Federal Reports

We found that FSA does not have sufficient oversight of IT projects to provide assurance that its Lifecycle Management Methodology process is appropriately implemented. FSA does not have an accountability mechanism and, as a result, it did not always conduct required technical and management reviews in accordance with the Lifecycle Management Methodology criteria and did not always update project tailoring plans asprojects progressed through their lifecycle. In addition, we found that FSA did not maintain a complete and reliable inventory of IT projects and did not track the progress of all IT projects in its Enterprise Project Portfolio Management system. We concluded that FSA’s lack of an accountability mechanism increased the likelihood of unnecessary risk and costly delays.

CNCS management reported a Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) volunteer was arrested by Tooele Police Department, Tooele, UT, on allegations of sexual assault of a minor, while serving at a FGP school site.

This report fulfills the annual reporting mandate from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for 2016. The ACA requires OIG to conduct a study of the extent to which formularies used by Medicare Part D plans (i.e., stand-alone prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans) include drugs commonly used by full benefit dual eligible individuals (i.e., individuals who are eligible for both Medicare and full Medicaid benefits). Pursuant to the ACA, OIG must annually issue a report with recommendations as appropriate. This is the sixth report the OIG has produced to meet this mandate.