A daily roundup of just-released investigative reports, drawn from oversight agencies, congressional committees, and government offices across Washington.

GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: “Audit of the Design and Construction of the New Embassy Compound in Baghdad, Iraq” (State Department’s Inspector General). Recommends that the State Department attempt to recover $132 million on five contracts for $470 million awarded to First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting, for reasons including “construction deficiencies, incomplete and undocumented design work, [and] inadequate quality control.”

ENVIRONMENT: “Climate Change Adaptation: Strategic Federal Planning Could Help Government Officials Make More Informed Decisions” (Government Accountability Office). And see hearing on “Building U.S. Resilience to Global Warming Impacts” (House Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming).

TAX ADMINISTRATION: “The Internal Revenue Service Faces Significant Challenges in Verifying Eligibility for the First-Time Homebuyer Credit” (Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration).

DISASTER RESPONSE: “FEMA’s Housing Strategy for Future Disaster” (Homeland Security Department’s Inspector General).

LAW ENFORCEMENT: “Explosives Investigation Coordination Between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives” (Justice Department’s Inspector General).

MILITARY PROCUREMENT: “Defense Finance and Accounting Service Contract for Military Retired and Annuitant Pay Functions” (Defense Department’s Inspector General).

MILITARY: “Defense Critical Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve the Identification and Management of Electrical Power Risks and Vulnerabilities to DOD Critical Assets” (Government Accountability Office).

MEDICAL DEVICE SAFETY: “Adverse Event Reporting for Medical Devices” (Health and Human Services Department’s Inspector General).

MEDICAL DEVICE SAFETY: “Oversight of Clinical Investigators: Action Needed to Improve Timeliness and Enhance Scope of FDA’s Debarment and Disqualification Processes for Medical Product Investigators” (Government Accountability Office).

HEALTH CARE: “Beneficiary Appeals in Medicare Advantage” (Health and Human Services Department’s Inspector General).

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: “Management Review of Youth Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs” (State Department’s Inspector General).

GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL: “Employee Relocation, U.S. Department of the Interior” (Interior Department’s Inspector General).

FINANCIAL CONTROLS: “Department of the Interior Challenge Cost Share Programs” (Interior Department’s Inspector General).

INFORMATION SECURITY: “The Department’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program” (Energy Department’s Inspector General).

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