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The U.S. Postal Service processes approximately 98,000 address changes per day. The National Change of Address (NCOA) is the system of record for all change of address requests and stores approximately 160 million change of address records. The Postal Service processed nearly 36 million address changes in 2021, with over 20 million submitted online through the Moversguide application.Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Postal Service’s controls over the security and availability of the NCOA and Moversguide applications.

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

In November 2021, Congress passed the VA Transparency & Trust Act of 2021 (Transparency Act) to provide oversight of VA’s spending of COVID-19–related emergency relief funding. To comply, VA must provide a detailed plan to Congress outlining its intent and justification for obligating and expending funds covered by the act. Additionally, the act requires VA to submit biweekly reports to Congress detailing its obligations, expenditures, and planned uses, as well as justification for any deviation from the plan. The act also requires the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) to submit semiannual reports comparing how VA is obligating and expending covered funds to the planned obligations and expenditures.In an inaugural report, the OIG focused on whether VA’s spend plans provided to Congress on December 22, 2021, satisfied the act’s requirements. The two recommendations from that report remain open as of September 15, 2022, despite VA’s request to close the first: (1) consult with appropriate VA financial and legal officials to determine whether the use of CARES Act funds for the Beaufort National Shrine project violates the Purpose Statute and take remedial steps if a violation is found, and (2) determine the obligations to sustain essential information technology investments, update the obligation schedule as necessary, provide an updated spend plan to Congress, and include this information in future biweekly updates. In this second report, the OIG found that VA generally complied with the Transparency Act, but VA’s spend plan and biweekly reports to Congress could be improved. VA responded it was working on changes to the spend plan, expected in September 2022, and recognized manual adjustments can lead to reporting errors, but as VA implements a modern financial system management solution, it anticipates manual adjustments will decrease, thereby reducing potential errors.

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit to assess if the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) effectively managed the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) Program to provide benefits to eligible veterans.The HISA program provides payments for certain medically necessary improvements and alterations to primary residences. Generally, veterans with qualifying service-connected disabilities, or qualifying exceptions, are eligible for a lifetime benefit of $6,800, and veterans with qualifying non-service-connected disabilities are eligible for $2,000. The OIG audit team looked at VHA spending on the program from fiscal year (FY) 2017 through FY 2021.The audit team determined the HISA program overpaid roughly 2,600 veterans by an estimated $10.6 million out of $206 million total (about 5 percent). In addition, the team determined the program paid approximately $935,000 for improvements that were not supported by diagnostic or medical justification. These errors in payments occurred because eligibility requirements for the $6,800 lifetime benefit were not always followed or the disability was not documented correctly. In some cases, eligibility information for the full service-connected benefit is confusing. For example, VHA’s Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services public website states that some non-service-connected disabilities may be rated as service-connected, which is incorrect. VHA also did not create procedures to effectively monitor medical facilities’ adherence to program timelines to ensure veterans received final payments on schedule.The OIG made five recommendations to the under secretary for health to improve oversight of this program by issuing guidance on eligibility requirements; updating eligibility information on the public website; and creating procedures to ensure medical facility staff correctly approve, justify, and document improvements and alterations.

Our overall objective is to determine if data that is generated to monitor and report on program growth and program employment is reliable, available, and accessible by the Commission to better inform decision-making and ensure achievement of strategic objectives.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must improve its oversight of the National Board’s (Board) administration of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to ensure individuals receive aid in a timely manner and that program funding is used in accordance with Federal requirements.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not implement controls that may have prevented the 21 state workforce agencies (SWA) in our review from distributing more than $3.7 billion in improper payments through its Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program.

EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited funds received by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Help America Vote Act, including state matching funds and interest earned, totaling $53.4 million. This included Election Security, reissued Section 251, and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grants.

