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Millennium Challenge Corporation
Financial Audit of MCC Resources Managed by MCA-Cabo Verde II Under the Compact Agreement, April 1, 2017, to November 30, 2017
Amtrak (the company) contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year then ended, September 30, 2017, to provide a report on internal control over financial reporting and compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grant agreements, and other matters. The contract also required Ernst & Young to perform a Single Audit of the company’s federal grants for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, in accordance with the audit requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the company receives federal funding, it must obtain an audit performed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted government auditing standards.As authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, we monitored the audit activities of Ernst & Young to help ensure audit quality and compliance with auditing standards. Our review disclosed no instances in which Ernst & Young did not comply, in all material respects, with U.S. generally accepted government auditing standards and Uniform Guidance requirements.
The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, Sacramento, CA, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance with HUD Requirements or Its Own Policies
The Postal Service is responsible for about 195 million square feet of roofing across its portfolio of 8,349 owned facilities. We reviewed a statistical sample of 203 Postal Service-owned facilities. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the U.S. Postal Service’s roofing preventive maintenance program.
The OIG investigated allegations that a former Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) official may have shown favoritism when awarding Government contracts to a particular company. The complainant stated that the former official, who left BSEE to work for the company, may have participated in awarding a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to the company before leaving BSEE and that he later influenced subsequent awards made under the BPA.After interviewing current and former BSEE employees who were either involved in awarding the initial BPA or the subsequent awards to the company, we did not find evidence that the former official had any influence or involvement in these actions during or after his employment at BSEE. During our investigation, we did find that the former official had communicated with his former coworkers at BSEE after he left, but we did not find that these communications violated Federal ethics rules.
