Federal Reports

We audited the costs claimed by the Oregon State Department of Fish and Wildlife under grants awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The audit included claims totaling approximately $77 million on 137 grants that were open during the State fiscal years that ended June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017. The audit also covered the Department’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and FWS guidelines, including those related to the collection and use of hunting and fishing license revenues and the reporting of program income.We found that the Department complied, in general, with applicable grant accounting and regulatory requirements. We did, however, question the Federal share of costs totaling $3,762,152, including $2,894,838 in unsupported in-kind contributions, $708,650 in unreported program income, and $158,664 in unsupported payroll expenses. We also found that the Department did not (1) adequately manage its equipment, (2) accurately report license certification data, (3) develop effective land management policies, or (4) adequately monitor subawards.The FWS concurred with all 17 of our recommendations and will work with the Department to implement corrective actions.

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this audit to determine if VA effectively monitored Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor-Next Generation Program (MSPV-NG) order fulfillment and vendor performance. This audit focused on VA medical centers serviced by American Medical Depot (AMD). MSPV-NG is VA’s national program for obtaining medical or surgical supplies across the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The audit team reviewed a sample of AMD’s delivery orders and estimated that medical centers received incorrect orders about 60 percent of the time. Incorrect orders occurred when delivery orders and invoice pricing did not match approved costs, products were obtained from unapproved suppliers, or staff obligated funds without proper authority. When necessary supplies are unavailable or incorrect because of vendors’ errors, veterans’ quality of care could be at risk. Orders were incorrect because VHA’s Healthcare Commodities Program Office and VA’s Strategic Acquisition Center did not develop a formal process to validate prime vendor performance reporting and the algorithm used by AMD. In addition, contracting officer representative (COR) positions at four of eight VA medical centers were vacant. CORs are responsible for monitoring vendor accuracy and performance. As a result, VA did not verify AMD’s self reported compliance with performance measures. The audit team found that AMD did not use the calculations and methodologies required by its contract, which led to inaccurate reporting. AMD also used unapproved suppliers. In addition, deliveries and invoice pricing did not match approved product costs, causing improper payments. The audit team estimated that, without correction, VA would improperly pay AMD about $84 million over the next five years. The OIG made 11 recommendations to VA including establishing measures to ensure vendor compliance with contract requirements and developing and implementing processes to validate vendor performance and reporting.

Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration's (SSA) controls prevented the assignment of multiple Social Security numbers (SSN) to non-citizens who applied for SSNs through the Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE) process.

External peer review of the Farm Credit Administration Office of Inspector General's inspection and evaluation organization, conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Office of Inspector General and U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a final action verification of all five recommendations in Audit Report No. 08099-0001-12, Audit of Forest Service’s Next Generation and Legacy Airtanker Contract Awards. The purpose of our final action verification was to determine if the Forest Service (FS) provided the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) with sufficient documentation to support that the management decision reached with OIG was sufficient to close the audit report recommendations.