In September 2016, we issued a Management Information Report that informed the Department of our concerns regarding how the FSA ID and the Personal Authentication Service were being misused by commercial third parties to take over borrower accounts. The OIG identified this problem through various investigations and developed recommendations to address the misuse. Our report recommended changes to strengthen the banner language for the FSA ID and Personal Authentication Service to enhance the OIG's ability to successfully investigate and prosecute third parties who improperly create, access, or make changes to FSA IDs and accounts. The report also recommended that FSA increase its proactive monitoring of FSA IDs and Personal Authentication Service audit logs and ensure that it proactively monitors the types of abuses identified.
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Department of Education | Misuse of FSA ID and the Personal Authentication Service | Other | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of State, Department of Homeland Security | City of Eureka, Missouri, Needs Additional Assistance and Monitoring to Ensure Proper Management of Its $1.5 Million FEMA Grant | Disaster Recovery Report |
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View Report | |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | HUD’s Use of Formula and Competition Models for Distributing Disaster Recovery Funding | Disaster Recovery Report |
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View Report | |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation | Risk Assessment of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Charge Card Programs for Fiscal Year 2014 | Audit |
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View Report | |
| Internal Revenue Service | Improvements to the Nonfiler Program Could Help the Internal Revenue Service More Effectively Address Additional Nonfilers Owing Billions of Dollars in Taxes | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Government Publishing Office | Webtrust for Certification | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Government Publishing Office | Federal PKI Compliance Report | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of State | Inspection of Embassy Quito, Ecuador | Inspection / Evaluation |
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View Report | |
| Department of Health & Human Services | Vermont Did Not Properly Allocate Millions to Establishment Grants for a Health Insurance Marketplace | Audit |
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View Report | |
| Farm Credit Administration | Farm Credit Administration’s Position Management and Job Evaluation Program | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |