Federal Reports

Our objective was to assess the security controls of the MDD‑TRs deployed at Postal Service facilities. Specifically, we performed testing on the devices using automated tools and manual review techniques to evaluate the devices’ security controls and functionality.

Our objective was to review cash and stamp inventories, daily reporting activities, clock ring adjustments, and employee separations at the Hillcrest Station, Rancho Santa Fe Post Office, and Chula Vista Post Office. Our audit review scope period was July 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. We reviewed the Hillcrest Station, Rancho Santa Fe Post Office, and Chula Vista Post Office during the week of February 27, 2023. We are issuing this capping report to provide the U.S. Postal Service with overall findings and recommendations for all three post offices.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding Dashboard allows stakeholders to explore USDA programs that received IIJA funding, as well as IIJA monies awarded through USDA.

The PRAC along with 10 of our member Offices of Inspectors General began a case study-based review, in part, to learn more about how much pandemic relief funding went to recipients within six randomly selected communities. Using a combination of federal, state, and local data sources, we identified that 10 federal agencies provided approximately $2.65 billion in pandemic relief funds to the six communities through approximately 89 pandemic relief programs and subprograms during the first 18 months of the pandemic (March 2020 through September 2021). We also found that tracking pandemic funds to the community level required the use of multiple non-public federal, state, and local data systems. In addition, we found that data collection and system limitations at the federal, state, and local levels impacted our efforts to obtain consistent data or data reports. This is the first in a series of reports to be issued under this review.