Federal Reports

Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022

This report details the Office of Inspector General's Spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress. The following topics are included:• Overview of the SBA and the OIG• Pandemic Response Oversight• Small Business Access to Capital• Disaster Loan Program• Procurement Assistance• Agency Management• Other Significant OIG Activities• Statistical Highlights• Appendices

The Office of Inspector General is tasked with ensuring efficiency, accountability, and integrity in the U.S. Postal Service. We also have the distinct mission of helping to maintain confidence in the mail and postal system, as well as to improve the Postal Service's bottom line. We use audits and investigations to help protect the integrity of the Postal Service. Our Semiannual Report to Congress presents a snapshot of the work we did to fulfill our mission for the six-month period ending March 31, 2022. Our dynamic report format provides readers with easy access to facts and information, as well as succinct summaries of the work by area. Links are provided to the full reports featured in this report, as well as to the appendices.

This semiannual report summarizes the work we completed from October 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, to deter fraud, waste, and abuse.

I am pleased to submit the Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG) Semiannual Report to the United States Congress for the six months ending March 31, 2022. For the past six months, Amtrak continued its recovery after its ridership plunged in 2020 due to the pandemic. In November 2021, while ridership continued to return, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which provides Amtrak (the company) with access to as much as $66 billion in funding—the largest investment in passenger rail since the company’s creation more than 50 years ago. The legislation positions the company to play a major role in the nation’s transportation and economic future by providing funds to repair and rehabilitate the company’s rail assets, work with state and other partners to modernize the Northeast Corridor (NEC) and bring “world-class rail service” outside the NEC.