| 2024-CR-004-02 |
No |
$493,822 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE resolve the unsupported labor costs totaling $493,822.
|
| 2024-CR-004-13 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE require States to submit those Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-funded abandoned mine land projects that States do not consider to be infrastructure (and therefore are not subject to Build America, Buy America Act requirements) to OSMRE for final applicability determination.
|
| 2024-CR-004-14 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE provides direction to the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands to properly classify projects and apply Build America, Buy America Act requirements to any ongoing and finished projects, as necessary.
|
| 2024-CR-004-09 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE require the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands to use the correct subaccount in its Kentucky Human Resource Information System according to OSMRE's Federal Assistance Manual and Guidance on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Abandoned Mine Land Grant Implementation.
|
| 2024-CR-004-10 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE update the Federal Assistance Manual to require grant recipients to track time and all costs allocable to a specific reclamation project, such as direct project costs, planning and design, construction monitoring and inspection, and other necessary administrative expenses.
|
| 2024-CR-004-11 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE require the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands to train staff on updated procedures for allocating time to specific reclamation projects.
|
| 2024-CR-004-06 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE assess the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands' implementation of the Office of Administrative Services approved training plan to ensure branch managers, supervisors, and inspectors understand the importance of executing contracts and change orders in accordance with the division's policies.
|
| 2024-CR-004-07 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE assess the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands' implementation of the Office of Administrative Services approved monitoring plan to conduct quarterly reviews of abandoned mine land projects and speak with branch managers, inspectors, and supervisors to ensure they are obtaining change orders before the work is initiated.
|
| 2024-CR-004-04 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE implement policies and procedures to ensure that leave paid to employees is properly allocated to the Federal grant on which it was earned and does not exceed the value of benefits earned on that grant.
|
| 2024-CR-004-01 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE require the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands to ensure the payroll expenses are properly supported by personnel activity reports reflecting actual time worked on Federal grant programs.
|
| 2024-CR-004-03 |
No |
$25,823 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE resolve the unallocable payout of accrued employee sick leave totaling $25,823.
|
| 2024-CR-004-05 |
No |
$165,763 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE resolve the Federal share of questioned costs related to unreasonable costs totaling $165,763.
|
| 2024-CR-004-08 |
No |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE require the Kentucky Division of Abandoned Mine Lands to review employees' work descriptions to determine the correct subaccounts to use according to OSMRE's Federal Assistance Manual and Guidance on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Abandoned Mine Land Grant Implementation, as well as Kentucky's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act abandoned mine land grant application.
|
| 2024-CR-004-12 |
Yes |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
We recommend that OSMRE update policies and procedures to require States to obtain OSMRE determination of Build America, Buy America Act applicability on Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-funded abandoned mine land projects that the State believes are not subject to this provision of the Act.
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