For our final report on our audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (the Department’s) collection, production, acquisition, maintenance, distribution, use, and preservation of geospatial data, our objective was to assess the Department’s progress toward compliance with Geospatial Data Act requirements under 43 U.S.C. § 2808(a). We found the Department has generally made progress toward complying with 10 of the 13 requirements under this section. However: I. The Department’s geospatial metadata is inconsistent with best practices from FGDC Technical Guidance: Data.gov and The GeoPlatform Metadata Recommendations Including Guidelines for National Geospatial Data Assets (NGDA); and II. Technical challenges on GeoPlatform are still causing metadata harvesting issues.

For our final report on our audit of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (theDepartment’s) working capital funds (WCFs) operated by the Office of the Secretary(Departmental) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), our auditobjectives were to determine whether (1) the Departmental and NIST WCF billing methodsused to allocate costs for internal Department support services are valid, reasonable, andconsistently applied in accordance with applicable Department policies and (2) the internalDepartment support services costs billed through the WCFs are reasonable, allowable, andsupported with documentation in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. We contracted with KPMG LLP—an independent certified public accounting firm—to perform this audit in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and contract terms. Our officeoversaw the progress of this audit; however, KPMG is solely responsible for the attachedreport and conclusions expressed in it.

DFC OIG contracted with RMA Associates, LLC (RMA) to audit DFC’s compliance with the BUILD Act. Our audit objectives were to: (1) assess DFC’s actions to implement 118 BUILD Act provisions; (2) assess the status of planned actions for those provisions DFC has not yet implemented; and (3) identify challenges that could affect DFC’s timely implementation of those planned actions. In addition, to evaluate steps DFC has taken to prioritize investments in LICs and LMICs, we compared OPIC investments to DFC investments. We also created scorecards for each BUILD Act provision.

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which also provides oversight for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, or CSB, contracted with the independent accounting firm SB & Company LLC to initiate an evaluation of the CSB’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014, or FISMA.

What We Looked At The Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for fostering and promoting uniform time observance—including Daylight Saving Time (DST)—as well as evaluating requests to change time zones. Since 2015, at least 45 States have proposed legislation either to change their observance of DST or to establish permanent standard time. Recent Federal interest, such as the March 2022 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on DST and the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, highlights the importance of DST and time zone changes to impacted communities. Given the recent interest and potential impact of time zone changes on transportation, we initiated this audit with a limited scope to assess DOT’s processes for evaluating and responding to requests from States and localities for time zone changes and DST exemptions. What We Found While DOT is responsible for evaluating and processing time zone change petitions from States and localities, it does not have written guidance in place specifically addressing how the petitions should be evaluated and validated. Instead, if it were to receive a petition, the Department would process the petition according to the general rulemaking procedures and DOT Order already in place. However, it has been roughly 12 years since the Department last processed a petition and officials currently responsible for this area were not involved in the process the last time it took place. In addition, although DOT does not have the authority to grant exemptions from DST, it is responsible for fostering and promoting uniform time observance. Yet, it does not have processes for monitoring localities that are not observing DST or their assigned time zone and may not be aware of possible instances of non-uniform time observance. In addition, the Department does not provide sufficiently detailed information for the public to promptly and accurately identify non-compliant localities. Our Recommendations The Office of the Secretary of Transportation concurred with all five of our recommendations to improve DOT’s evaluation of time zone changes and promotion of uniform time observance and provided appropriate actions and completion dates. We consider these recommendations resolved but open, pending completion of planned actions. 

Our reviews of 94 CSP grant recipients’ FPRs, APRs, and data collection forms disclosed discrepancies between the number of schools that CSP grant recipients reported as opened or expanded using CSP funds. Our reviews also disclosed that CSP grant recipients did not always submit or did not timely submit their FPRs, APRs, and data collection forms. Finally, our reviews disclosed that FPRs or APRs did not always clearly disclose the number of charter schools opened or expanded using CSP funds.

