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The theme of our Semiannual Report is “Invested in Success.” In the Semiannual Report, we address the pandemic effects; our completed work, including the Office of Inspector General (OIG) work with the Department of Defense (DOD) 898 Panel; the Top Management Challenges; our audit activities; educational visits to non-profit agencies (NPA); and reports issued. Our completed work relates to the future of the program and the focus on convergence of innovation and sustainability for the largest employment program in the country for blind and severely disabled workers.

This is the first audit of the Cooperative Agreements. The genesis of the agreements goes to the GAO report-Employing People with Blindness or Severe Disabilities, Enhanced Oversight of the AbilityOne Program Needed, GAO-13-457, dated May 2013. GAO recommended that the Commission develop written agreements with each CNA that would specify key expectations for the CNAs and oversight mechanisms. To ensure implementation of GAO’s recommendations, three years later Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, Public Law 114-113 (Act).

FY 2020 and FY 2021 Audit Plan for the U.S. AbilityOne Commission OIG.

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) was engaged by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct a performance audit and report on the AbilityOne Program Fee. The objective of the audit was to perform a comprehensive analysis of the history and function of the AbilityOne Program Fee, and to determine whether effective and transparent criteria exists with the AbilityOne Program Fee. CLA concluded that the Commission did not provide effective and transparent criteria related to the AbilityOne Program Fee.

The audit resulted in an adverse opinion due to significant departures from generally accounting principles and federal reporting requirements, including material misstatements and omissions in the Commission’s financial statements and footnotes. The misstatementsand omissions were material and pervasive, and included the failure to record accounts payable accrual and accurately record other accrued liabilities, which materially misstated the Commission’s beginning and ending balances, and the omission of uncorrected errors in required footnotes.

In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports on the most serious management and performance challenges facing the U.S. AbilityOne Commission, for inclusion in the Commission’s Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for fiscal year 2019.

The theme for this Semiannual Report to Congress is Steps to Start-up. In this Semiannual Report, we have developed a chart to celebrate a variety of both small and large achievements to illustrate the steps of the journey of our office becoming operational.

The overall assessment of the Commission's FY 2019 information security program was deemed not effective because the tested, calculated and assessed maturity levels across the functional and domain areas received an overall rating at Level 3 – Consistently Implemented. The findings from the evaluation demonstrate that improvements are needed with respect to continuous monitoring and information system and communication.

The Office of Inspector General is pleased to issue Semiannual Report to Congress for the period October 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019. As a new office, the theme of our Semiannual Report is “hitting our stride”.

In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-531), the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports on the most significant management and performance challenges facing the U.S. AbilityOne Commission (Commission), for inclusion in the Commission’s “Agency Performance and Accountability Report” for fiscal year 2018.