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Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Recurring Identification Is Needed to Ensure That Employers Full Pay the Deferred Social Security Tax

Audit | 5/22/2023

Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

Care in the Community Consult Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in West Virginia

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center (facility) in West Virginia to assess allegations of failure to schedule a Care in the Community (CITC) COVID Priority 1 cardiology consult within Veterans Health Administration requirements, and delays in CITC consult scheduling caused by inadequate CITC staffing.The OIG substantiated that a COVID Priority 1 CITC cardiology consult was not scheduled within 30 days of the clinically indicated date. The OIG determined that the consult was amongst a backlog of approximately 5,000...

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Inspection / Evaluation | 2/16/2022

1 - Closed

The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director confirms that weekly calls with facility and Veterans Integrated Service Network leaders are held to discuss active Improvement Action Plans, progress made, timelines, and next steps.

2 - Closed

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director verifies that Improvement Action Plans, identifying areas of improvement and outlining recommendations, are in place for unmet national Care in the Community performance metrics.

3 - Closed

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director ensures COVID Priority 1 consults are run and reviewed by Care in the Community managers and staff daily.

4 - Closed

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director confirms that clinical reviews of COVID Priority 1 active consults are completed and documented, monitors compliance, and takes action as warranted.

5 - Closed

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director ensures a process is in place to review and address consults for patients who died prior to being scheduled or seen by a community care provider to determine if an adverse event occurred as a result of a delay in processing a patient’s consult.

6 - Closed

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director evaluates the effectiveness of strategies to manage the backlog of active consults and the use of urgent and emergent to prioritize consults for scheduling, determines if changes in practice are warranted, and documents the agreed upon process.

7 - Closed

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director conducts a review to determine who, outside Care in the Community staff, is facilitating appointment scheduling and evaluates if the scheduling assistance of other services is an effective use of resources, and establishes a standardized process to align practices.

8 - Closed

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director ensures Care in the Community staffing levels are adequate to support the processing of consults according to time frames set by the Veterans Health Administration.

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Other | 12/18/2024

1-1 - Open

Treasury Office of Inspector General (OIG) follow up with Oklahoma County's management to confirm if the $91,218 noted as unsupported expenditures within the Transfers greater than or equal to $50,000, Aggregate Reporting less than $50,000, and Aggregate Payments to Individuals payment types can be supported. If support is not provided, Treasury OIG should recoup the funds or request Oklahoma County management to provide support for replacement expenses, not previously charged, that were eligible during the CRF period of performance.

1-2 - Open

Treasury OIG request Oklahoma County management to provide support for replacement expenses, not previously charged, that were eligible during the CRF period of performance for the $326,664 of ineligible costs charged to the Transfers greater than or equal to $50,000 payment type. If support is not provided, Treasury OIG should recoup the funds. Further, based on Oklahoma County's responsiveness to Treasury OIG's requests and management's ability to provide sufficient documentation and/or replace unsupported and ineligible transactions charged to CRF with valid expenditures, Castro recommends that Treasury OIG determine the feasibility of conducting an audit for the Transfers greater than or equal to $50,000, Aggregate Reporting less than $50,000, and Aggregate Payments to Individuals payment types.

2-1 - Open

Treasury OIG follow-up with Oklahoma County to request that Oklahoma County management performs an assessment over the $1,288,109 in grants funds paid to the Oklahoma County Home Finance Authority, which were not tested by Castro, to determine if rental assistance payments and prepaid debit cards payments were made utilizing solely Oklahoma County's CRF proceeds, or if these expenses were paid with State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City funding sources. If support is not provided, Treasury OIG should recoup the funds or request Oklahoma County management to provide support for replacement expenses, not previously charged, that were eligible during the CRF period of performance.

3-1 - Open

Treasury OIG follow-up with Treasury's Office of Capital Access to ensure that management decision letters are issued on the findings identified by the auditor in the Single Audit report.

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

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Audit | 9/30/2024

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Final Report – The IRS Leveraged Its Telework Program to Continue Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

Review of Personnel Shortages in Federal Health Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic put an unprecedented strain on the nation’s federal healthcare systems. The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Health Care Subgroup surveyed more than 300 facilities across four federal healthcare programs to determine if the facilities had sufficient medical staff during the pandemic. The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed staffing at Veterans Health Administration facilities, the Department of Justice OIG reviewed Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities, the Department of Defense OIG reviewed medical treatment facilities, and the Health and Human...

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Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

Review of Personnel Shortages in Federal Health Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While personnel shortages existed in the health care community before the pandemic, the pandemic exacerbated these shortages. Maintaining an appropriate level of personnel in health care facilities is essential to providing a safe work environment for health care personnel and safe care to patients. The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee’s (PRAC) Health Care Subgroup developed this report to share insights into personnel shortages across four select federal health care programs, or the providers they reimburse. Together, these four programs provide health care services to approximately...

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Department of Health & Human Services OIG

The Strategic National Stockpile Was Not Positioned To Respond Effectively to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Audit | 10/16/2023

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...

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Audit | 10/12/2023

Small Business Administration OIG

SBA’s Oversight of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Recipients

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this report to present the results of our audit of SBA’s Oversight of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) Recipients. The SVOG program was established on December 27, 2020, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act. In total, Congress provided $16.25 billion for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to award grants to eligible businesses in the live arts and entertainment industry. As of October 2024, SBA identified $544 million in potential improper payments that need to be recovered. SBA...

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Audit | 7/22/2025

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Recurring Identification Is Needed to Ensure That Employers Full Pay the Deferred Social Security Tax

Care in the Community Consult Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in West Virginia

Desk Review of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma's Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

Management Took Actions to Address Erroneous Employee Retention Credit Claims; However, Some Questionable Claims Still Need to Be Addressed

Final Report – The IRS Leveraged Its Telework Program to Continue Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Review of Personnel Shortages in Federal Health Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Review of Personnel Shortages in Federal Health Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Strategic National Stockpile Was Not Positioned To Respond Effectively to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kentucky’s Oversight of Local Educational Agency ARP ESSER Plans and Spending

SBA’s Oversight of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Recipients

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