A roundup of government-issued investigative reports from February 9, 2009.

NATIVE AMERICANS: “Audit Report of NAHASDA's Program Income from 1937 Act Properties” (Housing and Urban Development Department’s Inspector General). Because of ambiguous or inadequate regulations and guidelines, tribal housing authorities were allowed to “redirect and abuse” rent revenues.

“AVIATION SECURITY: TSA’s Cost and Performance Study of Private-Sector Airport Screening” (Government Accountability Office). Found limitations in TSA’s study comparing the use of private sector screeners to federal screeners.

SOCIAL SECURITY: “Service Delivery Plan Needed to Address Baby Boom Retirement Challenges” (Government Accountability Office). “Increases in retirement and disability filings and a significant retirement wave of SSA’s most experienced staff pose difficult challenges for SSA in meeting future service delivery needs.”

TAX ADMINISTRATION: “While Actions Have Been Taken to Address Worker Misclassification, an Agency-Wide Employment Tax Program and Better Data Are Needed” (redacted for public release; Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration). “The misclassification of employees as independent contractors is a nationwide issue affecting millions of workers that continues to grow and contribute to the tax gap.”

SOCIAL SECURITY: “Quick Response Evaluation: Sources of Erroneous Death Entries Input into the Death Master File” (Social Security Administration’s Inspector General).

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