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this audit to determine whether VA complied with the law governing geospatial data and to follow up on recommendations from its inaugural report. VA uses geospatial data to support budget, strategic planning, and policy decisions for benefits and services it provides.The OIG found VA met nine of the 12 applicable covered agency requirements of the law. According to VA officials, VA does not collect, hold, manage, or consume declassified geospatial data, and the OIG team did not find evidence to the contrary, making the related requirement not applicable.In its inaugural audit, the OIG found VA was not compliant with three covered agency requirements: (1) VA was unable to comply with requirement 1 due to the absence of an approved strategic plan from the Federal Geographic Data Committee, (2) VA had not established mandatory department-wide policies and responsibilities to promote the integration of geospatial data for requirement 3, and (3) VA had not ensured geospatial data and activities are included on VA record schedules that have been approved by the National Archives and Records Administration for requirement 4.Although VA has taken steps toward compliance with the requirements, all necessary actions have not been completed for requirements 1 and 3. In addition, although VA was previously compliant with requirement 9, it has not met additional recommended criteria to protect personal privacy and maintain confidentiality.The OIG recognizes the complexity of integrating multiple geographic information systems across the agency. In light of the significant progress VA has made to comply with the act’s requirements, the OIG is making no recommendations for improvement. The OIG encourages VA to complete its planned actions to ensure compliance.

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This report presents a summary of the results of our self-initiated audits assessing mail delivery, customer service, and property conditions at four select delivery units in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM Region (Project Number 22-132). These delivery units were the Rio Rancho Branch and Richard J. Pino Station in Albuquerque, NM; and the Santa Fe Main Post Office (MPO) and Coronado Station in Santa Fe, NM. We judgmentally selected these delivery units based on the number of customer inquiries per route the unit received and Stop-the- Clock (STC) scans occurring at the delivery unit. We previously issued interim reports to district management for each of these units regarding the conditions we identified. In addition, we issued a report on the efficiency of operations at the Albuquerque Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), which services these four delivery units.All four delivery units are in the Arizona-New Mexico District of the WestPac Area and have a combined total of 75 city routes and 153 rural routes. Staffing at the delivery units during our audit included 87 full-time city carriers, 34 city carrier assistants, 137 full-time rural carriers, 94 rural replacement carriers, 11 assistant rural carrier, 44 full-time clerks, one full-time mail handler, and 19 postal support employees (see Table 1).The delivery units service about 332,667 people in several ZIP Codes, which are all considered to be urban communities (see Table 2).

EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited funds received by the State of Delaware under the Help America Vote Act, including state matching funds and interest earned, totaling $20 million. This included Election Security and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grants.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are the primary collaborators on the Visa Security Program (VSP), with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) having a limited role.

This report presents the results of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 21 examination for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Financial Management Services (FMS) description of its financial systems used to process user entities financial transactions throughout the period October 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022.

This report presents the results of our verification inspection of a June 2014 Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of SBA’s 7(a) loan guaranty approval process, performance audit report 14-13. The review determined significant opportunities existed to improve the management of the 7(a) loan guaranty approval process to mitigate its risk of loss and protect the integrity of the program. Specifically, the audit found that processing center management emphasized quantity over quality for 7(a) loan reviews, and processing center loan specialists were not provided adequate guidance and training to conduct their 7(a) loan review activities.A verification inspection is a short review that focuses on closed recommendations from prior OIG reports. This inspection focuses on recommendation 1, which recommended that SBA revise management reports to measure quality against established targets, ensure production credit is given for all loan review actions, and promote compliance with SBA requirements.We found SBA effectively implemented recommendation 1 by revising its management reports to include key factors for measuring the quality and complexity of loan reviews to promote compliance with SBA requirements.

