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Inspector General Open Recommendations

09/23/2024 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Conflicts of Interest in the Acquisition Process [Report Details] Inspection / Evaluation - Open Recommendations

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Ensure Deputy Ethics Counselors (DEC) are trained on the revised Financial Disclosure Review guidance to follow up with filers when a financial disclosure report omits an entry the DEC has independent knowledge of that is relevant to the conflict of interest analysis.
5
Develop and deliver specialized acquisition-related conflict of interest training on at least an annual basis to all acquisition team members to strengthen employee knowledge and skills related to ethics laws and regulations.
4
Develop procedures requiring acquisition team members, as defined in response to Recommendation 1, to re-certify annually that they remain free of actual or potential conflicts of interest as long as the acquisition is in place.
3
Develop procedures requiring acquisition team members, as defined in response to Recommendation 1, to complete a conflict of interest certification in which each team member is to assess and document that they do not have a potential or actual conflict of interest related to the specific acquisition prior to participating in any phase of the acquisition lifecycle (from planning to closeout). These procedures should require that evidence of acquisition team members’ conflict of interest certifications is maintained in accordance with requisite FDIC records retention schedule requirements.
2
Update the Acquisition Procedures and Guidance Manual to (1) define “reasonable planning,” (2) require the documentation of “reasonable planning” for all acquisitions, and (3) require a written description of potential or actual acquisition-specific conflict of interest-related risks in planning documentation.
1
Develop a means of identifying and documenting acquisition-specific team members from the Program Offices, Division of Administration Acquisition Services Branch, Legal Division, and Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.

09/20/2024 - Department of the Treasury Desk Review of Bergen County, New Jersey’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds [Report Details] Other - Open Recommendations

09/20/2024 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Evaluation of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Use of Anti-gag Clauses in Nondisclosure Agreements [Report Details] Inspection / Evaluation - Open Recommendations

09/19/2024 - Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Efficiency Inspection of the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System [Report Details] Inspection / Evaluation - Open Recommendations

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Ensure that MSPV facility-level contracting officer’s representatives are appointed and designated properly and perform all required duties according to the scope and limitation of the designee’s authority.
09
Develop and maintain a standardized training program for logistics and clinical staff on the proper recording of items as they are removed from primary and secondary inventory points.
08
Develop and implement a plan to ensure data accuracy and reliability in the Generic Inventory Package.
07
Require cardholders to submit a request for ratification for any unauthorized commitments identified.
06
Establish controls to ensure cardholders comply with record retention requirements, confirm approving officials and cardholders review purchases for VA policy compliance, and ensure contracting is used when it is in the best interest of the government.
05
Ensure that healthcare contracting staff follow federal acquisition regulations when terminating contracts for convenience to the government.
04
Ensure that healthcare system staff follow policy requirements; and that fiscal staff conduct reviews on all open obligations as required by VA Financial Policy, vol. 2, chap. 5, “Obligations” (2020), updated May 2023.
03
Ensure healthcare services are completing monthly data validation memos for their managerial cost accounting data.
02
Consider requiring that the managerial cost accounting team review the Intermediate Product Cost Outlier report to identify cost outliers that may occur at the healthcare system.
01
Establish a plan to use VA’s cost accounting system information to identify alternative ways to reduce costs, enhance efficiency, and inform business decisions as identified by VA financial policy. This could include implementing federal financial accounting standard practices to use cost information for performance measurement, budgeting, cost control, and making economic choices.

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