Reports

National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities - University of Wisconsin - Madison

Audit | 5/25/2021

Finding1Rec.1 - Closed

Resolve the $26,974 in questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns for which UW-Madison has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct UW-Madison to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned drawdowns from its NSF awards.

Finding1Rec.2 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $20,431 of questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding1Rec.3 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to update its administrative and management processes and internal control procedures surrounding the Award Cash Management $ervice procedures for awards with expiring appropriations. Updated processes could include validating that UW-Madison adequately documents that any Award Cash Management $ervice draws in excess of its actual expenses support immediate cash needs.

Finding1Rec.4 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to strengthen its award set-up processes and procedures to ensure it cannot charge costs to an active award if the Federal appropriations for the award have expired.

Finding2Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $1,593 in questioned costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding2Rec.2 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to update its administrative and management processes and internal control procedures surrounding the Award Cash Management $ervice system to ensure that UW-Madison appropriately incorporates credits when calculating the total amount to draw down from, or return to, NSF.

Finding3Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to update its current award set-up practices to require that, when setting up accounts established for NSF awards, personnel ensure that the accounts apply indirect costs using the rates that were established in the Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement in effect as of the date of the NSF grant award, rather than using the rates included within the original grant proposal.

Finding4Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to strengthen its Research Experience for Undergraduate award setup procedures to ensure that personnel select the appropriate indirect cost base.

U.S. Postal Service OIG

Service Performance of Election and Political Mail During the November 2020 General Election

Our objective was to evaluate the U.S. Postal Service’s service performance of Election and Political Mail during the November 2020 general election. We also evaluated the handling of mail for the Georgia Senate runoff election held on January 5, 2021.The Postal Service prioritized processing of Election Mail during the 2020 general election, significantly improving timeliness over the 2018 mid-term election even with significantly increased volumes of Election Mail in the mailstream. Although timeliness was slightly below goals, proper handling and timely delivery of all Election Mail...

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Audit | 3/08/2021

National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Audit | 3/31/2021

Finding1Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $14,964 of questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns associated with unreturned credits.

Finding1Rec.2 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide additional training to the individual(s) responsible for making draws within NSF’s Award Cash Management $ervice system to ensure that UAF appropriately incorporates credits when calculating the total amount to draw down from, or return to, NSF.

Finding2Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $10,704 of questioned indirect costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding2Rec.2 - Closed

Direct UAF to strengthen its administrative and management processes and training procedures for ensuring that it appropriately applies indirect costs to costs charged to Federal awards. Updated processes could include: a. Requiring an annual review of sponsored award accounts that UAF established to track participant support costs to ensure that the accounts do not apply indirect costs. b. Requiring that personnel manually review purchase card transactions that exceed $5,000 to evaluate whether UAF should account for the purchase(s) as equipment.

Finding3Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $2,938 of questioned travel and other direct costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding3Rec.2 - Closed

Direct UAF to strengthen its policies and procedures related to creating and retaining documentation, including introducing additional controls to help ensure that UAF appropriately creates and maintains all documentation necessary to support the allowability of expenses charged to sponsored programs.

Finding3Rec.3 - Closed

Direct UAF to provide additional training regarding the types of travel expenses that are allowable and unallowable under Federal and NSF regulation and UAF policy. This training should specifically address how to account for expenses claimed by non-UAF employees for which UAF has received a travel credit.

Finding3Rec.4 - Closed

Direct UAF to establish clear guidance regarding the allowability of credit card convenience fees.

Finding3Rec.5 - Closed

Direct UAF to strengthen its administrative and management processes and procedures surrounding the approval of travel expense reports. Updated procedures could include: a. Conducting annual training for those individuals responsible for reviewing and approving expense reports within each department. b. Requiring personnel to perform additional procedures when a traveler diverts from their original travel itinerary.

Finding4Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UAF to update its current practices for establishing indirect cost rates to ensure that UAF applies indirect costs to NSF awards using the rate(s) established in the appropriate Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement.

Department of Justice OIG

Remote Inspection of Federal Correctional Complex Tucson

To view a set of interactive dashboards with up-to-date data on COVID-19 cases in this facility, click the link below.

