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Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019
The Office of Inspector General is pleased to issue Semiannual Report to Congress for the period October 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019. As a new office, the theme of our Semiannual Report is “hitting our stride”.
During this semiannual reporting period, we completed congressionally mandated audits of the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA) information systems security and financial statements. These audits resulted in recommendations that will help NEA continuously improve information systems security, financial reporting accuracy, and financial transparency. In addition, we received and addressed seven hotline complaints, primarily enabling us to help citizens avoid scams by individuals fraudulently representing themselves as NEA employees. Furthermore, we issued four grant award audit reports which included $1.3 million in questioned cost and included recommendations to improve award management. Through our audit follow-up process, we worked with NEA managers and awardees to clear eleven open recommendations, resulting in improved stewardship of NEA award funds.
DHS OIG's newly released Semiannual Report to the Congress (SAR) highlights the audit, inspection, and investigative activities OIG has undertaken during the first half of Fiscal Year 2019. In the six month reporting period, October 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, we issued 37 reports, including management alerts and reports on Disaster Relief Fund spending. We issued 181 unique recommendations to the Department and closed 151 recommendations, issued in this and prior periods, because of the Department’s actions. Our audits resulted in questioned costs of $36,131,751. The Department recovered or deobligated from audits $243,254,908. We issued 3 reports identifying $688,380,334 in funds put to better use. Additionally, we reported $3,603,187 in recoveries, fines, and restitution from Investigations. We initiated 431 and closed 396 investigations. Our investigations resulted in 49 arrests, 45 indictments, 37 convictions, and 12 personnel actions.
