Federal Reports

Our Objective(s)To determine whether the Department of Transportation (DOT) complied with Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) requirements as prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Why This AuditPIIA requires agencies to identify, report, and reduce improper payments in programs susceptible to significant improper payments. The Act also requires agencies to publish applicable payment integrity information in the materials accompanying their annual financial statements. Moreover, PIIA requires inspectors general to report annually on their agencies compliance.
What We FoundDOT was in compliance with PIIA requirements for fiscal year 2024.

DOT complied with all of PIIAs requirements for the two programs identified as susceptible to significant improper payments"the Federal Highway Administrations (FHWA) Highway Planning and Construction (HPC) program and the Federal Transit Administrations (FTA) Transit Infrastructure Grants (TIG) COVID Relief Funds program.
DOT met OMB reporting requirements by publishing payment integrity information with its annual financial statements and posting required information on the Payment Accuracy website. The Department also conducted an improper payment risk assessment, reported improper and unknown payment estimates of less than 10 percent, and took steps to recapture overpayments.
Overall, DOT reported total improper payment estimates of approximately $1.22 billion. Specifically, the FHWA HPC program estimated $1.07 billion (1.96 percent) in improper payments, including $1.06 billion in monetary loss improper payments. The FTA TIG COVID Relief Funds program estimated $151.61 million (1.56 percent) in improper payments, including $151.51 million in monetary loss improper payments. While neither program met its reduction target of 1 percent, both achieved compliance by demonstrating improvements to payment integrity.
FHWA and FTA developed enhanced corrective action plans to reduce improper payments in fiscal year 2025, such as providing guidance and training to address the identified root causes of improper payments.

RecommendationsDOT complied with PIIAs requirements for fiscal year 2024, so we are not making recommendations.

Our Objective(s)To evaluate single audit reports uploaded to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse between January 1, 2025 and March 31, 2025, and identify findings that affect directly awarded Department of Transportation (DOT) programs.
Why This AuditOIG performs oversight of independent, non-Federal auditors single audit reports. Over the past 3 fiscal years, on average over 250 single audit reports were issued that included findings related to programs directly funded by DOT. We issue memoranda that summarize the single audit reports significant findings and recommendations that require priority action by DOT. When warranted, we also recommend that DOT recover funds that were inappropriately expended by non-Federal entities.
What We FoundAuditors reported 26 findings that included significant noncompliance with Federal guidelines related to 13 grantees that require prompt actions from DOTs Operating Administrations..

Of the 26 findings, 8 were repeat findings related to 6 grantees.

Auditors identified questioned costs totaling $2,683,884 for five grantees.

Of this amount, $1,442,356 was related to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, WA, and $613,075 was related to Fort Worth Transportation Authority, Fort Worth, TX.

We identified nonmonetary repeat findings that caused qualified opinions for two entities.
RecommendationsWe made three recommendations to OST to resolve and close the findings and recover questioned costs, if applicable.

NGA OIG Spring Semiannual Report to Congress, 1 October 2024 - 31 March 2025

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 North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System. 

This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
   •    Culture
   •    Environment of care
   •    Patient safety
   •    Primary care
   •    Veteran-centered safety net

The OIG issued seven recommendations for improvement in two domains:
  1.    Environment of care
   •    Maintain, inspect, and test medical equipment
   •    Secure medications
   •    Store oxygen tanks
   •    Clean food storage areas
   •    Remove expired supplies
   •    Mark equipment for repair and remove dirty items from storage areas
  2.    Patient Safety
   •    Sustained compliance with Joint Commission accreditation standards

At the request of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Supply Chain, we examined the cost proposal submitted by a contractor for designing, fabricating, and delivering hydraulic turbine runners and components as specified by TVA.  Our examination objective was to determine if the contractor's cost proposal was fairly stated. 

In our opinion, the contractor’s cost proposal was overstated.  Specifically, we determined the contractor’s proposed (1) markup rates were overstated compared to recent actual costs and (2) fixed price project costs included excessive contingency costs and profit.  We estimated TVA could avoid about $14.1 million over the potential $75 million contract by (1) negotiating appropriate reductions to the markup rates, (2) removing excessive contingency costs from fixed price projects, and (3) reducing the profit on fixed price projects. 

We found that DOI complied with applicable PIIA reporting requirements for FY 2024 and implemented one prior recommendation.