Semiannual Report to Congress
October 1, 2006-March 31, 2007
Office of the Inspector General
During this reporting period, the Audit Division issued 106 audit reports containing more than $560 million in questioned costs and more than $170 million in funds to be put to better use and made 420 recommendations for management improvement. Specifically, the Audit Division issued 27 internal reports of Department programs funded at more than $26 billion; 17 external reports of contracts, grants, and other agreements funded at more that $94 million; and 62 Single Audit Act audits. In addition, the Audit Division issued seven Notifications of Irregularities and one Management Improvement Memorandum.
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 |
4 |
$3,648,849 |
Issued during period |
3 |
$170,599,707 |
Needing management decision during period |
7 |
$174,248,556 |
Management decisions made during period:
• Amounts management agreed to put to better use1 • Amounts management disagreed to put to better use |
22 0 |
$109,911,010 $0 |
No management decision at end of period |
6 |
$64,337,546 |
Audits with Questioned Costs |
Audit Reports | Number of Audit Reports | Total Questioned Costs (including unsupported costs) | Unsupported Costs |
---|---|---|---|
No management decision made by beginning |
14 |
$10,396,267 |
$3,839,006 |
Issued during period |
28 |
$560,367,786 |
$5,076,367 |
Needing management decision during period |
42 |
$570,764,053 |
$8,915,373 |
Management decisions made during period:
• Amount of disallowed costs1 • Amount of costs not disallowed |
232 0 |
$269,391,578 $0 |
$4,191,797 $0 |
No management decision at end of period |
20 |
$301,372,475 |
$4,723,576 |
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 |
25 |
73 |
Issued during period |
98 |
420 |
Needing management decision during period |
123 |
493 |
Management decisions made during period:
• Number management agreed to implement1 • Number management disagreed with |
892 0 |
346 0 |
No management decision at end of period |
40 |
147 |
OMB Circular A-50
OMB Circular A-50, Audit Follow-Up, requires audit reports to be resolved within 6 months of the audit report issuance date. The OIG’s Audit Division monitors the status of open audit reports to track the audit resolution and closure process. As of March 31, 2007, the OIG closed 115 audit reports and was monitoring the resolution process of 337 open audit reports.
Audits Over 6 Months Old Without Management Decisions
As of March 31, 2007, the following audits had no management decision or were in disagreement:
City of Carpentersville, Illinois
COPS Grant to the City of Dunedin, Florida, Police Department
COPS Grants to the Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico, Police Department
COPS Grants to the Navajo Department of Resource Environment, Window Rock, Arizona
COPS Grants to the Passamaquoddy Tribe and Pleasant Point Reservation Police Department, Perry, Maine
USMS Intergovernmental Service Agreement for Detention Facilities with the Central Virginia Regional Jail
USMS Intergovernmental Service Agreement for Detention Facilities with the Blount County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office
USMS Intergovernmental Service Agreement for Detention Facilities with the Cumberland County Jail, Portland, Maine
USMS Intergovernmental Service Agreement for Detention Facilities with the Hamilton County, Tennessee, Silverdale Correctional Facility
USMS Intergovernmental Service Agreement for Detention Facilities with the Western Tidewater Regional Jail, Suffolk, Virginia
Use of Equitable Sharing of Assets by the Baltimore County, Maryland, Police Department
Use of Equitable Sharing of Assets by the Baltimore City, Maryland, Police Department
Quality Control
Every 3 years the OIG’s Audit Division is required by the Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States to undergo a quality control review by a separate external entity. In February 2007, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) OIG completed its external quality control review of the OIG’s Audit Division. The FDIC OIG issued an unmodified opinion stating that the system of quality control for the OIG audit function was designed in accordance with the quality standards established by the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE).
In addition, the OIG Audit Division completed an external quality control review of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) OIG Office of Audit. We issued an unmodified opinion stating that the system of quality control for the VA OIG audit function was designed in accordance with the quality standards established by the PCIE.
Evaluation and Inspections Statistics
The chart below summarizes the Evaluation and Inspections Division’s (E&I) accomplishments for the 6-month reporting period ending March 31, 2007.
E&I Workload Accomplishments | Number of Reviews |
---|---|
Reviews active at beginning of period |
6 |
Reviews initiated |
5 |
Final reports issued |
3 |
Reviews active at end of reporting period |
8 |
Unresolved Reviews
DOJ Order 2900.10, Follow-up and Resolution Policy for Inspection Recommendations by the OIG, requires reports to be resolved within 6 months of the report issuance date. As of March 31, 2007, there were no unresolved recommendations that meet this criterion.
The following chart summarizes the workload and accomplishments of the Investigations Division during the 6-month period ending March 31, 2007.
Integrity Awareness Briefings
OIG investigators conducted 187 Integrity Awareness Briefings for Department employees throughout the country. 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. The briefings reached more than 8,600 employees.
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