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Federal Reports
Report Date
Agency Reviewed / Investigated
Report Title
Type
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Social Security Administration
Interaction Between the Social Security Administration’s Representative Payment and State Guardianship Programs (Congressional Response Report)
The purpose of the audit was to (1) assess the adequacy of the Institute of Education Sciences’ (IES) Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) grant requirements and monitoring of States to ensure internal controls are in place to prevent, detect, and report unauthorized access and disclosure of personally identifiable information in SLDSs; and (2) determine whether selected States have internal controls in place to prevent, detect, report, and respond to unauthorized access and disclosure of personally identifiable information in their SLDSs. We found that IES’s grant requirements were adequate to ensure the protection of personally identifiable information. We also found that the grantees that we audited addressed these requirements in the approved grant applications by identifying and noting that they would comply with specific State requirements pertaining to data and system security. However, we found that IES had inadequate controls for monitoring its grantees’ adherence to State system security requirements. Specifically, IES did not ensure that its grantees met the minimum State system security requirements. We identified internal control weakness at all three grantees audited that increased the risk that these grantees would be unable to prevent or detect unauthorized access and disclosure of personally identifiable information in their SLDSs.
The OIG investigated approximately $1,600 in fraudulent charges that were made on several Government charge cards issued to a U.S. Geological Survey employee.We found no evidence that the employee made the fraudulent charges and we discovered that a friend of the employee may have been responsible. As a result, we closed our investigation and referred this matter to the local police department.
Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Child Welfare Bloemfontein and Child Line Free State in South Africa Under Cooperative Agreement AID-674-A-13-00003, April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2017
Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Office for Victims of Crime Victim Compensation Formula Grants Awarded to the Delaware Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program, Wilmington, Delaware
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudicates applications for immigration benefits, including applications for permanent resident cards, also known as green cards. In response to congressional concerns, we examined green card application processing times, as well as why processing times vary among USCIS field offices. USCIS regularly posts information on its website about the time it takes field offices to adjudicate green card applications (processing time). Yet, the information is unclear and not helpful to USCIS’ customers because it does not reflect the actual amount of time it takes field offices, on average, to complete green card applications
Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management: Report of Investigation of Alleged Retaliation Against FBI Technician
Investigative Summary: Findings of Reasonable Grounds to Believe that an FBI Technician Suffered Reprisal as a Result of Protected Disclosures in Violation of FBI Whistleblower Regulations
