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This report was revised and reissued as report number OIG-SBLF-14-010R on July 2, 2015, to reflect changes made on pages 2, 3,10 and 12. The changes clarify the sampling methodology used by the Office of Inspector General to test loans and the amount and time period for the claimed administrative expenses that were reviewed. These corrections do not affect any of the findings, conclusions or recommendations as reported.

This report has been reviewed for public dissemination by the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General. Information requiring protection from public dissemination has been redacted from this report in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552.

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

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

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

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

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

We found that the Los Angeles Unified School District designed internal controls that provided reasonable assurance that its personnel used Department funds for nonpayroll purchases in accordance with applicable Federal requirements. In addition to its own system of controls, the District was also subject to oversight, monitoring, and audits from multiple entities, including the California Department of Education and the school district’s own Inspector General. Our report did not include any recommendations.

The Postal Service’s leave benefits have generally remained unchanged for decades. They offer a set number of days employees can use for reasons specific to that benefit. Employees who take time off must classify the type of leave they use, which increases administrative requirements. Conversely, the leave benefits in the private sector have changed significantly, resulting in reduced costs and time employees are away from work. At the request of the Postal Service, we benchmarked Postal Service leave benefits and paid holidays with six private sector companies and two government agencies.

As part of its effort to control personnel costs, the U.S. Postal Service has identified the need to create a new retirement plan for future employees. To that end, the Postal Service requested we benchmark its retirement benefits against similar private and government programs. Benchmarking is useful here because the Postal Service is required to offer benefits that are comparable to those in the private sector. While the Postal Service’s retirement benefits are comparable in many ways to those offered in the private sector, we found that some differences exist.

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This Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the activities of our office for the 6-month period

The report summarizes the FTC OIG’s activities and accomplishments during the first half of the FY 2014 reporting period.

This report summarizes work we initiated and completed during this semiannual period on a number of critical departmental activities. Over the past 6 months, our office issued 13 audits, inspections, and responses to Congressional requests addressing programs carried out by the Economics and Statistics Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the Department itself.

During the semiannual period, NEA OIG issued one audit report and three evaluation reports on grant recipients’ management of NEA funds, which included nine recommendations. We were contacted and processed two FOIA requests and two hotline inquiries. In addition, a peer review of our audit organization was completed and we received a clean opinion on the quality assurance system our audit organization uses to produce its reports. Also, the financial statement audit and FISMA evaluation for FY 2013 were completed. Finally, we provided the agency head a summary of our perspective on the most significant management and performance challenges facing the NEA.

This is a publication by GAO's Inspector General that concerns internal GAO operations. The report summarizes the activities of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the first reporting period of fiscal year 2014.

Semiannual Report to the Congress October 1, 2013 - March 31, 2014

NLRB OIG's April 2014 Semiannual Report

This report summarizes the oversight work performed by EAC OIG during the 6-month period ended March 31, 2014.

This semiannual report is issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s(EEOC’s) Office of Inspector General (OIG) pursuant to the Inspector General Act of1978, as amended. It summarizes the OIG’s activities and accomplishments for theperiod October 1, 2013, through March 31, 2014.

SIGTARP's Quarterly Report to Congress

We found that the Rehabilitation Services Administration appears to have met the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program objectives by training recipients who subsequently performed work related to the program and that the majority of those in our sample were working in acceptable employment. However, we had concerns about the data quality of grantee reporting, and although Rehabilitation Services Administration had recently undertaken efforts designed to strengthen its monitoring process, further improvements were needed in identifying and referring noncompliant scholars for financial repayment.

The U.S. Postal Service has a presence on 18 social media sites, including the two most popular, Twitter and Facebook. Its social media strategy, however, is currently limited. Based on extensive research, this white paper concludes that a stronger, more robust social media strategy could help the Postal Service remain competitive in the digital age by better responding to changing communication needs, improving the customer experience, creating value through social commerce, and cutting costs.