Reports

Department of Agriculture OIG

COVID-19—Farmers to Families Food Box Program Administration—Interim Report

We assessed how AMS designed the Farmers to Families Food Box Program solicitation, whether AMS awarded the contracts in accordance with requirements, and what methodology AMS used to allocate funding.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Inspection / Evaluation | 6/24/2022

Department of Defense OIG

Audit of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Use of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Funding

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Audit | 5/17/2022

D-2022-0098-D000AU-0001-0001.a - Closed

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, develop internal controls that implement emergency funding guidance and ensure proper use of emergency authorized funds.

D-2022-0098-D000AU-0001-0001.b - Closed

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, develop internal controls that require North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command officials to retain sufficient evidence, including a clear and accurate description of the goods and services purchased, that demonstrates how those goods and services supported the specific emergency.

D-2022-0098-D000AU-0001-0002.a - Closed

Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Budget Operations and Personnel, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Budget) develop and implement internal controls that verify whether current and future emergency expenses meet specific funding requirements prior to reimbursement and retain sufficient evidence of verification.

D-2022-0098-D000AU-0001-0002.b - Closed

Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Budget Operations and Personnel, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Budget) conduct a review of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command CARES Act transactions 1, 3, 5, 6, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24, and 25 to determine whether the purpose statute was violated. In addition, review the remaining 472 North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command CARES Act transactions, which were not part of our sample, to ensure CARES Act funds were used as intended.

D-2022-0098-D000AU-0001-0002.c - Closed

Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Budget Operations and Personnel, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Budget), in coordination with North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, make the appropriate accounting adjustments for transactions 1, 3, 5, 6, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24, and 25 to non-CARES Act funding if the Director's review concludes the purpose statute was violated. The Director's review could result in the potential monetary benefits of $19.2 million (in questioned costs) and $7.4 million (in unsupported costs).

D-2022-0098-D000AU-0001-0002.d - Closed

Rec. 2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Budget Operations and Personnel, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Budget) determine whether any purpose statute violations result in Antideficiency Act violations based on Recommendations 2.b. and 2.c.

D-2022-0098-D000AU-0001-0002.e - Closed

Rec. 2.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Budget Operations and Personnel, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Budget) report any resulting Antideficiency Act violations to the Secretary of the Air Force, who then reports relevant information to the President and Congress.

Department of Defense OIG

Evaluation of Department of Defense Military Medical Treatment Facility Challenges During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Fiscal Year 2021

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Inspection / Evaluation | 4/05/2022

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0001-0001.A1a - Open

Rec. A.1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in conjunction with the Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group to address the staffing challenges identified by Military Medical Treatment Facilities during this evaluation. The working group should establish milestones to streamline the hiring process to allow Military Medical Treatment Facilities to more quickly fill civilian staffing positions.

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0001-0001.A1b - Open

Rec. A.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in conjunction with the Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group to address the staffing challenges identified by Military Medical Treatment Facilities during this evaluation. The working group should establish milestones to determine if salaries for Military Medical Treatment Facility civilian nurses are commensurate with each facility's local market and if military treatment facilities are able to hire nurses at those salaries. For locations where military treatment facility salaries are not commensurate with the local market, take appropriate actions that will reduce the disparity in those markets.

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0001-0001.A1c - Open

Rec. A.1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in conjunction with the Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group to address the staffing challenges identified by Military Medical Treatment Facilities during this evaluation. The working group should establish milestones to establish a central authority with the knowledge of the Services' requests for individual and large group deployments of medical staff coming out of Military Medical Treatment Facilities and the associated risks to health care delivery.

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0001-0001.A1d - Open

Rec. A.1.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in conjunction with the Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group to address the staffing challenges identified by Military Medical Treatment Facilities during this evaluation. The working group should establish milestones to assess the ability of Military Medical Treatment Facilities to rapidly receive augmentation of medical staff from the Reserve Components.

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0001-0002.A2a - Open

Rec. A.2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Secretaries of the Military Departments establish the manpower requirements for the coronavirus disease-2019 mission within the Military Medical Treatment Facilities for the staff required to support testing, vaccinations, contact tracing, and acute respiratory clinics.

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0001-0002.A2b - Open

Rec. A.2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Secretaries of the Military Departments identify the medical personnel requirements within the Military Medical Treatment Facilities, including clinicians, nurses, and support staff, needed for future long-term pandemic response and biological incidents.

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0002-0001.B - Open

Rec. B: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) develop DoD policy for the maximum consecutive hours to be worked, maximum shifts per week, and coverage of duties when absent, for Military Health System staff (at minimum, active duty military and civilian physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and lab technicians) working in Military Medical Treatment Facilities to reduce the physical impacts leading to fatigue and burnout, and develop the appropriate waivers of this policy for Military Health System staff.

D-2022-2081-DEV0PB-0003-0001.C - Open

Rec. C: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) direct a new or existing working group to develop a plan to implement the recommendations in the Military Health System COVID-19 After Action Report and to develop and monitor milestones for each recommendation.

