Federal Reports

An annual update on the OIG’s oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s implementation of the IIJA, which appropriates over $60 billion to the EPA for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, representing the largest appropriation that the Agency has ever received.

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the Charles George VA Medical Center, which includes multiple outpatient clinics in North Carolina. This evaluation focused on five key operational areas:• Leadership and organizational risks• Quality, safety, and value• Medical staff privileging• Environment of care• Mental health (suicide prevention initiatives)The OIG issued five recommendations for improvement in three areas:1. Quality, safety, and value• Sentinel event investigation start dates• Root cause analyses2. Medical staff privileging• Consolidation of credentialing and privileging activities• Credentialing and Privileging Manager reports directly to Chief of Staff3. Mental health• Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation completion

This report summarizes the results of our fiscal year 2023 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014 evaluation and assessment of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) information security systems policies, procedures, and practices.Our objectives were to determine whether SBA complied with FISMA and assess the maturity of controls used to address risks in each of the nine security domains.There are five open recommendations from two previous evaluations. In this report, we made 11 recommendations for improvements in 6 domains: risk management, supply chain risk management, identity and access management, data protection and privacy, security training, and contingency planning. We did not repeat recommendations from previous years being implemented in the areas of risk management, supply chain risk management, and contingency planning. The agency agreed with all 11 recommendations.

Peer Review: External Peer Review Report for the SEC OIG Inspection and Evaluation Function

An Amtrak employee based in Seattle, Washington, was terminated from employment on March 7, 2024, following our investigation. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by using his company email to conduct business for an outlaw motorcycle gang and by maintaining sexually explicit images on his company devices. The former employee also acknowledged that he was denied entry into Canada due to his association with the outlaw motorcycle gang, thus interfering with his ability to perform his duties.