The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides funding to more than 1,200 State and local grantees to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Nation’s transit systems. From fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2010, FTA awarded over $57 billion in grants. FTA’s regional offices, as well … Read more about DOT OIG: Improvements Needed In the Federal Transit Administration’s Grant Oversight Program
DOE OIG: Opportunities for Energy Savings at Department of Energy Facilities
OIG's review disclosed that the Department had not always effectively identified and implemented energy-saving opportunities through facility evaluations and electricity metering. Three of the five sites we reviewed (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Los Alamos … Read more about DOE OIG: Opportunities for Energy Savings at Department of Energy Facilities
GAO: Home Energy Assistance for Low-Income Occupants of Manufactured Homes
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the nation's approximately 130 million housing units account for about 23 percent of total energy consumption in the United States. Approximately 2 million of these housing units are manufactured homes (i.e., mobile homes) that were built … Read more about GAO: Home Energy Assistance for Low-Income Occupants of Manufactured Homes
DOE OIG: Management of Explosives at Selected Department Sites
In support of its research and development mission and security of its facilities, the Department of Energy (Department) maintains a significant inventory of explosives. OIG's inspection revealed problems with handling and storing explosives at each of the four contractor-operated sites … Read more about DOE OIG: Management of Explosives at Selected Department Sites
GAO: Farm Programs: Direct Payments Should Be Reconsidered
From 2003 through 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made more than $46 billion in direct payments to farmers and other producers. Cumulatively, USDA paid $10.6 billion—almost one-fourth of total direct payments made from 2003 through 2011—to producers who did not, in a given … Read more about GAO: Farm Programs: Direct Payments Should Be Reconsidered
GAO: DOJ Should Do More to Reduce the Risk of Unnecessary Duplication and Enhance Program Assessment
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) grant programs overlap across 10 justice areas contributing to the risk of unnecessarily duplicative grant awards for the same or similar purposes. For example, GAO reviewed all 253 grant award announcements that DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the … Read more about GAO: DOJ Should Do More to Reduce the Risk of Unnecessary Duplication and Enhance Program Assessment
GAO: SNAP: Improved Oversight of State Eligibility Expansions Needed
In fiscal year 2010, GAO estimates that 2.6 percent (473,000) of households that received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits would not have been eligible for the program without broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE) because their incomes were over the federal SNAP … Read more about GAO: SNAP: Improved Oversight of State Eligibility Expansions Needed
Coburn: Treasure MAP: The Market Access Program’s Bounty of Waste, Loot and Spoils Plundered from Taxpayers
Dr. Coburn's oversight report, "Treasure MAP" highlights more than $2 billion in taxpayer dollars indirectly subsidizing the advertising costs of some of the most profitable agriculture companies and trade associations doing business overseas. You will recognize many of these company brands as … Read more about Coburn: Treasure MAP: The Market Access Program’s Bounty of Waste, Loot and Spoils Plundered from Taxpayers