Federal Reports

Our objective is to inform the Postal Service of significant vulnerabilities associated with applications developed and maintained under this contract that did not complete the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process.

Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of the internal communication and implementation of Informed Delivery sign up at retail facilities. Informed Delivery is the U.S. Postal Service’s offering that allows customers to digitally preview their letter mail and package delivery via email notifications, online dashboard, or mobile application. Our fieldwork was completed before the President of the United States issued the national emergency declaration concerning the novel coronavirus disease outbreak on March 13, 2020. The results of this audit do not reflect operational changes or service impacts that may have occurred throughout the Postal Service’s operational network as a result of the pandemic.

The Office of Inspector General is issuing this management alert to the U.S. AbilityOne Commission (Commission) as notice that the Agency’s ability to mitigate risk in its programs and operations remains inadequate. Senior Agency staff has failed to address internal controls, and noncompliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised Circular A-123, Management’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control, persists.

The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG Act) of 2014 added new requirements for States receiving 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.

We reviewed the oversight of opioid prescribing and the monitoring of opioid use in Ohio. This factsheet shows Ohio's responses to our questionnaire covering five categories related to its approach to addressing the opioid epidemic: policies and procedures, data analytics, programs, outreach, and other efforts.