Federal Reports

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) was engaged by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct a performance audit and report on the AbilityOne Program Fee. The objective of the audit was to perform a comprehensive analysis of the history and function of the AbilityOne Program Fee, and to determine whether effective and transparent criteria exists with the AbilityOne Program Fee. CLA concluded that the Commission did not provide effective and transparent criteria related to the AbilityOne Program Fee. Among the findings were that the management of the fee determination and implementation of the policies has produced poor outcomes. As a result, CLA made five recommendations to assist in strengthening the effectiveness for the AbilityOne Program Fee.

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

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a final action verification of the two recommendations in our January 19, 2017, report on the NRCS: Wetland Conservation Provisions in the Prairie Pothole Region. Final action verification determines whether the final action documentation the agency provides to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) supports the agency’s management decision reached with OIG.1,2 Our objective was to determine whether the documentation NRCS provided OCFO was sufficient to close the recommendations made in Audit Report 10601-0003-31.