Federal Reports

For our evaluation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS, also known as NOAA Fisheries) plan for the implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding, our objective was to determine whether NOAA complied with the requirements of the CARES Act. Specifically, we determined (1) what steps NOAA took in implementing the requirements for awarding funds, (2) challenges NOAA faced during implementation, and (3) NOAA’s current status in processing applications and award funds under the CARES Act. We found that NOAA Fisheries followed the requirements for implementing the CARES Act. NOAA Fisheries has put in place measures to mitigate challenges resulting from the review and approval process during COVID-19, and is on track to obligate all CARES Act funds before September 30, 2021. However, NOAA Fisheries still faces challenges with the pace at which funds are being disbursed to fishery participants.

Inspection report on OIG's survey of FCA employees on the safety measures and other actions implemented by FCA in response to COVID-19

This audit report is one in a series of OIG reports addressing the identification, reporting, and investigation of incidents of potential abuse and neglect of our Nation’s most vulnerable populations, including Medicaid beneficiaries in nursing facilities. Nursing facility residents are at an increased risk of abuse or neglect when health care professionals and caregivers fail to report incidents of potential abuse or neglect or when allegations of abuse or neglect are not acted upon in a timely manner.Our objectives were to determine whether California: (1) ensured that nursing facilities reported incidents of potential abuse or neglect of Medicaid beneficiaries transferred from nursing facilities to hospital emergency departments and (2) complied with Federal requirements for recording, prioritizing, and investigating allegations of abuse or neglect.

The objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) resolved the delinquent status of overpayments for beneficiaries identified by the Delinquent Debt Trigger File (DDTF).

OIG reviewed FSA’s program delivery of ECP for the 2017 hurricane-related disasters.

A former Amtrak electrician in Chicago pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to Financial Institution Fraud on June 9, 2021. The former employee was sentenced on the same date to one year probation and paid $11,944.44 in restitution to US Bank. Our investigation found that the former employee established a business and used it to engage in fraudulent credit card schemes.