Reports

Small Business Administration OIG

Management Alert Serious Concerns About SBA’s Control Environment and the Tracking of Performance Results in the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this Management Alert regarding serious concerns with the control environment and the tracking of performance results in the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program requiring immediate attention and action. SBA should take immediate action to reduce or eliminate risks by strengthening existing controls and implementing internal controls to address potential misuse of federal funds. Strong controls will ensure the SVOG program can effectively help eligible small business owners and entities that have suffered economic injury because of the...

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Department of Defense OIG

Audit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Use of Undefinitized Contract Actions for the Conversion of Alternate Care Sites in Response to the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic

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Audit | 4/07/2021

National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG

COVID-19 Impacts on NASA’s Major Programs and Projects

This snapshot presents a summary of pandemic-related impacts to 30 of the Agency's major programs and projects at the end of fiscal year 2020 with an estimated impact of approximately $1.6 billion of the $3 billion total in COVID impact reported by NASA.

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Department of Defense OIG

Audit of Public Health Emergency Readiness at Military Installations

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Department of Defense OIG

Audit of the Impact of Coronavirus Disease–2019 on Basic Training

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Audit | 3/31/2021

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0001.1 - Closed

Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the implementation of COVID-19 guidance at basic training centers.

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0001.2 - Closed

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0001.3 - Closed

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0001.4 - Closed

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0002.1 - Closed

Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of Marine Corps Training and Education Command and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with screening and testing of recruits and training personnel, including procedures for timely testing and delivery of results.

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0002.2 - Closed

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0003 - Closed

Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the use of personal protective equipment necessary for basic training, including defining social distancing requirements with additional emphasis on the use of masks for indoor and outdoor environments.

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0004.1 - Closed

Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the use of cleaning supplies necessary for basic training.

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0004.2 - Closed

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0004.3 - Closed

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0005.1 - Closed

Rec. 5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command assess manpower requirements for training personnel to ensure compliance with COVID-19 procedures required by DoD guidance and take appropriate action based on that assessment.

D-2021-0069-D000RL-0001-0005.2 - Closed

National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – University of Kentucky Research Foundation

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Audit | 3/31/2021

National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Audit | 3/31/2021

Finding 1, Rec. 1 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $14,964 of questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns associated with unreturned credits.

Finding 1, Rec. 2 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide additional training to the individual(s) responsible for making draws within NSF’s Award Cash Management $ervice system to ensure that UAF appropriately incorporates credits when calculating the total amount to draw down from, or return to, NSF.

Finding 2, Rec. 1 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $10,704 of questioned indirect costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding 2, Rec. 2 - Closed

Direct UAF to strengthen its administrative and management processes and training procedures for ensuring that it appropriately applies indirect costs to costs charged to Federal awards. Updated processes could include: a. Requiring an annual review of sponsored award accounts that UAF established to track participant support costs to ensure that the accounts do not apply indirect costs. b. Requiring that personnel manually review purchase card transactions that exceed $5,000 to evaluate whether UAF should account for the purchase(s) as equipment.

Finding 3, Rec. 1 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $2,938 of questioned travel and other direct costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding 3, Rec. 2 - Closed

Direct UAF to strengthen its policies and procedures related to creating and retaining documentation, including introducing additional controls to help ensure that UAF appropriately creates and maintains all documentation necessary to support the allowability of expenses charged to sponsored programs.

Finding 3, Rec. 3 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide additional training regarding the types of travel expenses that are allowable and unallowable under Federal and NSF regulation and UAF policy. This training should specifically address how to account for expenses claimed by non-UAF employees for which UAF has received a travel credit.

Finding 3, Rec. 4 - Closed

Direct UAF to establish clear guidance regarding the allowability of credit card convenience fees.

Finding 3, Rec. 5 - Closed

Direct UAF to strengthen its administrative and management processes and procedures surrounding the approval of travel expense reports. Updated procedures could include: a. Conducting annual training for those individuals responsible for reviewing and approving expense reports within each department. b. Requiring personnel to perform additional procedures when a traveler diverts from their original travel itinerary.

Finding 4, Rec. 1 - Closed

Direct UAF to update its current practices for establishing indirect cost rates to ensure that UAF applies indirect costs to NSF awards using the rate(s) established in the appropriate Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement.

Department of Defense OIG

Evaluation of Access to Department of Defense Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

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Inspection / Evaluation | 3/30/2021

Small Business Administration OIG

Evaluation of SBA’s Award Procedures for the CARES Act Entrepreneurial Development Cooperative Agreements

This report found that SBA awarded the CARES Act entrepreneurial development cooperative agreements and grants in accordance with applicable federal laws, regulations, and guidance. We found program officials established performance goals and identified performance indicators. To more effectively ensure performance goals are achieved as intended, SBA should clearly define the performance goals and set performance targets. We recommended that SBA enforce standard operating procedures requiring defined performance goals and include performance targets in all future SBDC and WBC cooperative...

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Inspection / Evaluation | 3/30/2021

Department of Defense OIG

Audit of Maintaining Cybersecurity in the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Telework Environment

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Audit | 3/29/2021

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Reports

Management Alert Serious Concerns About SBA’s Control Environment and the Tracking of Performance Results in the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program

Audit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Use of Undefinitized Contract Actions for the Conversion of Alternate Care Sites in Response to the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic

COVID-19 Impacts on NASA’s Major Programs and Projects

Audit of Public Health Emergency Readiness at Military Installations

Audit of the Impact of Coronavirus Disease–2019 on Basic Training

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – University of Alaska Fairbanks

Evaluation of Access to Department of Defense Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

Evaluation of SBA’s Award Procedures for the CARES Act Entrepreneurial Development Cooperative Agreements

Audit of Maintaining Cybersecurity in the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Telework Environment

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