Federal Reports

We initiated a proactive review to determine whether the Departmental Ethics Office was identifying prohibited investments held by DOI employees.

Improper Payment Determination USITC

We reviewed whether the Risk Management Agency’s and selected approved insurance providers’ oversight of the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Pilot Program was sufficient to ensure that approved revenues, liabilities, and indemnity payments were accurate.

This document provides an update to our plan for oversight of the EPA’s implementation of the IIJA.We have divided this Year 3 oversight plan into three time-based sections that describe planned and ongoing IIJA-related audit and evaluation projects for FY 2024 and beyond. The first section includes planned and ongoing projects for Year 3 of our IIJA oversight, the second section details planned projects for Years 4–5, and a third section summarizes our planned approaches for oversight work expected in Year 6 and beyond. Each of the planned and ongoing projects summarized in this plan relates to the EPA’s IIJA implementation work; however, some projects identified in this oversight plan will receive partial support from annual appropriations.

The Bemidji Post Office provides standard delivery and retail operations in a predominantly rural community in Northern Minnesota. The office also has some mail processing operations typically found inside a processing and distribution center. It processes, and subsequently, dispenses mail to 37 other delivery units in the region for delivery. In November 2023, community members and Postal Service employees in the Bemidji, MN, area contacted their congressional representatives and the media to express concerns about increased package volume disrupting mail service. Delivering and processing all mail timely is critical to the Postal Service meeting its service standards and providing the public with the service it deserves.