U.S. Department of the Interior’s Compliance With the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 in its FY 2016 “Agency Financial Report”

The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA) requires each Federal agency to periodically identify and review all programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments and include improper payment reporting in its annual financial statements. Inspectors General are required to determine whether their agency has complied with IPERA reporting requirements each fiscal year.

 

In this inspection report, we found that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) complied with the IPERA reporting requirements, but we identified flaws in DOI’s risk assessment process and conclusions for fiscal year 2016. 

 

We make two recommendations that, if implemented, will strengthen DOI’s risk assessment process and analysis of improper payments.