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Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
Review of VHA’s Financial Oversight of COVID-19 Supplemental Funds
In response to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) tracking and reporting of COVID-19 supplemental funding from legislation for pandemic relief.VA met monthly reporting requirements to OMB and Congress on supplemental fund obligations and expenditures. VA also submitted required weekly obligations and expenditures from supplemental funding to OMB by program activity. Of approximately $17.3 billion in medical care supplemental funds, VA reported it had obligated about $7.11...
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
States' Backlogs of Standard Surveys of Nursing Homes Grew Substantially During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Farm Credit Administration OIG
Survey of Farm Credit Administration Employees on COVID-19
Inspection report on OIG's survey of FCA employees on the safety measures and other actions implemented by FCA in response to COVID-19
Department of Commerce OIG
NOAA Fisheries Implemented the Requirements for Awarding Funds Under the CARES Act but Faces Challenges with the Pace of Funds Disbursement to Fishery Participants
For our evaluation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS, also known as NOAA Fisheries) plan for the implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding, our objective was to determine whether NOAA complied with the requirements of the CARES Act. Specifically, we determined (1) what steps NOAA took in implementing the requirements for awarding funds, (2) challenges NOAA faced during implementation, and (3) NOAA’s current status in processing applications and award funds under the CARES Act...
Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
Use and Oversight of the Emergency Caches Were Limited during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The OIG assessed how effectively VA managed its emergency caches during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. These caches contain a standard supply of drugs and medical supplies, including some personal protective equipment, for use during a public health emergency.The review team found that use and oversight of the emergency caches were limited. Only nine of 144 medical facilities activated their emergency caches during the review period (February through June 2020). Among the reasons they were not used included medical facility directors reporting supplies were not needed...
Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery
Implementation Review: Loan Agreements Need to Provide for Appropriate Access to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, July 28, 2020
Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
Inadequate Resident Supervision and Documentation of an Ophthalmology Procedure at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection in response to allegations related to ophthalmology resident supervision and quality of care by an attending ophthalmologist (subject ophthalmologist) at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System in Oklahoma.The OIG substantiated that the subject ophthalmologist failed to provide adequate resident supervision and entered inaccurate documentation related to supervision for a single patient case. The ophthalmology residents were unable to reach the subject ophthalmologist when the patient experienced a complication during an eye...
Florida, Broward County Office of the County Auditor
Review of Expenditures Under the CARES Act Program
The objective of our review was to determine whether the County’s reported use of CARES Act funding was in accordance with United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) requirements and supported by sufficient and allowable expenditures. We conclude the County’s reported use of CARES Act funding was in accordance with Treasury requirements and supported by sufficient and allowable expenditures.