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Audit of the Office of Justice Programs’ Administration of the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

23-060

Component, if applicable:

Office of Justice Programs

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

$0

Funds for Better Use:

$0

Number of Recommendations:

3

View Document:

Attachment	Size
23-060.pdf	3.26 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Assess the accessibility of CSSI research results and take steps to confirm that school safety stakeholders and the public have appropriate access to completed CSSI research reports and contents. Such an effort should also consider how OJP can effectively ensure award recipient compliance with standing special conditions regarding its rights to reproduce, publish, or use research findings.
2	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Enhance its existing policies, procedures, and practices (such as its recordkeeping spreadsheets) to ensure that NIJ maintains adequate and complete documentation of reported conflict of interest matters, including both potential and actual conflicts of interests and appearances of conflicts of interests, as they arise for future initiatives.
3	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Update the GMM to outline the responsibilities of and facilitate coordination between grant managers and social science research analysts with regard to performing monitoring visits and reviewing progress reports submitted by recipients of research awards.