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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...
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
The Child Tax Credit Update Portal Was Successfully Deployed, but Security and Process Improvements Are Needed
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.
Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery
Alert Memorandum: Delays in the Quarterly Monitoring of Borrowers’ Compliance with Loan Requirements
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
American Rescue Plan Act: Assessment of the Child Tax Credit Update Portal’s Capabilities and Related Processes
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...
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Recurring Identification Is Needed to Ensure That Employers Full Pay the Deferred Social Security Tax
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Management Took Actions to Address Erroneous Employee Retention Credit Claims; However, Some Questionable Claims Still Need to Be Addressed
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
The Strategic National Stockpile Was Not Positioned To Respond Effectively to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Department of Education OIG
Kentucky’s Oversight of Local Educational Agency ARP ESSER Plans and Spending
The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Kentucky Department of Education (Kentucky) had an adequate oversight process in place to ensure that (1) local educational agencies’ (LEA) American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) plans met applicable requirements and (2) LEAs use ARP ESSER funds in accordance with applicable requirements and their approved LEA ARP ESSER plans. Overall, we found that Kentucky had adequate processes to ensure that LEA ARP ESSER plans met applicable requirements. We also determined that the ARP ESSER plans for...