Federal Reports

As of February 2025, NASA had allocated over $26 billion in government property to contractors in support of six Artemis programs. Although NASA has policies in place to manage its government property, the Agency can strengthen its oversight by ensuring consistent application of those policies to decrease the risk of unnecessary costs and potential loss, theft, misuse, or destruction of government property.

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements.

Why We Did This Report

In response to a congressional request, our objective was to determine whether the fiscal year 2021 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving, or EJCPS, Program was achieving project objectives and whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s monitoring of these projects ensured that funds were used as intended.

Summary of Findings

We were unable to determine whether the EJCPS cooperative agreements we reviewed fully achieved the project objectives described in work plans, as well as whether the EPA’s monitoring of these projects ensured that the funding was being used as intended. Specifically, (1) four of six work plans did not consistently contain well-defined measurable outputs and expected outcomes, (2) three of six recipients’ performance reports lacked details to fully measure progress, and (3) the project officers for four of six projects did not document their review of recipients’ performance reports.

This report provides the results of Objective 1, in which we determined whether the State of Pennsylvania used Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) SNAP administrative funds to provide benefits to participants.

On November 5, 2024, Senator Bill Hagerty requested that the OIG assess VA’s compliance with statutory transfer of funds limitations listed in relevant appropriations laws in effect during the continuing resolution. According to Senator Hagerty, the statutory transfer of funds authority and change of program requirements under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 would continue to apply during the presidential transition and continuing resolution. The OIG limited its review to the eight sections of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 that Senator Hagerty listed in a letter to the previous VA Secretary. The OIG reviewed sections 202, 217, 218, 227, 230, 231, 245, 405, and this management advisory memorandum conveys the results of the review.

The OIG found no issues with six of the eight sections. For the four sections that included transfers, the team noted that there were no applicable transfers during the review period. Additionally, VA received advanced approval for the reprogramming of major construction project funds greater than $7 million as required in section 231. The team also analyzed conversions and did not identify any that qualified for the requirements under section 245; VA confirmed no qualifying conversions occurred. While the OIG found quarterly reports provided under section 217 were late, it is not requesting action because a recommendation from a previously published OIG report in this area remains open. Finally, under section 227, the team found, in some cases, VA did not notify Congress 15 days before organizational changes that resulted in the transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the department to another as required. The OIG requested that the Office of Management inform the OIG what action, if any, is taken to notify Congress 15 days before any organizational changes involving the transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents.