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U.S. Agency for International Development
Performance Audit of Incurred Costs for Democracy International, Inc., for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
During the week of March 31, 2025, we performed a self-initiated audit at the Louisville Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC)and three delivery units serviced by the P&DC. The delivery units included the Iroquois Station, Middletown Branch, and Pleasure Ridge Park Branch in Louisville, KY.
We issued individual reports for the three delivery units and the P&DC. We also issued another report summarizing the results of our audits at all three delivery units with specific recommendations for management to address.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine how the EPA has managed its Brownfields Program and allocated funds under the program since enactment of the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act.
Summary of Findings
We identified two areas that may warrant management attention and further research:
Data inaccuracies in the EPA’s Grants Research Information Portal database, which could limit EPA staff’s ability to accurately monitor and report on grant funds using the database.
Increased grant funding due to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriations, which could pose challenges for EPA oversight of grant funds and associated results. The EPA will have to monitor a higher number of brownfields projects—including larger, more complex projects—for years after FY 2026 while not receiving additional Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriations to fund regional oversight staff.
OIG assessed the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s internal controls governing the inspection of passenger baggage for commercial and private aircraft departing Hawaii to the continental United States to protect against invasive plant and plant product pests and diseases.
Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Global Communities, Active Citizenry Activity in West Bank and Gaza, Contract No. 72029422C00001, September 21, 2022, to December 31, 2023
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Makerere University Joint AIDS Program in Uganda Under Cooperative Agreement 72061721CA00001, October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this report to present the results of our audit of SBA’s Oversight of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) Recipients. The SVOG program was established on December 27, 2020, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act. In total, Congress provided $16.25 billion for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to award grants to eligible businesses in the live arts and entertainment industry.
As of October 2024, SBA identified $544 million in potential improper payments that need to be recovered. SBA established performance goals, measured progress, and reported that the SVOG program met all three performance goals. However, we found one of those goals, the number of SVOG recipients that continued or reopened operations, was not measured with representative data. SBA should establish and implement timeframes for each closeout activity. Without prompt action to closeout these awards, SBA has no assurance that taxpayer funds were used for the intended purpose.
We made six recommendations for SBA to improve recovery of SVOG funds where needed, expedite the award closeout process, better monitor the use of SVOG funds, and report on the limitations of data used for SVOG performance results.
Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the Puerto Rico Department of Justice to Hogar Sustituto y Educativo Rosanna, Corp. Bayamón, Puerto Rico