Federal Reports

We determined that the Forest Service did not establish clear performance goals or outcomes for IIJA funds to support workforce development and training and commingled IIJA funds with other funds, resulting in more than $4.6 million in questioned costs.
 

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Battle Creek Healthcare System in Michigan. 

This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
     •    Culture
     •    Environment of care
     •    Patient safety
     •    Primary care
     •    Veteran-centered safety net

The OIG issued four recommendations for VA to correct identified deficiencies in two domains:
   1.    Environment of care
     •    Clean and safe environment
     •    Medical equipment maintenance
     •    Repeat findings prevention
   2.    Patient safety
     •    Service-level workflows for test result communication

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in North Las Vegas. 

This evaluation focused on five key content domains:
     •    Culture
     •    Environment of care
     •    Patient safety
     •    Primary care
     •    Veteran-centered safety net

The OIG issued one recommendation for VA to correct identified deficiencies in one domain:
   1.    Environment of care
     •    Labels for reusable medical equipment

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this inspection report to determine whether the SBDC met financial, programmatic, and performance requirements as prescribed in the terms and conditions of the cooperative agreement. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is authorized to make grants to states, institutions of higher education, and Women’s Business Centers to establish Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs). SBDCs, which generally consist of a lead center that manages a network of service centers, provide free business consulting and low-cost training to small businesses.

For every dollar received from SBA, SBDCs are required to provide an equal amount of funds. For program year (PY) 2023, SBA awarded the Kentucky SBDC $1,756,008 in federal funds and the SBDC contributed $1,756,008 in matching funds, for a total of $3,512,016. The period of performance for PY 2023 was from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024.The SBDC generally met financial requirements as prescribed in the agreement for the transactions we reviewed.

We made five recommendations for SBA to enhance and enforce financial and program compliance to strengthen program integrity, and address risks in program performance.

Management agreed with Recommendations 1 through 4 and disagreed with Recommendation 5. Notwithstanding the one disagreement, management’s actions to work with the Kentucky SBDC officials to review questioned costs, update the SBDC’s website to include service center hours and addresses, evaluate the whistleblower policy, and review reported counseling hours and capital infusion transactions resolved all recommendations.