Reports

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

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

Audit | 3/18/2024

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

Department of Transportation OIG

FAA Did Not Fully Follow Its Processes When Awarding and Administering CARES Act-Funded Airport Development Grants and Contracts

What We Looked At The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with $10 billion in funding, including about $525 million for airport development expenses. FAA distributed these funds through its Airport Improvement Program (AIP), which requires grant recipients to comply with various Federal procurement requirements, including Buy American Preferences. Previous Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits identified weaknesses in FAA’s processes for awarding and administering AIP grants and its oversight of CARES Act funds. Given...

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Audit | 2/21/2024

1 - Open

Revise procedures for reviewing and approving grant application packages to add steps to verify that the applications are complete and accurate.

2 - Open

Assess the CARES Act-funded airport development grants identified in this report that did not meet award requirements and recover the $27 million or identify the rationale for acceptance of these costs.

4 - Open

Strengthen internal controls to verify that all reimbursement requests comply with FAA's two-tier manual review process for CARES Act funds. This may include requiring Delphi controls are correctly established and maintained.

5 - Open

Assess the 35 invoices-comprising $18.7 million in questioned costs-that did not receive sufficient review under the CARES Act guidance and seek recovery of any portion that is determined to be improper and/or unallowable or provide justification for approving the payments.

6 - Open

Require FAA field offices to collect, review, and maintain required price and cost analyses before making grant awards. Implementation of this recommendation could result in funds put to better use of $10.6 million.

7 - Open

Revise the Agency's policies for collecting, reviewing, and approving Buy American Preferences waivers to require the waiver requests to be timely, complete, and accurate, and define the "extraordinary circumstances" that would allow grant recipients to deviate from Buy American requirements. Implementation of this recommendation could result in funds put to better use of $49.6 million.

8 - Open

After revising Buy American policies, develop and implement Buy American Preferences waiver training for field offices.

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 - Closed

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

10 - Closed

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 - Closed

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

2 - Closed

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 - Closed

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 - Closed

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 - Closed

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.

Department of Labor OIG

FY 2023 Independent Auditors' Report on DOL's Consolidated Financial Statements

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Audit | 11/15/2023

Department of Health & Human Services OIG

Kentucky Experienced Challenges in Meeting Federal and State Foster Care Program Requirements During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Audit | 11/14/2023

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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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

Department of Health & Human Services OIG

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Charged Some Unallowable Costs to Its CDC COVID-19 Award

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Audit | 10/26/2023

Department of Health & Human Services OIG

CDC's Internal Control Weaknesses Led to Its Initial COVID-19 Test Kit Failure, but CDC Ultimately Created a Working Test Kit

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Audit | 10/24/2023

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

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

FAA Did Not Fully Follow Its Processes When Awarding and Administering CARES Act-Funded Airport Development Grants and Contracts

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

FY 2023 Independent Auditors' Report on DOL's Consolidated Financial Statements

Kentucky Experienced Challenges in Meeting Federal and State Foster Care Program Requirements During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

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

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Charged Some Unallowable Costs to Its CDC COVID-19 Award

CDC's Internal Control Weaknesses Led to Its Initial COVID-19 Test Kit Failure, but CDC Ultimately Created a Working Test Kit

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