Office of the Inspector General Archives

veterans affairs, veterans health, va — The George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City. (Veterans Health Administration / Flickr)

VA patient system wrongly deemed ‘low risk’, watchdog says

The Patient Advocate Tracking System-Replacement was transferred to the cloud in 2023 and was not properly assessed for risk as it contains medical record access.

Jul 7, 2026 By K. Sophie Will

Demonstrators gather outside of the offices of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025 to protest against mass layoffs and budget cuts at the agency, initiated by the Trump administration and DOGE. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Education CIO office lost more than half of its employees to Trump’s reduction in force, watchdog says

Some sub-offices were left completely empty, the Office of the Inspector General found using Microsoft Teams, since the agency refused to supply staffing data.

Jun 24, 2026 By K. Sophie Will

Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk watches the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 23, 2021. (Photo by Aubrey Gemignani / NASA / Getty Images)

NASA lack of standardized AI definition creates AI and cyber risks, watchdog finds

NASA agreed or partially agreed with the OIG’s recommendations and set out a plan to address them.

May 9, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

GSA building — The General Services Administration headquarters in April 2012. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

GSA failed to monitor PIV access card data effectively says watchdog

GSA's inspector general found the agency was lax about using physical access control system data to inform how it identified, assessed and managed physical risks to buildings.

Feb 21, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

State Department, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a question and answer session at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia in July 2020. (State Department / Freddie Everett)

State Department watchdog finds major issues with agency geospatial data compliance

Inconsistencies in location-related data practices may hurt funding mechanisms for geospatial programs, according to the department's IG.

Sep 2, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Watchdog calls on Social Security Administration to improve agile software development

The agency's IG made 12 recommendations for enhancing the agency's approach to software projects.

Sep 1, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2022 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs on Capitol Hill June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Watchdog finds VA senior staff gave inaccurate information to reviewers of EHR training

The VA gave inaccurate information to investigators probing possible misconduct by two agency leaders involving the department's electronic health record, says a new report.

Jul 18, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

Watchdog report identifies four agencies with lower quality spending data

The GAO study highlights data reporting issues related to IT systems controls and systems configuration.

Jul 13, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

An UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies during the demonstrations of the capabilities of the multinational battle group at Novo Selo military ground on April 21, 2022 in Novo Selo, Bulgaria. (Photo by Hristo Rusev/Getty Images)

Watchdog: DOD still hasn’t fully implemented predictive maintenance on any weapon systems

This could impact the department’s weapons availability, if changes aren’t made soon.

Jun 15, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

HHS IG’s Gerald Caron on multi-cloud IT strategy

Office of the Inspector General joins FedScoop at the Public Sector Innovation Summit 2022.

May 6, 2022 By FedScoop Staff