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Defense Intelligence Agency
Independent Auditor’s Reports on the Defense Intelligence Agency Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2024, Project 2024-1003
We engaged an independent public accounting (IPA) firm to audit DIA’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 financial statements. We evaluated the reliability of data supporting the financial statements, determined the reasonableness of the statements produced, and examined disclosures in accordance with applicable guidance. We issued the results of our evaluation in a final report dated November 15, 2024.
The financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the Commission's financial position as of September 30, 2024, and 2023, and its net cost of operations, changes in net position, and budgetary resources for the fiscal years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The CFTC OIG contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Williams, Adley & Company, LLP (Williams Adley) to audit the financial statements of CFTC as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023, and 2024, to provide a report on internal control over financial reporting, report on compliance with laws and other matters, and provide an opinion on whether CFTC’s financial management systems complied substantially with the requirements of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA).
Quality Control Review of the Independent Auditor's Report on the Federal Aviation Administration's Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2023
Our Objective(s)To perform a quality control review (QCR) of KPMG, LLP's audit of FAA's financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023. We reviewed KPMG's report, dated November 8, 2024, and related documentation.
About This ReportWe contracted with the independent public accounting firm KPMG, LLP to audit FAA's financial statements, provide an opinion on those financial statements, report on internal control over financial reporting, and report on compliance with laws and other matters.
What We FoundThe independent auditor, KPMG, found no significant deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that it considered to be a material weakness.
Our QCR disclosed no instances in which KPMG did not comply, in all material respects, with U.S. generally accepted Government auditing standards.
RecommendationsKPMG made no recommendations.
Package Manager is part of the Centralized Benefits Communication Management Program introduced in 2018 to modernize VBA mailing. The application bundles documents from veterans’ electronic claims folders and standard enclosures into virtual packages for printing and mailing. Employees then must click a “send” button to move the package to a centralized print vendor. If a send button is not clicked, the package for that recipient remains unsent.
The review team found that, due to a lack of oversight, about 2.1 million packages created from January 2018 through October 2022 were still unsent as of November 10, 2022. After reviewing statistical samples of unsent packages, the OIG team estimated about 801,000 of the 2.1 million packages lacked evidence of the letters being sent to one or more of the intended recipients.
VBA leaders did not establish controls for unsent packages because they did not anticipate that employees would create packages but not send them. Furthermore, quality reviews by VBA had not identified a trend of employees failing to send packages.
While some unsent packages did not affect veterans’ benefits, others might have, such as those requesting evidence for claims that were ultimately denied. In these cases, VBA did not fulfill its requirement to help veterans obtain evidence. The OIG team could not determine what would have happened had these letters been sent. Still other packages included required letters notifying veterans of decisions on their claims. These notices are critical so that veterans understand the decisions’ effects on their benefits and options for seeking further review.
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for benefits implement plans to provide oversight for unsent packages and to address packages the team identified in this review as unsent.
