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The Dept. of Justice¿s (DoJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audit Div. conducts internal audits of DoJ granting agencies and external audits of grant recipients. The OIG Investigations Div. investigates allegations of fraud related to DoJ-funded grant programs. These investigations have led to criminal convictions, civil recoveries, administrative recovery of funds, and debarments of individuals and grantees. This report contains ideas and practices that granting agencies should consider adopting to minimize opportunities for waste, fraud, and abuse in awarding and overseeing the $4 billion in DoJ funding contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.