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Inspector General Open Recommendations

09/21/2023 - Export-Import Bank Audit of EXIM's Domestic and International Non-Sponsored Travel [Report Details] Audit - Open Recommendations

09/21/2023 - Architect of the Capitol Semiannual Review of the Architect of the Capitol’s (AOC’s) Multimillion-Dollar Construction Project Change Orders [Report Details] Audit - Open Recommendations

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We recommend the Architect of the Capitol ensure that it uses the contractual markups when preparing Independent Government Estimates to ensure that the resulting price is consistent with the costs allowed under the contract and avoids overpayment (Funds Put to Better Use $17,199).
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We recommend the Architect of the Capitol review the insufficiently supported questioned costs identified within the Russell Stone Exterior Envelope Repair and Restoration ($66,449) and the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building Administrative Office Space Realignments ($18,968) projects to determine if the costs are supported and allowable; for any of the costs deemed unsupported and/or unallowable, recover the costs to the extent legally and administratively possible; as applicable, recover any additional amounts resulting from the application of items such as overhead and profits to the unallowable costs.
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We recommend the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) evaluate the $288 in questioned costs for duplicative overhead costs awarded as direct costs for the Russell Stone Exterior Envelope Repair and Restoration. The AOC should recover any erroneously awarded costs to the extent legally and administratively possible.
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We recommend the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) evaluate the $2,320 in questioned costs related to improper application of markups for the following projects: • Russell Stone Exterior Envelope Repair and Restoration $2,105 - contractor’s improper application of overhead and profit markups to first-tier subcontractor work. • Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building Administrative Office Space Realignments $215 - 1st tier subcontractor’s improper application of markups on a 2nd tier subcontractor. The AOC should recover any erroneously awarded costs to the extent legally and administratively possible.
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We recommend the Architect of the Capitol review its potential change order (PCO) notification criteria and implement the following: • Ensure that any diagrams or flowcharts referencing the criteria for PCO notification forms are consistent with the criteria outlined in the Planning and Project Management Memorandum (PPM Memo). • Ensure the criteria in any PCO notification form templates are consistent with the criteria outlined in the PPM Memo.

09/20/2023 - Department of Veterans Affairs Manufacturers Failed to Make Some Drugs Available to Government Agencies at a Discount as Required [Report Details] Review - Open Recommendations

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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center require contracting staff at the National Acquisition Center to conduct a covered drug check for all of a manufacturer’s drugs when any pharmaceutical Federal Supply Schedule proposal or product addition modification is submitted.
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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center, in conjunction with the chief consultant at VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services engage with the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that when manufacturers request new national drug codes, they are made aware of the public law requirements.
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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center, in conjunction with the chief consultant at VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services request that noncompliant manufacturers identified by the Office of Inspector General conduct a self-audit and submit their findings for remediation.
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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center, in conjunction with the chief consultant at VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services develop a procedure to monitor covered drugs identified in this report as newly launched to ensure they have an established ceiling price, and make certain they are made available on the Federal Supply Schedule at the end of the 75-day period.
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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center, in conjunction with the chief consultant at VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services establish a procedure for monitoring covered drugs identified in this report as not commercially sold.
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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center, in conjunction with the chief consultant at VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services formalize the internal process for granting exemptions.
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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center, in conjunction with the chief consultant at VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services formalize and communicate the process for manufacturers to request exemptions.
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The associate executive director of the VA National Acquisition Center, in conjunction with the chief consultant at VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services issue guidance clarifying that allergens are exempt from the public law and include how the determination was reached.

09/20/2023 - Railroad Retirement Board Fiscal Year 2007 Evaluation of Information Security at the Railroad Retirement Board [Report Details] Audit - Open Recommendations

09/20/2023 - Department of Homeland Security ICE Did Not Accurately Measure and Report Its Progress in Disrupting or Dismantling Transnational Criminal Organizations [Report Details] Audit - Open Recommendations

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