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National Security Agency OIG
Audit of the Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Section 3610
The audit found the agency had significant issues implementing the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The agency did not sufficiently review CARES invoices due to changing guidelines, reduced contract oversight staffing during the pandemic, overreliance on contractor-provided information, and the lack of clear and comprehensive Contracting Officer Representative (COR) oversight procedures for CARES invoices. As a result, the OIG questioned more than $16.4 million, or 40 percent of the sampled CARES invoice charges. As of June 8, 2021, NSA reported $917 million in CARES...
Department of Labor OIG
COVID-19: Recovery of Millions in Pandemic-Related UI Overpayments Improperly Waived, Including Fraud
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) was responsible for oversight of CARES Act UI programs. Based on concerns that states may have unintentionally waived the recovery of ineligible overpayments, including fraud, DOL OIG performed an audit to determine if ETA’s guidance and oversight ensure states only waived the recovery of eligible overpayments? DOL OIG found ETA’s guidance and oversight did not ensure states only waived the recovery of eligible overpayments for the three key pandemic-related UI programs from March 27, 2020, to June 30, 2023. ETA did not detect that Michigan and...
Department of Education OIG
Michigan’s Administration of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund
The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State of Michigan (Michigan) designed and implemented awarding processes that ensured that the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER grant) was used to support local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) that were most significantly impacted by the coronavirus or LEAs, IHEs, or other education-related entities within the State that were deemed essential for carrying out emergency educational services; and monitoring processes to ensure that subgrantees used GEER grant funds in accordance with...
Small Business Administration OIG
Improvements Needed in SBA’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Post-Award Review Process
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this management advisory to bring attention to concerns regarding the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) post-award review process to monitor Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) award recipients’ eligibility, award calculation, and use of funds. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established on December 27, 2020, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act (Economic Aid Act). The program was amended by the American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, 2021, which increased program...
Department of Housing and Urban Development OIG
HUD Grantees Need to Enhance Monitoring of ESG CARES Act Subrecipients
We audited HUD and its grantees’ monitoring of subrecipients and contractors in HUD’s Emergency Solutions Grants Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (ESG-CV) program to assess subrecipient monitoring in the program. ESG and ESG-CV grantees often rely on subrecipients and contractors to carry out ESG-CV-funded activities on behalf of the grantees, and are required to monitor subrecipients to ensure that the purpose of the grant funds awarded is achieved and funds are spent on only eligible applicants and activities. HUD is responsible for ensuring that grantees are performing...
Election Assistance Commission OIG
Audit of the Administration of Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the State of Georgia
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audited Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grants administered by the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office (GSoS), totaling $46.3 million. This included federal funds, state matching funds, and interest earned on the reissued Section 101, reissued Section 251, Election Security, and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act grants.
Department of Labor OIG
COVID-19 Minimally Affected the Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program Amid Weaknesses in Eligibility Validation Practices January 22, 2026
The Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) program provides federal funding to help eligible veterans and spouses overcome employment barriers through job training and career services. Although the program reportedly met or exceeded its employment goals during the COVID-19 pandemic, an audit found that 30% of reviewed participant files lacked proper eligibility documentation, raising concerns about the accuracy of reported results. In one state, reporting errors raised questions about participant eligibility and up to $8.4 million in potentially unsupported federal spending, leading to three...
Department of Housing and Urban Development OIG
Improvements Are Needed To Ensure That Public Housing Properties Are Inspected in a Timely Manner
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Real Estate Assessment Center’s inspection process. The audit objectives were to determine whether the Center (1) ensured that public housing properties were inspected within required timeframes before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; (2) could improve its Big Inspection Plan for inspecting high-priority non-National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) demonstration public housing properties; and (3) had experienced delays in inspecting the physical condition of public housing...
Social Security Administration OIG
The Social Security Administration’s Enumeration Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) complied with its enumeration policies and procedures and had adequate controls over managing evidentiary documents submitted to support Social Security number (SSN) card applications during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Department of Labor OIG
ETA Needs to Improve Its Oversight of States' Efforts to Identify UI Fraud Using Federal Prisoners' Social Security Numbers
A federal investigation found that $267.3 million in unemployment benefits may have been improperly paid through claims using federal prisoners’ Social Security numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Auditors found that the U.S. Department of Labor failed to properly oversee state investigations, track fraudulent payments, and ensure states had access to tools that could detect fraud. Of the $684,475 in benefits reviewed across 10 state workforce agencies, $135,642 was confirmed as fraudulent, raising concerns that additional fraud went undetected due to weak oversight, staffing shortages, and...