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U.S. Agency for International Development
Performance Audit of Costs Incurred by Insight Systems Corporation for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
The Management and Use of Official Time final audit report, originally issued on September 16, 2022, was reissued on March 20, 2023. The report was revised to remove statements pertaining to questioned costs for official time used for representational activities. We originally developed average hourly costs for official time hours in the background section of the report for presentational purposes only, not for questioned costs as defined in the IG Act. However, these changes did not alter the finding and six recommendations made in the final report.
The U.S. Postal Service’s Central Area has about 6,224 delivery units to assist in the Postal Service’s universal service obligation to bind the nation together and provide prompt, reliable, and efficient postal services to all communities. As of September 2022, about 78,000 city and rural carriers delivered to about 32 million possible delivery points in the Central Area. During fiscal year (FY) 2022, we evaluated mail delivery, customer service, and property conditions at 14 delivery units in the Central Area.
The U. S. Postal Service’s WestPac Area has about 2,996 delivery units to assist in the Postal Service’s universal service obligation to bind the nation together and provide prompt, reliable, and efficient postal services to all communities. As of September 2022, about 64,000 city and rural carriers delivered to about 30 million possible delivery points in the WestPac Area. During fiscal year (FY) 2022, we evaluated mail delivery, customer service, and property conditions at 15 delivery units in the WestPac Area.
NASA is developing advanced nuclear power system technologies, generally plutonium-238-based radioisotope power systems, to expand solar system exploration where conventional solar or chemical powered space flight is less effective. In this audit, we evaluated NASA’s management of the plutonium-238 it uses to power deep space satellite missions, nuclear power technology development, and the Program’s effectiveness in supporting NASA science missions.