Federal Reports

This report provides the results of Objective 1, in which we determined whether the State of Pennsylvania used Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) SNAP administrative funds to provide benefits to participants.

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Cincinnati Healthcare System in Ohio. This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
•    Culture
•    Environment of care
•    Patient safety
•    Primary care
•    Veteran-centered safety net
The OIG issued nine recommendations for VA to correct identified deficiencies in two domains:
1.    Environment of care
•    Correct deficiencies found during comprehensive environment of care inspections
•    Fire drills
•    Medical equipment inspections and maintenance labels
•    Clean patient care areas in the Emergency Department
•    Exit pathways free from obstructions
2.    Patient safety
•    Service-level workflows for the communication of test results
•    Monitoring providers’ communication of urgent, noncritical test results to patients
•    Root cause analysis actions
•    Patient safety program

In accordance with our annual plan, the United States Capitol Police (USCP or Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed an analysis of the Security Services Bureau (SSB). OIG objectives were to determine if SSB has (1) established adequate internal controls and processes for ensuring compliance with select Department policies, and (2) complied with select policies and procedures, laws, regulations, and best practices including to prevent or detect the clandestine interception of sensitive, classified, or private information.