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Department of Homeland Security OIG

ICE Spent Funds on Unused Beds, Missed COVID-19 Protocols and Detention Standards while Housing Migrant Families in Hotels

ICE did not adequately justify the need for the sole source contract to house migrant families and spent approximately $17 million for hotel space and services at six hotels that went largely unused between April and June 2021.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Inspection / Evaluation | 4/15/2022

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG

Management Alert: Deceased Participants in the Central States’ Special Financial Assistance Calculation

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Inspection / Evaluation | 11/01/2023

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG

PBGC Should Improve Its Special Financial Assistance Review Procedures

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Inspection / Evaluation | 2/24/2023

Department of Homeland Security OIG

FEMA’s Management of Mission Assignments to Other Federal Agencies Needs Improvement

Although the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) processed and obligated funds timely to other Federal agencies (OFA), it did not provide sufficient oversight to ensure OFAs used pandemic funding as required. Specifically, FEMA did not develop detailed cost estimates when initially establishing MAs, validate unliquidated and open obligations throughout the MA lifecycle, and verify cost eligibility against Public Assistance guidance before closing the MA.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 9/30/2022

Department of Homeland Security OIG

Management Alert - FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Operating Procedures Are Inconsistent with Previous Interpretation of Long-Standing Regulations for Eligible Funeral Expenses

We are issuing this management alert to advise the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that its Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Funeral Assistance Program operating procedures contradict FEMA’s previous interpretation of long-standing regulations for ineligible funeral expenses established in FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide (IAPPG). This interpretation of regulations for ineligible funeral expenses remains unchanged in FEMA Policy 104-21-0001 (COVID-19-specific policy).

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG

Audit of PBGC’s Review of Initial Special Financial Assistance Applications

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Department of Homeland Security OIG

Violations of ICE Detention Standards at Folkston ICE Processing Center and Folkston Annex

The objective was to conduct an unannounced inspection of Folkston Processing Center and Folkston Annex to monitor compliance with select ICE detention standards.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Inspection / Evaluation | 7/05/2022

1 - Closed

Ensure the Folkston facility conditions we identified as deficient are corrected and in compliance with 2011 PBNDS requirements.

10 - Closed

Provide ICE visitation schedules, including the time, duration, and location for housing unit visits, to ensure Folkston detainees are aware of their regular access to assigned ICE ERO deportation officers.

11 - Closed

Ensure ICE provides copies of ICE request forms and secure drop boxes in all Folkston housing units.

12 - Closed

Ensure Folkston maintains staffing levels outlined in the ICE contract.

13 - Closed

Ensure Folkston properly secures and stores detainee personal property.

2 - Closed

Establish coordination of medical care for detainees moved between Folkston IPC and Folkston Annex and ensure timely access to specialty care.

3 - Closed

Address medical staffing issues at Folkston IPC to ensure adequate mental health care for detainees.

4 - Closed

Require Folkston staff to complete daily medical monitoring of detainees in administrative segregation.

5 - Closed

Provide detainees in segregation at Folkston IPC access to recreation, legal calls, laundry services for bedding and clothing, mail, legal materials, law library, and commissary.

6 - Closed

Ensure Folkston segregation practices related to handcuffing comply with 2011 PBNDS requirements.

7 - Closed

Establish a grievance and facility request tracking system to ensure timely and complete responses to all detainee requests filed at Folkston.

8 - Closed

Ensure Folkston meets ICE’s COVID-19 requirements for wearing masks and social distancing.

9 - Closed

Establish a requests tracking system to ensure timely and complete responses to all detainee requests filed at Folkston.

Department of Homeland Security OIG

FEMA Did Not Implement Controls to Prevent More than $3.7 Billion in Improper Payments from the Lost Wages Assistance Program

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) did not implement controls that may have prevented the 21 state workforce agencies (SWA) in our review from distributing more than $3.7 billion in improper payments through its Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 9/22/2022

1 - Closed

We recommend the FEMA Administrator develop and implement a standard risk assessment process before initiating new Federal grant programs. This risk assessment should focus on identifying and evaluating program risks that may affect FEMA’s ability to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in its programs and mitigating those external risks to the extent practical.

2 - Closed

We recommend the FEMA Administrator, when mandated to rely on eligibility determinations of non-FEMA programs, develop a process to assess the program controls and identify risk to the extent practical.

3 - Open

We recommend the FEMA Administrator update the State Administrative Plan template to incorporate a requirement for grantees to include a description of the steps to prevent improper payments.

4 - Open

We recommend the FEMA Administrator develop and implement a process to monitor whether grantees implement and use the controls attested in FEMA-approved State Administrative Plans.

5 - Open

We recommend the FEMA Administrator work with state workforce agencies to evaluate the Lost Wages Assistance program payments and verify that all recipients who received payment have a self-certification on file, as required; to determine whether the claimant meets eligibility requirements if no self-certification is on file; and, if not, to recover the payment.

6 - Open

We recommend the FEMA Administrator conduct an after-action study of the Lost Wages Assistance program and update FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program based on the lessons learned from the study.

7 - Closed

We recommend the FEMA Administrator de-obligate and recover any monies determined to have been obtained fraudulently or other improper payments through Lost Wages Assistance from the state workforce agencies.

Department of Homeland Security OIG

Management Alert – Reporting Suspected Fraud of Lost Wages Assistance

The objective is to determine to what extent FEMA ensured states and territories distributed supplemental state lost wages assistance (LWA) from the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to eligible recipients.

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Reports

ICE Spent Funds on Unused Beds, Missed COVID-19 Protocols and Detention Standards while Housing Migrant Families in Hotels

Management Alert: Deceased Participants in the Central States’ Special Financial Assistance Calculation

PBGC Should Improve Its Special Financial Assistance Review Procedures

FEMA’s Management of Mission Assignments to Other Federal Agencies Needs Improvement

Management Alert - FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Operating Procedures Are Inconsistent with Previous Interpretation of Long-Standing Regulations for Eligible Funeral Expenses

Audit of PBGC’s Review of Initial Special Financial Assistance Applications

Violations of ICE Detention Standards at Folkston ICE Processing Center and Folkston Annex

FEMA Did Not Implement Controls to Prevent More than $3.7 Billion in Improper Payments from the Lost Wages Assistance Program

Management Alert – Reporting Suspected Fraud of Lost Wages Assistance

White Paper: Searching Plan Records for Deceased Participants

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