Reports

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

The IRS Continues to Reduce Backlog Inventories in the Tax Processing Centers

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Audit | 3/18/2024

Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery

Interim Report: Audit of the Effects the Main Street Lending Program’s Loan Losses Have on Treasury’s Investment in the Program

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Election Assistance Commission OIG

Cancellation: Audit of the Administration of Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Funds by the State of Minnesota

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify stakeholders of the decision to cancel the EAC OIG audit of the administration of HAVA funds by the State of Minnesota.

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Small Business Administration OIG

Evaluation of SBA’s Eligibility and Forgiveness Reviews of Paycheck Protection Program Loans Made to Borrowers with Treasury’s Do Not Pay Data Matches

This report is a follow up to SBA OIG Report Number 21-06, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Recipients on the Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) Do Not Pay (DNP) List, which reported SBA did not use Department of Treasury (Treasury) DNP data to screen borrowers for eligibility prior to approving loans originated before August 8, 2020 (PPP round one). In this report, we assess SBA actions to address potentially ineligible loans identified in report 21-06 and its implementation of controls to review DNP data for PPP loans originated after August 8, 2020 (PPP round two). SBA implemented a...

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Inspection / Evaluation | 2/22/2024

1 - Open

Review the 1,799 PPP loans totaling over $89 million that matched a DNP data source to ensure eligibility requirements were met and seek remedy or repayment of all loans deemed ineligible.

2 - Open

Review the 49 PPP loans totaling approximately $3.5 million and the 43 loans totaling approximately $7.2 million to ensure borrowers met eligibility requirements and seek remedy or repayment of loans deemed ineligible.

3 - Open

Review PPP loans in which the DNP hold codes were cleared to 1) identify those cleared using pre-decisional memos and 2) those cleared without sufficient evidence to support the reviewer’s loan decision and seek remedy or repayment of loans deemed ineligible.

4 - Open

Develop and implement controls, such as supervisory reviews, to ensure PPP loans and loans for future stimulus programs with DNP matches receive manual reviews, as required. The reviews should ensure that pre-decisional memos are not used to clear DNP hold codes and that loan files contain relevant and appropriate documentary evidence to support the loan review decisions.

5 - Open

Develop and implement clear guidance requiring responsible officials to maintain documentary evidence used to support loan decisions in the loan files.

6 - Open

Review the 59,893 PPP applications that matched a DNP data source to ensure borrowers met eligibility requirements and seek remedy or repayment of loans deemed ineligible.

7 - Open

Review the additional 47,940 PPP loans totaling over $1.7 billion, identified through the DNP data match, to ensure borrowers met the eligibility requirements and seek remedy or repayment of loans deemed ineligible.

Election Assistance Commission OIG

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the State of North Carolina

EAC OIG audited funds received by the State of North Carolina under the Help America Vote Act, totaling $33 million. This included Election Security and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act grants.

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Audit | 2/22/2024

Small Business Administration OIG

SBA's Handling of Identity Theft in the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program

This report presents the results of our verification inspection of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) corrective actions for the five recommendations from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluation report SBA’s Handling of Identity Theft in the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (Report 21-15). We initiated this verification inspection to determine whether the closed recommendations were fully implemented or if further corrective actions were needed. Accordingly, our objective was to determine the effectiveness of the corrective actions SBA implemented to 1)...

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Election Assistance Commission OIG

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the Territory of American Samoa

EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited $1.8 million in funds received by the territory of American Samoa under the Help America Vote Act. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Territorial Election Office of American Samoa: 1) used funds for authorized purposes in accordance with Section 101 and Section 251 of HAVA and other applicable requirements; 2) properly accounted for and controlled property purchased with HAVA payments; and 3) used the funds in a manner consistent with the informational plans provided to...

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Audit | 11/29/2023

1 - Open

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to return $77,074 to the EAC for CARES expenditures outside of the budget period.

10 - Open

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to implement a policy to ensure property purchased with federal funds is used, managed, and disposed in accordance with the Office’s procedures.

11 - Open

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to ensure all property purchased with Federal funds is placed on a compliant property record.

2 - Open

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to transfer to the Election Security election fund $130,945 for the unsupported non-payroll expenditures and $18,673 and associated fringe benefits for the unsupported payroll expenditures.

3 - Open

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to return $8,811 and associated fringe benefits to the EAC for the unsupported CARES Act payroll expenditures.

4 - Open

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to implement procedures and training to ensure adequate documentation is maintained to support the allowability of expenditures charged to the HAVA grants.

5 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to implement procedures to ensure interest is earned on any election funds received going forward.

6 - Open

We recommend that the EAC address and resolve the following recommendation that the Office perform a reconciliation of the grant activity for the Election Security grant through March 31, 2022 to ensure that all expenditures are fully disclosed and reconcile into the fund balance.

7 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC address and resolve the following recommendation that the Office prepare and submit revised financial reports to the EAC for Election Security activities as of March 31, 2022.

8 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC address and resolve the following recommendation that the Office implement procedures and training to ensure proper reporting of HAVA grant activity on future financial reports.

9 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to implement a policy to ensure amounts reported on the Territory-wide SEFA are properly identified by ALN title and number in compliance with Uniform Guidance.

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Action Is Being Taken to Address the System Limitation That Contributed to the Destruction of Tax Year 2019 Paper‑Filed Information Returns

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Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery

Interim Report: Audit of the Effects the Main Street Lending Program’s Loan Losses Have on Treasury’s Investment in the Program

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Election Assistance Commission OIG

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the Territory of Guam

EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited $1.8 million in funds received by the territory of Guam under the Help America Vote Act. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Guam Election Commission: 1) used funds for authorized purposes in accordance with Section 101 and Section 251 of HAVA and other applicable requirements; 2) properly accounted for and controlled property purchased with HAVA payments; and 3) used the funds in a manner consistent with the informational plans provided to EAC. The audit also determined if...

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Audit | 11/03/2023

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The IRS Continues to Reduce Backlog Inventories in the Tax Processing Centers

Interim Report: Audit of the Effects the Main Street Lending Program’s Loan Losses Have on Treasury’s Investment in the Program

Cancellation: Audit of the Administration of Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Funds by the State of Minnesota

Evaluation of SBA’s Eligibility and Forgiveness Reviews of Paycheck Protection Program Loans Made to Borrowers with Treasury’s Do Not Pay Data Matches

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the State of North Carolina

SBA's Handling of Identity Theft in the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the Territory of American Samoa

Action Is Being Taken to Address the System Limitation That Contributed to the Destruction of Tax Year 2019 Paper‑Filed Information Returns

Interim Report: Audit of the Effects the Main Street Lending Program’s Loan Losses Have on Treasury’s Investment in the Program

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the Territory of Guam

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