Federal Reports

During this reporting period, we issued two reports, resulting in questioned cost of $618,577. In addition we received and addressed 20 hotline complaints. By addressing some of these complaints, we helped citizens avoid scams by individuals fraudulently representing NEA. Through the audit follow-up process, we collaborated with NEA managers to clear eleven recommendations resulting in better stewardship of NEA funds by putting in place stronger financial controls, policies, and procedures for awardees subject to OIG recommendations. Furthermore, based on a 2016 financial statement audit report recommendation, NEA put in place a process to more timely identify funds available for de-obligation, resulting in $517,218 in funds put to better use during FY 2017.

Semiannual Report to the Congress April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017

Although Oklahoma received crossover claim adjustments, it did not have any policies and procedures for processing adjustments to Medicare crossover claims. As a result, Oklahoma did not recoup amounts due from providers or pay amounts owed to providers when an adjustment to a crossover claim changed the original deductible or coinsurance payment amounts.

We made one recommendation to the Department that once implemented, should provide DHS a formal Department-level group to facilitate long-term solutions for overarching component immigration enforcement and administration challenges, and improve efficiencies. DHS concurred with our recommendation and has begun taking action to address our findings.

We reviewed two large projects totaling $198.9 million in expenditures that CalRecycle incurred for debris removal work. We recommended that the Regional Administrator, FEMA Region IX (1) disallow as ineligible $142.7 million ($107 million Federal share) CalRecycle has received in Federal funds for debris removal work, unless FEMA (a) grants an exception to this administrative requirement, or (b) determines that costs are fully documented and eligible; (2) direct California, as recipient, to continue providing CalRecycle with technical assistance and monitoring to ensure compliance with all applicable Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines, and avoid improperly funding any of the $87.3 million ($65.4 million Federal share) it expects to claim in costs overruns for the remaining debris removal work, for an approximate total of $230 million; and (3) direct California, as grantee, to ensure that all insurance recoveries are collected from private property owners, and accurately reports the amount of insurance proceeds to FEMA.