Federal Reports

OIG reviewed the Agricultural Marketing Service’s monitoring over grantees’ use of funds within the Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program.

During our unannounced inspection of Eloy Federal Contract Facility (Eloy) in Eloy, Arizona, we found facility and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff complied with ICE’s Performance-Based National Detention Standards 2011, revised December 2016, for admission, classification, kitchen conditions, timely request responses, the voluntary work program, and medical care.   Facility and ICE staff did not fully comply with standards for use of force, staff-detainee communications, access to legal materials, segregation, grievances, personal hygiene, and recreation.  We found: • Facility staff did not preserve closed-circuit television footage  for four of five use of force incidents we reviewed and did not  fully record staff member introductions for one calculated use  of force incident. • Facility and ICE staff did not always respond to detainee  requests in a language they could understand. • The facility did not install word processing or legal research  software on all computers in the law library, and computers  were not accessible to wheelchair users.  • ICE did not always provide detainees with their segregation  orders in a language they could understand or provide access to meaningful physical exercise in an appropriately equipped  area. • Facility staff did not always place a copy of grievances in  detainee files or reply to detainee grievances within the  required timeframe. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) met requirements of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.  However, CISA has not finalized its plans for the continued use of Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS).  Without finalizing this plan, CISA could be hindered in how it shares information on cyber threats, which would reduce its ability to protect the Nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber threats.     

The independent public accounting firm of RMA Associates, LLC, under contract with the Office of Inspector General, audited the EAC’s information security program for fiscal year 2025 in support of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). The objective was to determine whether the EAC implemented an effective information security program.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated this review based upon Office and Management Budget Circular A-50, which states that the resolution and follow-up of audit, inspection, and evaluation recommendations is an integral part of effective management and is a shared responsibility of agency management officials and auditors. Our objective was to review and summarize the Commission's open recommendations, identify any challenges to closing recommendations, and consider alternative actions for recommendations that may no longer be relevant due to changes in the Commission's policies and procedures. 

To accomplish our objective the OIG, analyzed the open recommendations from prior reports, reviewed applicable criteria related to the resolution of recommendations, and conducted interviews. The audit covered the period December 1, 2020, through August 31, 2025. The audit was performed in accordance with the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards. 

The Commission is working to modernize the AbilityOne Program, including implementing its new Cooperative Agreements with the Central Nonprofit Agencies (CNA) and updating its Program policies. As a result of the modernization efforts and updated agreements and policies, the OIG agreed to close 20 of the 55 open recommendations. Additionally, the Commission and the OIG have a renewed understanding that should improve communication and collaboration during future audits and closure process.

The OIG has no specific recommendations associated with this report.