Federal Reports

KPMG LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, was engaged to audit the financial statements of Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as of September 30, 2022 and 2021, and for the fiscal years then ended; to provide a report on internal controls over financial reporting; to report on whether NRCS’ financial management system substantially complied with the requirements of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA); and to report any reportable noncompliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements it tested.

OIG audited Rural Development’s consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2022 and 2021.

KPMG LLP, an independent certified public accounting firm, was engaged to audit the financial statements of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) as of September 30, 2022 and 2021, and for the fiscal years then ended; to provide a report on internal controls over financial reporting; to report on whether CCC’s financial management system substantially complied with the requirements of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA); and to report any reportable noncompliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements it tested.

Based The Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (FMFIA), P.L. 97-255, as well as the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A-123, Management’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control, M-16-17 establish specific requirements for management control. Each executive agency must establish controls to reasonably ensure that: (1) obligations and costs are in compliance with applicable law; (2) funds, property, and other assets are safeguarded against waste, loss, unauthorized use, or misappropriation; and (3) revenues and expenditures applicable to agency operations are properly recorded and accounted for to permit the preparation of accounts and reliable financial and statistical reports and to maintain accountability over the assets on the OIG’s review, the Agency’s management controls review process was conducted in accordance with applicable guidance.As of this memorandum date, the independent auditors, Harper, Rains, Knight and Company (HRK) did not identify any material weaknesses resulting from their audit of EEOC’s Fiscal Year 2022 financial statements.

An Amtrak Assistant Foreman based in New York, violated company policy when he engaged in outside employment while on a medical leave of absence. In addition, on April 5, 2022, he falsified a Railroad Retirement Board application for sickness benefits by stating he had no income. The employee was terminated after his disciplinary hearing on November 9, 2022.

As of September 30, 2022, there are 70 open recommendations, 10 of which were reported as implemented by management but remain open per OIG or Independent Public Accounting firm (IPA) determination, and none of the remaining 60 were considered “Overdue”. No new recommendations were added since the issuance of our third Quarterly Audit Recommendation Status Report, and one recommendation was closed.

We contracted with the independent public accounting firm RMA Associates, LLC (RMA) to conduct the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) audit of the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for FY 2022 to evaluate the effectiveness of the DFC's information security program and practices, and determine what maturity level DFC achieved for each of the core metrics outlined in the FY 2022 Core Inspector General (IG) FISMA Metrics.