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) provides disability compensation benefits to eligible veterans and may require medical examinations to determine the severity of their conditions. Some conditions may change or improve over time, which may require veterans to be reexamined. In a July 2018 report, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) found claims processors did not consistently follow VBA policy that requires reexaminations of veterans be requested only when necessary. VBA has taken steps to reduce the number of unwarranted reexaminations with the creation of “batch jobs” intended to automatically cancel reexaminations meeting certain parameters. However, the OIG found that VBA carried out two batch cancellation jobs that mistakenly included reexaminations that should not have been canceled because they were required by law. This resulted in required future reexaminations being canceled, potentially causing veterans to receive monthly compensation benefits that are not consistent with their current levels of disability—higher or lower. After the OIG raised concerns, VBA suspended a scheduled batch cancellation job and reestablished workload controls to determine if reexaminations were necessary.The OIG recognizes VBA’s efforts to be responsive to prior OIG recommendations and to use automation, when possible, to minimize unnecessary medical reexamination requests. Since VBA took responsive action, the OIG did not further review the batch cancellation jobs. The OIG provided this memorandum to formally convey the information necessary for VBA leaders to further research the matter, assess the magnitude of the issue, and determine if additional actions are warranted. The OIG requested that VBA inform the OIG what action is taken to address the issues identified in this memorandum regarding batch cancellations involving medical reexaminations and appreciates VA’s response as to planned improvements.

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is issuing this Risk Advisory to notify Small Business Administration (SBA) management of potential identity or other fraud in its COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, EIDL Advance program, and Paycheck Protection Program. The PRAC identified possible identity or other fraud in one or more of these SBA programs involving 945 minors (under 18 years old) and 231 elderly individuals (80 years and older) who are also listed as household members in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Low Rent and/or Housing Choice Voucher program. We urge SBA to further examine the potential identity fraud we have detected using SBA’s own verification methods to determine which instances are fraud and take appropriate action to prevent further harm if it is determined that a minor’s or elderly’s identity was fraudulently used. We are providing management with a separate non-public version of this Risk Advisory to share the details regarding these additional safeguards.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided approximately $49.3 million of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic relief funds to Springfield, MA; Coeur D’Alene, ID; Sheridan County, NE; Marion County, GA; White Earth Nation in Minnesota; and Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) corrective actions in response to our prior audit effectively improved its processing of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) non-wage-related alerts.

Objective: Our objectives were to summarize the results of prior audits and provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) recommendations to improve its financial management oversight of states’ disability determination services (DDS).

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed 32 preaward reviews of sole-source healthcare proposals in fiscal year 2021 and provided information that VA contracting officers could use to help negotiate fair and reasonable prices. The proposals typically come from VA affiliated institutions such as colleges and schools of medicine. The combined estimated contract value of the 32 proposals reviewed was $305 million. The OIG identified a total of $102.5 million in potential cost savings for 29 of those proposals. As of March 2022, VA contracting officers had awarded 30 proposals and had sustained at least $44 million in cost savings.OIG reviews of the individual contract proposals were not previously published because they contain clinical staff’s sensitive personal data. This report, however, summarizes the OIG’s prior findings and recommendations in three areas: costs underlying proposed hourly rates, offered per-procedure prices, and potential conflicts of interest. For 27 of the 29 proposals reviewed that contained hourly rates, the prices offered to the government were higher than the supported amounts and contracting officers were urged to obtain lower prices. Frequently occurring issues included unsupported provider salaries, administrative expenses, fringe benefits amounts, and malpractice insurance premiums. The four proposals with per-procedure pricing all offered prices higher than the properly calculated Medicare rates and so the OIG recommended contracting officers also obtain lower prices. For 22 of the 32 proposals, there were potential conflicts of interest for VA personnel. These personnel held faculty appointments at the affiliated institutions and potentially would also have responsibilities related to the affiliate’s services. In each instance, the OIG recommended the contracting officer request an opinion from VA’s Office of General Counsel on whether these individuals would have a financial interest in the proposal.