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Department of Justice OIG

Capstone Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

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Review | 3/21/2023

Department of Defense OIG

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020

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U.S. Postal Service OIG

The U.S. Postal Service and Emergency Response: A History of Delivering for the American Public

The U.S. Postal Service has a formal role in the federal National Response Framework, which guides the country’s response to disasters and emergencies like hurricanes, bioterrorism, pandemics and other incidents. The OIG examined how the Postal Service continues to support the American public during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even as the outbreak affects postal operations. The Postal Service has delivered essential items like prescriptions, unemployment benefit and stimulus payments, personal protective equipment, and coronavirus test kits. The Postal Service also has provided a backbone...

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Department of Defense OIG

DoD OIG COVID-19 Oversight Plan – Q2 2021

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Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

Failure to Mitigate Risk of and Manage a COVID-19 Outbreak at a Community Living Center at VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois, to determine the validity of allegations, specific to COVID-19 and the Community Living Center (CLC), of failure to observe infection control practices, failure to minimize risk of exposure to COVID-19, inconsistent ongoing testing, and failure to notify residents, families, and staff of positive test results. During the inspection, the OIG identified concerns related to leaders’ post-outbreak actions.The OIG substantiated a failure to observe general infection control...

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Inspection / Evaluation | 9/28/2021

1 - Closed

The VA Great Lakes Health Care System Director evaluates whether administrative action is warranted for individuals regarding failures to mitigate risk and manage a COVID-19 outbreak at the VA Illiana Health Care System, and takes action, as appropriate.

10 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director directs community living center leaders to complete a post-baseline plan for the COVID-19 disease that includes the required elements of screening, monitoring, and testing.

11 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director evaluates the community living center standard operating procedure titled “COVID-19 Bi-Monthly Resident Surveillance Testing” to ensure that it provides guidance with specific actions for staff to take when a resident tests positive for COVID-19.

12 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director verifies that COVID-19 testing for community living center residents and staff occurs as required for both routine surveillance and in response to confirmed cases of COVID-19.

13 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director confirms that the community living center COVID-19 standard operating procedure clearly communicates the process, including roles and responsibilities, for notification of a resident’s change in condition or room assignment and communicates the plan to all community living staff.

14 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director executes a process to ensure that the facility identifies potential high-risk scenarios, such as an outbreak of COVID-19 at the community living center, and when identified, creates a plan to mitigate and manage risk.

15 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director directs those conducting the facility’s after-action review of the community living center outbreak to include input from frontline community living center staff and takes action as necessary.

2 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director ensures the plan to monitor and track face mask wearing by staff at the community living center adheres to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, is ongoing, results are monitored, and action plans are implemented as warranted.

3 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director confirms that all community living center staff identified as requiring respiratory protection are fit tested, trained, and have ready access to respiratory devices.

4 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director ensures a plan is in place that adheres to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance regarding staff with known community exposure to COVID-19, and monitors for compliance.

5 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director confirms that a comprehensive plan is in place that adheres to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance regarding community living center residents with known exposure to individuals diagnosed with COVID-19, and monitors compliance.

6 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director ensures operability and use of the bed management system for tracking completion of room cleaning.

7 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director oversees the completion and implementation of a policy for administering aerosol-generating procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic that adheres to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, and monitors compliance.

8 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director evaluates the organizational approach for notifying managers of updated Veterans Health Administration policies and guidance for monitoring actions taken to ensure compliance with new requirements.

9 - Closed

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director reinforces facility staff understanding of Veterans Health Administration guidance related to community living center practices, including group activities, disseminated during emergent events such as a pandemic and maintains oversight of community living center leaders’ implementation of such guidance.

Department of Justice OIG

Remote Inspection of Federal Bureau of Prisons Contract Correctional Institution Giles W. Dalby, Operated by Management & Training Corporation

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Reports

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities - University of Wisconsin - Madison

Service Performance of Election and Political Mail During the November 2020 General Election

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities – University of Alaska Fairbanks

Remote Inspection of Federal Correctional Complex Tucson

Capstone Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020

The U.S. Postal Service and Emergency Response: A History of Delivering for the American Public

DoD OIG COVID-19 Oversight Plan – Q2 2021

Failure to Mitigate Risk of and Manage a COVID-19 Outbreak at a Community Living Center at VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois

Remote Inspection of Federal Bureau of Prisons Contract Correctional Institution Giles W. Dalby, Operated by Management & Training Corporation

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