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    Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk EnvironmentsGAO-24-105833
      
	Published:  Apr 16, 2024


	Publicly Released: Apr 16, 2024
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	Published:  Mar 28, 2024


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          Bureau of Indian Education: Improved Oversight of Schools' COVID-19 Spending is NeededGAO-24-105451
      
	Published:  Mar 27, 2024


	Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2024
          Improper Payments: Information on Agencies' Fiscal Year 2023 EstimatesGAO-24-106927
      
	Published:  Mar 26, 2024


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          Grants: AmeriCorps Should Take Multiple Actions to Better Manage Fraud RisksGAO-24-106564
      
	Published:  Mar 13, 2024


	Publicly Released: Mar 13, 2024
          Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds' 2023 and 2022 Financial StatementsGAO-24-106490
      
	Published:  Feb 22, 2024


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        Bureau of Indian Education: Improved Oversight of Schools' COVID-19 Spending is NeededGAO-24-105451
      
						Mar 27, 2024
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                                                  StatusBureau of Indian Education
                                                                                        The Director of BIE should establish controls to ensure that staff consistently follow agency standard procedures when schools and other BIE grantees do not submit timely single audit reports. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.Bureau of Indian Education
                                                                                        The Director of BIE should establish controls to ensure staff document their monitoring of high-risk schools' COVID spending and consistently report whether schools followed agency requirements for using these funds. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.Bureau of Indian Education
                                                                                        The Director of BIE should update its strategic workforce plan to build its capacity to conduct all annual fiscal reviews of schools that are designated as high risk, as required by its policy. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.Bureau of Indian Education
                                                                                        The Director of BIE should work with BIA to establish controls to ensure that BIE staff responsible for monitoring purchase card activity at BIE-operated schools consistently use Interior's required monitoring tool and procedures. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
          Grants: AmeriCorps Should Take Multiple Actions to Better Manage Fraud RisksGAO-24-106564
      
						Mar 13, 2024
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                                                  StatusAmeriCorps
                                                                                        The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should establish a process to plan regular fraud risk assessments in its grant programs that align with leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.AmeriCorps
                                                                                        The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should require future fraud risk assessments in its grant programs to identify specific inherent fraud risks. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.AmeriCorps
                                                                                        The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should assess the likelihood and impact of inherent fraud risks as part of future fraud risk assessments. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.AmeriCorps
                                                                                        The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should align the fraud risk tolerance in future fraud risk assessments with the agency's risk appetite statement. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.AmeriCorps
                                                                                        The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should fully consider the effect of existing antifraud controls in mitigating the likelihood and impact of inherent fraud risks as part of future fraud risk assessments. (Recommendation 5)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.AmeriCorps
                                                                                        The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should update the agency's fraud risk profile with information from elements of a fraud risk assessment process that align with the leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. (Recommendation 6)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
          Environmental Cleanup: DOD Should Communicate Future Costs for Red Hill Remediation and ClosureGAO-24-106185
      
						Feb 14, 2024
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          Agency Affected
                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment of Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should expand the information available to Congress regarding the agency's fiscal exposure related to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility by clearly identifying anticipated costs for defueling, remediating, and closing Red Hill in supplemental reports or other budget materials, updating the information as more is learned. (Recommendation 1)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOD agreed with this recommendation and discussed planned implementation steps. Specifically, as planned site assessments are completed and closure and remediation plans receive regulatory approval, estimable cost projections will be incorporated and communicated through the normal budget process. The action that DOD described, if implemented effectively, would address our recommendation.
          COVID-19 Relief: Treasury Could Improve Its Administration and Oversight of State and Local Fiscal Recovery FundsGAO-24-106027
      
						Dec 14, 2023
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          4Open Recommendations

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                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment of the Treasury
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Treasury should comprehensively assess staffing needs for the Contact Center to ensure that it is able to respond timely to SLFRF recipient requests for assistance and with information that meets their needs. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.Department of the Treasury
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Treasury should update and implement the agency's documented policies and procedures for monitoring recipients' use of SLFRF awards to reflect lessons learned from reviewing recipients' project and expenditure reports. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.Department of the Treasury
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Treasury should conduct timely systematic reviews of SLFRF recipients' single audit reports and document the results of those reviews. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.Department of the Treasury
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Treasury should issue timely management decisions related to SLFRF findings in accordance with OMB's single audit guidance. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
    
    

  
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