Reports

Department of Justice

Santa Ana Man Charged with Using Stolen Identities to Apply for More Than $1 Million in Pandemic-Related Unemployment Benefits

Election Assistance Commission OIG

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the State of California

EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited funds received by the State of California under the Help America Vote Act, including state matching funds and interest earned, totaling $216.3 million. This included Election Security, reissued Section 101, reissued Section 251, and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grants.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 10/04/2022

1 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office perform a reconciliation of the grant activity for the Election Security, Section 251 reissued, Section 101 reissued, and CARES Act funds and ensure that all expenditures are fully disclosed, and file amended FFRs, as applicable. If the Office determines that it is unable to perform the reconciliation of the grant activity, obtain financial services to support the completion of the reconciliation.

2 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office implement procedures and training to properly fill out the required Federal Financial Reports, which reflect the uses of award funds and the interest and program income generated from those funds for all HAVA grants.

3 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office transfer into the election fund $51,012 and any related fringe benefits and indirect costs for the unsupported payroll costs cited above.

4 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office implement procedures or provide additional training to ensure that payroll costs are adequately supported with appropriate signature approvals, pay rates, and timesheets when being allocated to the HAVA grants.

5 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office perform detailed testing on the $180,350 of additional wages selected for substantive testing to determine what amount, if any, remains unsupported.

6 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC work with the Office to resolve the one remaining unsupported County reimbursement.

7 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to transfer into the election fund any amount which remains unsupported.

8 - Closed

We recommend that the EAC require the Office to develop and implement policies and procedures and provide training to ensure adequate documentation is maintained to support the allowability of expenditures charged to the HAVA grant.

Department of Justice

Tracy Woman Indicted in Fraud Scheme to Steal California Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Department of Justice

Former Crips Gang Members and Inmates Each Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for COVID-19-Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

North Dakota Office of the State Auditor

North Dakota Department of Health: Audit Report of the Biennium Ended June 30, 2021

The objective of this audit was to determine if COVID-19 vaccines that originated from the North Dakota Department of Health warehouse in Bismarck stored and handled according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines? We found instances where the COVID-19 vaccines originating from the state warehouse were not adequately stored or handled according to CDC guidelines.

Missouri Office of the State Auditor

Federal Funding for COVID-19 Response June 2022

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance in the month of June 2022 for the COVID-19 emergency and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in April 2020.

Missouri Office of the State Auditor

Federal American Rescue Plan Act Funding for COVID-19 Recovery June 2022

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance from the American Rescue Plan Act in the month of June 2022 for the COVID-19 recovery and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in May 2021.

Department of Labor OIG

COVID-19: ETA and States Did Not Protect Pandemic-Related UI Funds from Improper Payments Including Fraud or from Payment Delays

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 9/30/2022

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.

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 9/30/2022

1 - Closed

Develop and periodically conduct comprehensive refresher training on topics including but not limited to: - processing original Social Security Number (SSN) cards for individuals aged 12 or older and emphasize requirements and documentation of the in-person interview;- acceptable forms of evidentiary documents, and- processing new (different) and replacement SSN cards when adoption

10 - Open

Complete the privacy assessments for the WorkTrack application.

2 - Open

Update quality control reviews to include comparison of SSNAP inputs to an applicant-submitted Form SS-5 and evidentiary documents, and provide feedback to the technicians who made input errors (such as race and ethnicity) or did not use the appropriate evidentiary documents.

3 - Open

Revise enumeration policy to include clear instructions for when Form SSA-5002 is required and how to properly document the form.

4 - Closed

Update Program Operations Manual System (POMS) to provide current instructions for enumeration notices and archive outdated policy.

5 - Open

Retain enumeration notices in the Online Retrieval System for individuals with assigned SSNs.

6 - Open

Create and implement automated tools to assist staff in navigating through enumeration evidentiary document requirements.

7 - Closed

Take corrective action on all keying errors and cross-referencing errors we identified.

8 - Closed

Require managers to verify that incident reports are submitted through the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Loss Reporting Tool before they approve reimbursement to customers for replacing lost original documents.

9 - Closed

Update the National Mail Handling Business Process to include standard Agency-wide mitigation steps for misdirected mail including original documents.

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

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Reports

Santa Ana Man Charged with Using Stolen Identities to Apply for More Than $1 Million in Pandemic-Related Unemployment Benefits

Audit of the Help America Vote Act Grants Awarded to the State of California

Tracy Woman Indicted in Fraud Scheme to Steal California Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Former Crips Gang Members and Inmates Each Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for COVID-19-Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

North Dakota Department of Health: Audit Report of the Biennium Ended June 30, 2021

Federal Funding for COVID-19 Response June 2022

Federal American Rescue Plan Act Funding for COVID-19 Recovery June 2022

COVID-19: ETA and States Did Not Protect Pandemic-Related UI Funds from Improper Payments Including Fraud or from Payment Delays

The Social Security Administration’s Enumeration Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

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