Federal Reports

During the week of August 11, 2025, we performed a self-initiated audit at the Santa Clarita Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and four delivery units serviced by the plant. The delivery units included the Chandler Station, Encino and Sherman Oaks Branches, and Woodland Hills Main Post Office in the Los Angeles, CA, area.

We issued individual reports for the four delivery units and P&DC. We also issued another report summarizing the results of our audits at all four delivery units with specific recommendations for management to address.

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a desk review of the single audit reporting package for the United States Veterans Initiative and Subsidiaries (U.S. VETS) for the year that ended June 30, 2024. The OIG performed this desk review consistent with its duties and responsibilities under the Inspector General Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 404, with the objective of determining whether the single audit reporting package complied with the reporting requirements of the Uniform Guidance. 

Based on the OIG team’s review, the rating for the reporting package is “pass with deficiencies"—meaning there are quality deficiencies that should be brought to the attention of the auditor (and auditee, when appropriate) for correction in future audits. The OIG does not express an opinion on the quality of the audit work performed or on the accuracy of the single audit reporting package. 

Namely, the OIG team found that the U.S. VETS’ Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and Non-Federal Awards did not fully comply with reporting requirements, because it did not provide totals by individual federal programs and the associated assistance listing numbers, as required.

The OIG is providing a copy of this memorandum to VA officials, federal agencies with direct expenditures listed on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and Non-Federal Awards, and Armanino LLP (the firm that conducted the single audit) to inform them of the results of this desk review.

Why We Did This Report

The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General to perform an annual audit of the financial statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund.
 

Summary of Findings

We rendered an unmodified opinion on the EPA’s fiscal years 2024 and 2023 Pesticide Registration Fund, also known as the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Fund, financial statements. This means that the statements were fairly presented and free of material misstatement.

We found that a former OSMRE official gave the appearance of preferential treatment to a mining company and lacked candor with our office.