Reports

Department of Defense OIG

Audit of the DoD Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Awards to the Defense Industrial Base

U.S. Postal Service OIG

U.S. Postal Inspection Service Pandemic Response to Mail Fraud and Mail Theft

Our objective was to assess the Postal Inspection Service’s response to mail fraud and mail theft during the COVID-19 pandemic. After we began the audit, we received a congressional request from seven members of Congress asking us to identify what actions, if any, the Postal Inspection Service had taken to address the increase in mail theft during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Delaware Office of the State Auditor

Examination of Jeanne Jugan Long-Term Healthcare Facility

The State of Delaware is required to ensure that the fiscal records at nursing care facilities are retained and properly support the cost report – which is the financial report showing the cost and charges related to Medicaid activities – submitted to the Medicaid Agency. These costs must comply with federal and state regulations. This examination could not be completed because of a severe lack of documentation. Administration at the Jeanne Jugan Residence was unable to produce sufficient data showing how many patients were served each day. Without accurate patient census data, it was...

Department of Justice

Husband And Wife Are Indicted For Stealing $200,000 From A High School Booster Club

Department of Justice

Owner of Wedding Planning Company Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud

A Texas man pleaded guilty today to filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $3 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery

Implementation Review: Loan Agreements Need to Provide for Appropriate Access to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, July 28, 2020

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National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – Florida International University

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Audit | 5/19/2021

Finding1Rec.1 - Closed

Resolve the $1,252 in questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns for which FIU has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct FIU to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards.

Finding1Rec.2 - Closed

Direct FIU to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $14,167 of questioned costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding1Rec.3 - Closed

Direct FIU to update its administrative and management processes and internal control procedures surrounding the Award Cash Management $ervice for awards with expiring appropriations. Updated processes should ensure FIU appropriately documents how it calculates the final draw amounts for awards with expiring appropriations, to ensure it only uses the draws to cover costs incurred before the appropriation expired.

Finding1Rec.4 - Closed

Direct FIU to strengthen its award set-up processes and procedures to ensure it cannot charge costs to an active award if the Federal appropriations for the award have expired.

Finding2Rec.1 - Closed

Resolve the $791 in questioned fringe benefit costs for which FIU has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct FIU to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards.

Finding2Rec.2 - Closed

Direct FIU to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $5,934 of questioned promotional and salary costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding2Rec.3 - Closed

Direct FIU to establish clear guidance regarding the 
allowable uses

An allowable use is any expenditure on which an entity can spend funding.


of participant support cost funding. This guidance should address: a. Allowable uses of participant support cost funding. b. How to verify personnel did not apply fringe benefit rates to participant stipends or other non-salary expenses.

Finding2Rec.4 - Closed

Direct FIU to strengthen its monitoring procedures surrounding costs charged to its NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates programs. Updated procedures should ensure FIU charges costs associated with promotional and/or other unallowable items to nonFederal funding sources.

Finding3Rec.1 - Closed

Direct FIU to update its current practices to ensure it only applies fringe benefits using fringe benefit rates that have been approved by its cognizant audit agency.

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

Transparency in Pandemic-related Federal Spending: Report of Alignment and Gaps

A commissioned study by MITRE that identifies gaps in federal data sources and how we can close them to improve the quality of the information we provide to the public.

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National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – State University of New York at Stony Brook

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Audit | 5/18/2021

Finding1Rec.1 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $20,530 of questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns associated with unspent funds.

Finding1Rec.2 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to update its administrative and management processes and internal control procedures surrounding the Award Cash Management $ervice for awards with expiring appropriations. Updated processes could include validating that Stony Brook only draws down funding based on immediate cash needs and/or adequately documents that any Award Cash Management $ervice draws in excess of its actual expenses support immediate cash needs.

Finding2Rec.1 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $6,913 in questioned travel costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding2Rec.2 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to provide additional guidance to ensure personnel reimburse NSF timely for cash drawn down for unused travel advances.

Finding3Rec.1 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $3,898 in questioned travel costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding3Rec.2 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to strengthen its monitoring procedures and internal controls surrounding the allocation of travel expenses to sponsored projects. Processes could include reviewing and assessing the allocation of all travel expenses charged to NSF awards.

Finding4Rec.1 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to separately track its on-campus and off-campus activities so that it can appropriately apply the approved on-campus and off-campus indirect cost rates.

Finding4Rec.2 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to update its current budget proposal process to eliminate the use of blended indirect cost rates.

Finding5Rec.1 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to update its current award set-up practices to require that, when setting up accounts established for NSF awards, personnel ensure that the accounts apply indirect costs using the rates that were established in the Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement in effect as of the date of the NSF grant award, rather than using the rates included within the original grant proposal.

Finding5Rec.2 - Closed

Direct Stony Brook to update its current award set-up practices to remove the establishment of indirect cost budget caps.

Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

Inadequate Resident Supervision and Documentation of an Ophthalmology Procedure at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection in response to allegations related to ophthalmology resident supervision and quality of care by an attending ophthalmologist (subject ophthalmologist) at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma.The OIG substantiated that the subject ophthalmologist failed to provide adequate resident supervision and entered inaccurate documentation related to supervision for a single patient case. The ophthalmology residents were unable to reach the subject ophthalmologist when the patient experienced a complication during an eye...

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Inspection / Evaluation | 5/18/2021

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Reports

Audit of the DoD Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Awards to the Defense Industrial Base

U.S. Postal Inspection Service Pandemic Response to Mail Fraud and Mail Theft

Examination of Jeanne Jugan Long-Term Healthcare Facility

Husband And Wife Are Indicted For Stealing $200,000 From A High School Booster Club

Owner of Wedding Planning Company Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Implementation Review: Loan Agreements Need to Provide for Appropriate Access to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, July 28, 2020

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – Florida International University

Transparency in Pandemic-related Federal Spending: Report of Alignment and Gaps

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – State University of New York at Stony Brook

Inadequate Resident Supervision and Documentation of an Ophthalmology Procedure at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma

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