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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Results of Scoping and Suspension of the Evaluation of the Bureau's Personnel Security Program
The Postal Service purchases IT equipment, such as webcams and printers, through the eBuy Plus system. As of April 2020, the Postal Service had about 73,000 printers. Of these, 63,357 are categorized as [redacted] which are maintained by local information specialists. The remaining 9,352 are categorized as managed printers because they are managed and maintained using enterprise tools by [redacted], including application of firmware updates. Firmware is a software program embedded on a device that gives instructions for how to communicate with other devices. Our objective was to determine if controls for purchasing and maintaining information technology (IT) equipment, specifically printers, webcams, and [redacted] cameras, are effective in identifying, assessing, and mitigating vulnerabilities and related cybersecurity risks to the U.S. Postal Service’s IT infrastructure.
Rhode Island's Monitoring Did Not Ensure Child Care Provider Compliance With State Criminal Background Check Requirements at 18 of 30 Providers Reviewed
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG Act) of 2014 added new requirements for States that received funding from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to conduct comprehensive criminal background checks on staff members and prospective staff members of child care providers every 5 years. Criminal background check requirements apply to any staff member who is employed by a child care provider for compensation or whose activities involve the care or supervision of children or unsupervised access to children.
At the request of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Supply Chain, we examined the cost proposal submitted by a company for engineering, design, and construction support services. Our examination objective was to determine if the company's cost proposal was fairly stated for a planned 5-year, $200 million contract.In our opinion, the company's cost proposal included labor markup rates for the recovery of indirect costs that were misstated. We estimated TVA could save $7.44 million over the planned $200 million contract by negotiating revisions to the labor markup rates to more accurately reflect the company's recent actual costs. In addition, we found the proposed labor rate ranges were not reflective of the actual salary costs of the company.(Summary Only)
