Audit Statistics
During this reporting period, the Audit Division issued 122 audit reports containing more than $53 million in questioned costs and more than $13 million in funds to be put to better use and made 412 recommendations for management improvement. Specifically, the Audit Division issued 18 internal reports of Department programs funded at more than $1 billion; 40 external reports of contracts, grants, and other agreements funded at more that $202 million; and 64 Single Audit Act audits. In addition, the Audit Division issued 4 Notifications of Irregularities, 2 Management Improvement Memoranda, and 10 Management Letter Reports.
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 | 2 | $3,928,571 |
Issued during period | 8 | $13,016,697 |
Needing management decision during period | 10 | $16,945,268 |
Management decisions made during period:
• Amounts management agreed to put to better use1
• Amounts management disagreed to put to better use |
6 2 0 |
$8,293,465 $0 |
No management decision at end of period | 7 | $8,651,803 |
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.
2 Three audit reports were not resolved during this reporting period because management has agreed with some, but not all, of the questioned costs in the audits. |
Audits With Questioned Costs
Audit Reports | Number of Audit Reports | Total Questioned Costs (including unsupported costs) | Unsupported Costs |
No management decision made by beginning of period |
13 |
$16,567,339 |
$2,112,123 |
Issued during period |
53 |
$53,803,665 |
$14,270,832 |
Needing management decision during period |
66 |
$70,371,004 |
$16,382,955 |
Management decisions made during period:
• Amount of disallowed costs1
• Amount of costs not disallowed |
442 0 |
$31,354,732 $0 |
$14,805,682 $0 |
No management decision at end of period |
25 |
$39,016,272 |
$1,577,273 |
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.
2 Three audit reports were not resolved during this reporting period because management has agreed with some, but not all, of the questioned costs in the audits.
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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 | 15 | 52 |
Issued during period | 106 | 412 |
Needing management decision during period | 121 | 464 |
Management decisions made during period:
• Number management agreed to implement1
• Number management disagreed with | 842 0 | 366 0 |
No management decision at end of period | 43 | 98 |
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.
2 Includes six audit reports that were not resolved during this reporting period because management has agreed to implement some, but not all, of the recommended management improvements in these audits.
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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 Audit Division monitors the status of open audit reports to track the audit resolution and closure process. As of March 31, 2005, the OIG had closed 123 audit reports and was monitoring the resolution process of 407 open audit reports.
Audits Over Six Months Old Without Management Decisions
As of March 31, 2005, the following audits had no management decision or were in disagreement:
- COPS Grants to Albuquerque, New Mexico, Police Department
- COPS Grants to AMTRAK Police Department
- COPS Grants to Dona Ana County, New Mexico, Sheriff’s Department
- COPS Grants to Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico, Police Department
- COPS Grants to Texas Tech University Police Department, Lubbock, Texas
- COPS Grants to the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, Montana
- COPS Grants to the City of Camden, New Jersey, Police Department
- COPS Grants to the Kleberg County, Texas, Constable Precinct 4
- COPS Grants to the Navajo Department of Resource Enforcement, Window Rock, Arizona
- Correctional Medical Services’ Compliance with the BOP Contract for Inmate Medical Services at FCI, Fort Dix, New Jersey
- FBI’s Foreign Language Program – Translation of Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Foreign Language Material
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, 2005.
E&I Workload Accomplishments | Number of Reviews |
Reviews active at beginning of period | 9 |
Reviews initiated | 3 |
Reviews initiated during the last semiannual
reporting period but not previously counted | 1 |
Final reports issued | 5 |
Reviews active at end of reporting period | 8 |
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 March 31, 2005, there were no unresolved recommendations.
Investigations Statistics
The following chart summarizes the workload and accomplishments of the Investigations Division during the 6-month period ending March 31, 2005.
Source of Allegations |
Hotline (telephone and mail)
Other sources
Total allegations received |
602 3,059 3,661 |
Investigative Caseload |
Investigations opened this period
Investigations closed this period
Investigations in progress as of 3/31/05 |
163 224 365 |
Prosecutive Actions |
Criminal Indictments/Informations
Arrests
Convictions/Pleas |
17 21 34 |
Administrative Actions |
Terminations
Resignations
Disciplinary action |
9 31 16 |
Monetary Results |
Fines/Restitutions/Recoveries |
$348,731 |
Integrity Awareness Briefings
OIG investigators conducted 163 Integrity Awareness Briefings for Department employees throughout the country during this reporting period. These briefings are designed to educate employees about the misuse of a public official’s position for personal gain and deter employees from committing such offenses. The briefings reached approximately 8,216 employees.
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