Federal Reports

A large majority of Americans say they believe self-driving cars will be used for delivery and transportation within the next 10 years, but they are split over whether they like the idea — many are concerned about the concept’s safety. The more people know about self-driving vehicles, the more they tend to like the idea and believe in its potential safety benefits. USPS may be able to enhance its brand by implementing self-driving technology, but the public lacks faith that USPS could successfully deploy the concept.

This is our final audit report conducted to review Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) grant programs as part of our annual risk-based audit plan. Our audit objective was to review the adequacy of MBDA’s management of its cooperative agreements. Specifically, for the MBDA Business Center (MBC) program, we (1) evaluated controls over application review and award approval processes; (2) reviewed processes for monitoring performance and compliance with programmatic requirements for MBC awards; and (3) determined whether performance accomplishments reported by MBCs are supported and verified.

State Medicaid agencies (Medicaid agencies) are required to suspend payments for health care items and services when there is a credible allegation of fraud against the provider, unless "good cause" exists not to suspend payment. Using payment suspensions, when appropriate, is important to protect Medicaid funds: payment suspensions based on credible allegations of fraud can swiftly stop the flow of Medicaid dollars to providers defrauding Medicaid. A payment suspension can remain in place throughout the law enforcement investigation and potential prosecution of the health care fraud case.