After previous failed attempts, VA is modernizing its finance and acquisition systems by implementing the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS). The system is being deployed by the Financial Management Business Transformation Service (FMBTS) in waves across VA. The six waves that had been carried out as of June 2023 represent only about 3.6 percent of all projected iFAMS users. One remaining wave is for the Veterans Health Administration, which represents more than 92 percent of iFAMS users. As of fiscal year 2024, the life cycle cost estimate to deploy and sustain the system across VA is anticipated to be about $8.6 billion through 2050.

Interfaces, which are created and tested during the iFAMS software development process, facilitate the flow of data between systems to automatically complete business processes. Therefore, interface development is critical for iFAMS to meet users’ needs. The VA OIG conducted this audit to assess whether the interface development process aligned with stated goals to enhance iFAMS implementation. The OIG examined FMBTS’s planning, communication, and monitoring of success metrics for the process. This audit focuses on the Consolidated Wave Stack, the first wave that deployed both finance and acquisition functions simultaneously.

The OIG found that during the Consolidated Wave Stack, validation sessions lacked essential details and FMBTS missed opportunities to fully confirm the system functioned properly. If functionality issues are not identified or corrected before deployment, user productivity and efficiency can decrease while the risk of errors increases. Consequently, FMBTS should test essential functions for both real-world application and technical assessment moving forward. The OIG made four recommendations for FMBTS to improve the interface development process for future implementation waves.

Each year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD or Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides the Department with a memorandum of priority open recommendations the OIG issued in its reports. The OIG designated these recommendations as“priority” because, if implemented, the recommendations will have the most significant impact on increasing efficiency in HUD programs, reducing fraud and wasteful spending, and assisting HUD with addressing its top management challenges.

A management official based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on April 24, 2025, as the result of our investigation. We found that the former employee violated company policies by engaging in outside employment while on a medical leave of absence and conducting outside business activities while on company time. The former employee is not eligible for rehire.

Our Objective(s)To evaluate FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) grant oversight activities. Specifically, we reviewed FMCSAs (1) policies and procedures for monitoring MCSAP grant recipients, (2) annual risk assessments and monitoring plans for MCSAP recipients, and (3) tracking of recipients achievement of safety goals.
Why This AuditThe Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) reported that 5,176 fatalities involving large trucks and buses occurred in 2023. To reduce these incidents, FMCSA provides MCSAP formula grants to State agencies. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) authorized over $2 billion in appropriations for MCSAP grants and up to $400 million in supplemental funds.
What We FoundFMCSAs Division Offices do not always follow the Agencys MCSAP monitoring policies and procedures.

FMCSAs guidelines on Division Offices reviews of grantees MCSAP reimbursement requests are insufficient and outdated.

Why We Did This Report

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General initiated this project to determine whether Bacon & Company, CPAs, LLC performed the fiscal year 2022 single audit of the Narragansett Bay Commission in Rhode Island in accordance with applicable auditing standards and federal requirements for single audits.

Summary of Findings

We determined that Bacon & Company complied with the applicable auditing standards and federal requirements when it performed the FY 2022 single audit of the Narragansett Bay Commission. As a result, we assign Bacon & Company a pass rating. During our review, we also identified an error in Bacon & Company’s major program determination for compliance testing. However, this error did not impact the overall quality or our assigned rating.

We reviewed the Office of Contracting and Procurement’s controls over Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System requirements.