Not all of the news out of the nation’s capital is bad. Nearly $16 billion was saved as a result of recommendations by the Department of Health and Human Services’ internal watchdog, according to a new report.

Additionally, investigations and audits by the HHS inspector general returned almost $5 billion to the government in 2014. That means taxpayers saw more than a $16 return for every dollar invested into the office’s budget, which was just short of $300 million for fiscal 2014, according to the IG report.

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