Federal Reports

The Management Advisory reviews expenditures related to executive transportation on car services from November 2024 to January 2025. The advisory identifies the need for updated travel policies to ensure cost-effective and justified use of government funds, aligning with the Federal Travel Regulation's "Prudent Traveler Rule." The advisory includes one recommendation to enhance documentation and justification requirements to mitigate financial risks.

This report presents the results of our Independent Auditors’ Performance Audit Report on the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) Security Patches and Vulnerabilities Management Programs for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024.

This report provides an overview of AI and Machine Learning technologies, selected use cases, and policies implemented within DOI.

Why We Did This Report

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General has identified a concern with the EPA’s requirement that extramural research reports be submitted to the EPA via email.

Summary of Findings

The OIG has concerns with the EPA’s requirement that awardees submit federally funded research reports via email. Email providers go to great lengths to obscure the originating IP address from an email’s header information. This makes it very difficult to determine the location from which the email was sent. The location is useful for identifying whether a research report was sent from within the United States.

OIG conducted this review to describe the factors that affect territories' administration of HAVA grants and assess the effectiveness of the EAC’s management of HAVA grants awarded to territories.

We found that none of the three Department of Homeland Security components responsible for end of parole activities—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — were designated to monitor parole expiration and DHS did not have a well-defined process to address parole expiration for aliens paroled into the United States through Operation Allies Refuge/Operation Allies Welcome, Uniting for Ukraine, and processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. We also found that DHS did not initiate enforcement actions for parolees whose parole expired. As a result, DHS did not have assurance that former parolees were lawfully present in the United States after parole expiration.

This report presents the results of our audit of the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.