Federal Reports

Our objective was to determine whether controls are in place to effectively manage the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s national security clearance processes and safeguard personally identifiable information (PII). The Postal Inspection Service processed 1,253 national security clearances between fiscal years (FY) 2016 and 2018. The Postal Inspection Service primarily grants Top Secret national security clearances; it only granted four Secret clearances during that time.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) established the trust fund known as Superfund. The CERCLA requires the Inspector General of a Federal organization with Superfund responsibilities to audit all uses of the fund in the prior fiscal year (FY).

For a covered outpatient drug to be eligible for Federal reimbursement under the Medicaid program's drug rebate requirements, manufacturers must pay rebates to the States for the drugs. However, prior OIG reviews found that States did not always invoice and collect all rebates due for drugs administered by physicians.

The Office of Inspector General assessed the effectiveness of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s network security controls for its externally facing applications and systems and NASA’s oversight of these controls.