April 1, 2003–September 30, 2003
Office of the Inspector General
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
During this reporting period, the Audit Division issued 238 audit reports containing more than $25 million in questioned costs and $1.4 million in funds to better use and made 313 recommendations for management improvement. Specifically, Audit issued 20 internal reports of programs funded at more than $846 million; 15 external reports of contracts, grants, and other agreements funded at more than $59 million; 110 audits of bankruptcy trustees with responsibility for funds of more than $197 million; and 93 Single Audit Act audits. In addition, the Audit Division issued six Notifications of Irregularities and nine Management Letter Transmittals.
FUNDS RECOMMENDED TO BE PUT TO BETTER USE
Audit Reports | Number of Audit Reports | Funds Recommended to Be Put to Better Use |
---|---|---|
No management decision made by beginning of period | 12 | $15,643,824 |
Issued during period | 5 | $1,497,136 |
Needing management decision during period | 17 | $17,140,960 |
Management decisions made during period:
--Amounts management agreed to put to better use1 --Amounts management disagreed to put to better use |
13 2 |
$10,161,693 $3,473,052 |
No management decision at end of period | 2 | $3,506,215 |
1 Includes instances in which management has taken action to resolve the issue and/or the matter is being closed because remedial action was taken. |
Audit Reports | Number of Audit Reports | Total Questioned Costs (including unsupported costs) | Unsupported Costs |
---|---|---|---|
No management decision made by beginning of period | 24 | $26,696,455 | $2,685,795 |
Issued during period | 36 | $25,606,012 | $13,563,491 |
Needing management decision during period | 60 | $52,302,467 | $16,249,286 |
Management decisions made during period:
--Amount of disallowed costs1 --Amount of costs not disallowed |
382 4 |
$29,490,601 $4,359,250 |
$9,352,644 $36,305 |
No management decision at end of period | 20 | $18,452,616 | $6,860,337 |
AUDITS INVOLVING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
Audit Reports | Number of Audit Reports | Total Number of Management Improvements Recommended |
---|---|---|
No management decision made by beginning of period | 30 | 91 |
Issued during period | 103 | 313 |
Needing management decision during period | 133 | 404 |
Management decisions made during period:
--Number management agreed to implement1 --Number management disagreed with | 1072 0 | 343 0 |
No management decision at end of period | 29 | 61 |
OMB CIRCULAR A-50
OMB Circular A-50, Audit Follow-Up, requires audit reports to be resolved within six months of the audit report issuance date. The OIG monitors the status of open audit reports to track the audit resolution and closure process. As of September 30, 2003, the OIG had closed 221 audit reports and was monitoring the resolution process of 444 open audit reports.
AUDITS OVER SIX MONTHS OLD WITHOUT MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
As of September 30, 2003, the following audits had no management decision or were in disagreement:
DOJ Order 2900.10, Follow-Up and Resolution Policy for Inspection Recommendations by the OIG, requires reports to be resolved within six months of the report issuance date. As of September 30, 2003, there were no unresolved recommendations.
The following chart summarizes the workload and accomplishments of the Investigations Division during the 6-month period ending September 30, 2003.
Source of Allegations | |
Hotline (telephone and mail)
Other sources Total allegations received |
653 3,242 3,895 |
Investigative Caseload | |
Investigations opened this period
Investigations closed this period Investigations in progress as of 9/30/03 |
225 272 479 |
Prosecutive Actions | |
Criminal indictments/informations
Arrests Convictions/Pleas |
71 83 74 |
Administrative Actions | |
Terminations
Resignations Disciplinary action |
13 56 17 |
Monetary Results | |
Fines/Restitutions/Recoveries
Bribe monies deposited to the Treasury |
$1,287,599 $7,344 |
INTEGRITY AWARENESS BRIEFINGS
OIG investigators conducted 38 Integrity Awareness Briefings for Department employees throughout the country during this reporting period for more than 1,675 employees. These briefings are designed to educate employees about the misuse of a public official's position for personal gain and to deter employees from committing such offenses.