Federal Reports

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this management advisory to bring to your attention concerns regarding how the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) manages its Information Technology (IT) systems. OIG has reported on significant IT investment internal control issues over the last 6 years, which the agency has also identified without taking meaningful action to resolve. These issues include:• The governance board did not meet as required to oversee IT investments,• Performance against established baselines was not reported,• Critical system capabilities were missing, and• Corrective actions were not taken for underperforming investments.These issues require immediate attention as a strong IT governance framework enables the agency to achieve mission goals and objectives while safeguarding taxpayer funds. An efficient IT framework will help the agency better deliver SBA programs and services, particularly in times of crisis.SBA management agreed with five recommendations and partially agreed with one. To address these recommendations, the agency is planning to implement corrective measures, including updating applicable policies, procedures, and evidentiary documentation.

This inspection concluded that the FCC has effectively implemented five of the nine privacy requirements in Title 42 U.S.C. § 2000ee-2. Four of the nine requirements had not been effectively implemented for the period covered by our review. The final report includes four findings and offers seven recommendations intended to improve the Commission’s privacy and data protection policies and procedures

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The audit of AmeriCorps grants awarded to the Puerto Rico Commission for Volunteerism and Community Service (the Commission) and two of its subgrantees found that the Commission and subgrantees did not comply with Federal regulations and AmeriCorps grant terms and conditions resulting in $625,446 in questioned Federal and match costs, and education awards. Specifically, the Commission did not adequately document or appropriately report costs. We also found the Commission insufficiently monitored its subgrantees’ compliance with grant terms and conditions and the Commission’s and a subgrantee’s financial management system did not properly track grant and report expenditures.We made recommendations for the Commission and AmeriCorps that focus on improving the Commission’s and its subgrantees’ administrative and management procedures for monitoring AmeriCorps grants. The Commission concurred with all findings within the report and noted that it had begun implementing corrective actions consistent with the auditor’s recommendations. AmeriCorps acknowledged working with the Commission on its management response and noted it will make its final determination for all findings, recommendations, and questioned costs after receiving the final report and reviewing the auditor’s working papers and the Commission’s corrective action plan.

We found that Indian Affairs was unable to effectively manage deferred maintenance at school facilities funded by the Bureau of Indian Education.

The Inflation Reduction Act authorizes $4 billion in appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to mitigate drought in the Reclamation States.

We audited costs claimed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries under WSFR grants awarded by FWS.

We found the Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting did not fully meet IIJA Section 40206 reporting and performance metric requirements.