Department of Defense OIG

Audit of Entitlements for Activated Army National Guard and Air National Guard Members Supporting the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Mission

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Audit | 3/30/2022

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0001.a - Closed

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, update the DoD Financial Management Regulation, volume 7A, "Military Pay Policy - Active Duty and Reserve Pay," chapter 27, "Family Separation Allowance" to clearly state that the permanent duty station of a Reserve Component member on temporary duty status is the member's primary residence for the purpose of determining Family Separation Allowance entitlement.

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0001.b - Closed

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, update the DoD Financial Management Regulation, volume 7A, "Military Pay Policy - Active Duty and Reserve Pay," chapter 27, "Family Separation Allowance" to clarify that Family Separation Allowance entitlement determination is based on the commuting distance between the member's primary residence and their temporary duty location.

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0002.a - Open

Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief, National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Director of the Army National Guard and the Director of the Air National Guard, develop and implement policies and procedures to require the Army National Guard and Air National Guard to complete a review of proof of residency documentation when the member's primary residency is established or changed for the Basic Allowance for Housing entitlement to ensure consistency throughout all Army National Guard and Air National Guard units and organizations within every state, territory, and the District. The policies and procedures should also include requirements that: * document a member's primary residence address; * require members to provide proof of their primary residence address; * certify the primary address of members and review supporting documentation; and * provide oversight to ensure primary residence address information is complete and accurate.

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0002.b - Open

Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief, National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Director of the Army National Guard and the Director of the Air National Guard, develop and implement policies and procedures to outline the process and frequency of recertification for Basic Allowance for Housing entitlement that Army National Guard and Air National Guard officials will use to verify and fully document the dependency status of members to provide clarification to the DoD Financial Management Regulation, volume 7A, chapter 26. These procedures should include: * how recertifications will be completed; * which members will complete a recertification; and * how Army National Guard and Air National Guard officials will provide oversight to ensure that information is complete and accurate.

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0002.c - Open

Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief, National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Director of the Army National Guard and the Director of the Air National Guard, develop and implement policies and procedures to require Army National Guard and Air National Guard officials to review and document the status of a military member married to another military member regardless of which Military Service, Reserve or Active Component, or Army National Guard or Air National Guard unit the member's spouse belongs to, and identify which member will claim any applicable dependents.

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0002.d - Open

Rec. 2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief, National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Director of the Army National Guard and the Director of the Air National Guard, develop and implement policies and procedures to specify the methods for confirming eligibility and paying Family Separation Allowance for Army National Guard and Air National Guard members, in accordance with the DoD Financial Management Regulation, volume 7A, chapter 27, and include the: * timeliness of payments; * determination of Family Separation Allowance eligibility for back to back orders; * members assigned to their normal duty locations; and * requirement to track members to know when they return to their primary residence.

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0002.e - Open

Rec. 2.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief, National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Director of the Army National Guard and the Director of the Air National Guard, develop and implement policies and procedures to establish formal dissemination and communication procedures for National Guard Bureau policies related to entitlements provided to the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, including the policies in the preceding recommendations. The procedures should require: * creation of a central location where policies and procedures will be kept for easy access by all states, territories, and the District; and * confirmation of receipt from all of the states, territories, and the District when procedures are communicated or obtained.

D-2022-0074-D000RG-0001-0003 - Open

Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief, National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Director of the Army National Guard and the Director of the Air National Guard, develop and implement additional internal control procedures for the review of transactions manually submitted by the Army National Guard and Air National Guard to the payment system prior to payment to ensure the completeness and accuracy of transactions.

Department of the Treasury OIG

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS: Audit of Treasury’s Implementation of the Emergency Capital Investment Program

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 3/08/2022

Department of Defense OIG

Audit of DoD Implementation of the DoD Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccine Distribution Plan

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Audit | 2/01/2022

Department of Defense OIG

Management Advisory Regarding Results from Research for Future Audits and Evaluations Related to the Effects of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on DoD Operations

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Other | 1/19/2022

Department of the Treasury OIG

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Payment

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Other | 12/28/2021

Department of the Treasury OIG

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS: Audit of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund's Implementation of the CDFI Rapid Response Program

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Audit | 12/21/2021

Department of Agriculture OIG

COVID-19—Oversight of the Emergency Food Assistance Program-Interim Report

The objective of our ongoing inspection is to evaluate FNS’ oversight of TEFAP— this report provides interim results on whether FNS identified risks related to the safe and efficient distribution of USDA-food assistance to States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Inspection / Evaluation | 8/25/2021

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Reports

COVID-19—Farmers to Families Food Box Program Administration—Interim Report

Audit of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Use of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Funding

Evaluation of Department of Defense Military Medical Treatment Facility Challenges During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Fiscal Year 2021

Audit of Entitlements for Activated Army National Guard and Air National Guard Members Supporting the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Mission

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS: Audit of Treasury’s Implementation of the Emergency Capital Investment Program

Audit of DoD Implementation of the DoD Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccine Distribution Plan

Management Advisory Regarding Results from Research for Future Audits and Evaluations Related to the Effects of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on DoD Operations

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Payment

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS: Audit of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund's Implementation of the CDFI Rapid Response Program

COVID-19—Oversight of the Emergency Food Assistance Program-Interim Report

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