What We Looked AtThe Department of Transportation (DOT) leverages information technology (IT) to achieve its mission of a safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system. Historically, IT systems were decentralized DOT-wide, but that resulted in high costs and other inefficiencies and risks. Thus, in May 2017, the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) launched an IT shared services (ITSS) initiative to centralize IT decision making and transition to DOT-wide acquisition vehicles where possible. Given the high-dollar amounts associated with DOT’s IT acquisition spending—$3.5 billion in fiscal year 2021—and the ongoing ITSS transition, our objectives for this audit were to assess the Department’s processes for (1) awarding its IT shared services contracts and (2) reviewing contractor charges. What We FoundCounter to Federal procurement requirements, DOT’s contracting officers (CO) awarded multiple noncompetitive actions to ITSS contract vehicles without proper justifications, beyond contract term limits, and despite prolonged contractor performance issues. For example, DOT awarded a 1-year, no options, $950,000 ITSS vehicle noncompetitively, then extended it 16 times, increasing its period of performance to over 7 years and its value to $15.2 million. In addition, COs did not always award such actions in a timely manner due partially to a lack of guidance. As a result, we found 10 lapses in 5 ITSS contract vehicles with a total value of $582.1 million during which DOT continued to receive and pay for IT services. Further, while DOT’s ITSS award documentation complied with most key procurement requirements, there were a few notable exceptions. For example, officials could not locate most of the award documentation for an over 11-year, $525 million ITSS contract, raising questions about whether DOT obtained the best pricing. Finally, the OCIO’s practices for verifying ITSS contractor charges are not always reliable in part because it lacks adequate controls. Thus, the Department cannot give reasonable assurance that ITSS payments are proper, leaving them at risk for waste, fraud, and abuse. Our RecommendationsDOT concurred or partially concurred with six of our nine recommendations to improve its ITSS contract vehicles award and invoice review processes. DOT did not concur with the remaining three recommendations, which remain open and unresolved.

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The U.S. International Trade Commission’s (Commission) Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine if the Commission effectively patches critical and high vulnerabilities on the International Trade Commission Network, known as ITCNet. The ITCNet includes the hardware, software, applications, databases, communications, and Internet access to support the Commission’s mission and daily operations.

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires each agency’s Inspector General (IG) to conduct an annual independent evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the information security program (ISP) and practices of its respective agency. Our audit objective was to determine the effectiveness of Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) ISP and practices as defined by the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Core IG Metrics Implementation Analysis and Guidelines (see Appendix B). Our audit scope was limited to answering the core IG metrics.The FISMA methodology considers metrics at a level 4 (managed and measurable) or higher to be at an effective level of security. Based on our analysis of the core IG metrics and associated maturity models, we found 12 of the 20 core IG metrics were at a level 1 (ad-hoc), level 2 (defined), or level 3 (consistently implemented); therefore, TVA's ISP was not operating in an effective manner as defined by the FY 2022 Core IG Metrics Implementation Analysis and Guidelines.

Boiler plants are essential to operating VA medical facilities. If boilers are not properly inspected, updated, and maintained, they may fail, putting veteran and employee safety at risk and disrupting patients’ access to care.The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) established a policy to safely operate boiler plants in VHA Directive 1810. The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited to determine whether the New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network—Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 2—effectively followed that directive when inspecting and maintaining boiler plants.The OIG selected VISN 2 because data from fiscal year (FY) 2021 showed it had the most boiler plant components requiring maintenance and deficiencies associated with boiler plant components operating past their expected lifespans. The OIG determined VISN 2 did not fully comply with VHA Directive 1810 on useful life assessments and operations testing and inspections. Additionally, VHA leaders lacked information necessary for effective oversight.The OIG made six recommendations for facilities to manage the inspection and maintenance of boiler plants more effectively. The VISN 2 director should ensure useful life assessments are conducted for boilers operating past their expected or extended lifespans to ensure safe operation. Office of Healthcare Engineering leaders should clarify policies and procedures for scheduling useful life assessments for boilers, update VHA Directive 1810 to ensure medical facility boiler policies reflect current procedures and clarify the frequency of tests and inspections and whether they require third-party inspectors.The OIG also recommended the VISN 2 director review medical facilities’ boiler operation policies regarding notifying officials and planning corrective action to ensure they are consistent with VHA Directive 1810. The VISN 2 director also should employ a management information system to facilitate access to inspection records, useful life assessments, and corrective action plans.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is responsible for Postal Service policies, procedures, standards, and requirements for facility security and access controls. It has also established a risk management process — the Vulnerability Risk Assessment Tool (VRAT) — to ensure compliance with facility security policies and procedures and identify facility security deficiencies. Additionally, the Postal Inspection Service is an associate member of the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) formed by Executive Order 12977 to enhance the quality and effectiveness of security in protecting federal facilities.

