Federal Reports

In March 2021, the Peace Corps shut down its Coordinated Incident Reporting System (CIRS), a repository of historical crime incidents reported by Volunteers, and replaced it with the Security Incident Management System (SIMS). SIMS autopopulates crime incident report links into VIDA (Volunteer Information Database Application) through the agency’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. During the SIMS data migration, some posts began to identify and assess potential sites for returning Volunteers following the 2020 global evacuation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. OIG raised concerns about whether field staff had access to the historical crime data necessary to assess the safety of reused sites, consistent with site development requirements. We conducted this review to address these concerns .

We found that a company bypassed safety valves and falsified safety tests associated with an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration had and used management controls over the service its 800 number employees provided callers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In March 2022, the Office of Inspector General received four allegations pertaining to oversight concerns at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) W88 Alteration (Alt) 370 Federal Program Office. Specifically, the complainants alleged that Federal Program Office officials: (1) exhibited abusive behavior towards employees at NNSA management and operating (M&O) sites; (2) hired an excessive number of contractors who did not add value; (3) engaged in the extensive use of unclassified communication channels that created security risks; and (4) interfered with the oversight of the weapons anomaly reporting and investigation process to prioritize schedule over quality. We conducted this inspection to determine the facts and circumstances regarding the alleged oversight concerns at NNSA’s W88 Alt 370 Federal Program Office.We did not substantiate the four allegations pertaining to oversight concerns at NNSA’s W88 Alt 370 Federal Program Office. Specifically, we did not substantiate that W88 Alt 370 Federal Program Office officials: (1) exhibited abusive behavior towards employees at NNSA M&O sites; (2) hired an excessive number of contractors who did not add value; (3) engaged in the extensive use of unclassified communication channels that created security risks; and (4) interfered with the oversight of the weapons anomaly reporting and investigation process to prioritize schedule over quality. However, interviews with M&O contractors conveyed that there was pressure from NNSA’s W88 Alt 370 Federal Program Office to resolve issues expeditiously.Although we did not substantiate the allegations, NNSA is in the process of assessing the state of relationships between the Federal and M&O contractor workforce. NNSA’s September 2022 report, Evolving the Nuclear Security Enterprise: A Report of the Enhanced Mission Delivery Initiative, builds upon prior reviews and governance reform efforts to provide substantive actionable recommendations by senior leadership and subject matter experts from across the Nuclear Security Enterprise. Also, the Government Accountability Office initiated a review of the implementation of NNSA’s Enhanced Mission Delivery Initiative; therefore, we are not making any recommendations. Therefore, no management response is required.