We determined that the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe did not follow applicable requirements in its agreements with the BIA.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) made payments to beneficiaries who were deceased according to Utah records.

The U.S. Border Patrol within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) followed its screening procedures to prevent migrants with serious criminal backgrounds or individuals on the terrorist watch list from entering the United States. We determined that Border Patrol agents conducted required record checks on the migrants from our sample that they released into the country.

This report presents the results of the System and Organization Controls 1 Type 2 examination conducted in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 21 for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) description of its data center hosting and security systems used to process user entities’ transactions throughout the period October 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022.

This report presents the results of the System and Organization Controls 1 Type 2 examination conducted in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 21 for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Finance Center (NFC) description of its payroll and personnel systems used to process user entities payroll and human resource transactions throughout the period October 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022.

In accordance with our Annual Performance Plan Fiscal Year 2022, dated November 2021, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of the United States Capitol Police (USCP or the Department) Career Progression, Rotational Policies. The scope of the review included controls, processes, and operations during Fiscal Years 2019 through 2021.  OIG objectives were to determine (1) what the Department's established policies for career progression and rotation are, and (2) how the Department's career progression and rotation policies compare to other Federal law enforcement agencies.

The U.S. Postal Service launched a pilot program to transport mail by rail on July 14, 2020, under a contract with Contractor #1. On November 10, 2021, the Postal Service expanded rail service using a second contractor, Contractor #2. The intent of moving mail by rail is to reduce as many Highway Contract Route trips as possible and fully optimize the surface transportation network. Our objective was to evaluate how the Postal Service identifies opportunities for moving standard mail on intermodal transportation and monitors rail transportation network performance. To accomplish our objective, we conducted observations at the Los Angeles Network Distribution Center (NDC) and interviewed Postal Service management at the eight NDCs using rail service. Additionally, we reviewed contracts and performance data for the scope period of July 14, 2020, to June 30, 2022

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report highlights the results of a focused evaluation of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities’ care coordination programs related to inter-facility patient transfers. The report describes findings from healthcare inspections performed at VHA medical facilities during fiscal year 2021. Each inspection involved interviews with key staff and reviews of clinical and administrative processes.The OIG found general compliance with some of the selected care coordination requirements. However, the OIG identified weaknesses with and issued four recommendations related to the• existence of facility policies for inter-facility transfers,• monitoring and evaluation of inter-facility transfers,• transmission of patients’ active medication lists and advance directives to receiving facilities, and• communication between nurses at sending and receiving facilities.

This report highlights findings from prior single audit reports to help the EPA prepare to administer an additional $60 billion in funds pursuant to the IIJA. We identified seven areas where noncompliance with applicable federal laws, regulations, and program requirements were most frequent. We found that most instances of noncompliance were associated with two programs: the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program.

Our objective was to determine how four Border patrol sectors on the Southwest border determine post-apprehension outcomes for noncitizens encountered between ports of entry.

An aboveground storage tank (AST) is a storage tank placed above the surface of the ground. Any stationary tank system that is not covered with earth or other material or any tank located entirely within a structure that can be visually inspected, such as a building or basement, is generally considered an AST. U.S. Postal Service facilities use ASTs to store fluid products and waste such as motor oil, gasoline and diesel fuel, heating oil, and antifreeze to operate and maintain sites, vehicles, and equipment. Postal Service facilities with ASTs must establish a routine maintenance and inspection program to monitor the condition of the AST and avoid releases into the environment.Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s effectiveness at managing ASTs by reviewing ASTs active as of January 2022.

Department of Homeland Security component collaboration on law enforcement virtual training simulators is limited. Specifically, components are not always aware of other DHS components’ research, purchases, capabilities, or availability of law enforcement virtual training simulators.