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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Railroad Retirement Board OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Railroad Retirement Board OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Railroad Retirement Board
Report Number
19-08
Report Description

Improvements Needed for the Unapplied Cash Process at the Railroad Retirement Board

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
14
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 14 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
19-081 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Executive Committee should develop a comprehensive agency-wide process for maintaining, monitoring and reporting on unapplied cash to ensure that all unapplied cash items are properly identified, recorded, monitored, reconciled, investigated, and resolved.

19-084 No $0 $0

The Office of Programs should update all control documentation (including policies and procedures, charts of controls, and other related documentation) to reflect the changes that occurred to unapplied cash as a result of the migration to the Financial Management Integrated System.

19-085 No $0 $0

The Office of Programs should test the updated unapplied cash controls to ensure that they are present and operating as intended.

19-0811 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should work with the Railroad Retirement Board’s Bureau of Information Services to implement Overpayment Recovery Correspondence System modifications to ensure that unapplied cash historical files [carried over from prior years, and receipts disposed of (applied to debt)] are maintained for completeness and accountability.

19-0813 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should work with the Bureau of Fiscal Operations to establish and implement control activities to ensure that the Overpayment Recovery Correspondence System Unapplied Cash Application is fully interfaced with the Financial Management Integrated System so that all unapplied cash transactions are properly processed and recorded in the Overpayment Recovery Correspondence System Unapplied Cash Application.

19-082 No $0 $0

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should update all control documentation (including policies and procedures, charts of controls, and other related documentation) to reflect the changes that occurred to unapplied cash as a result of the migration to the Financial Management Integrated System.

19-083 No $0 $0

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should test the updated unapplied cash controls to ensure that they are present and operating as intended.

19-086 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should work with the Railroad Retirement Board’s Financial Management Integrated System contracted service provider to implement Financial Management Integrated System modifications to ensure that all unapplied cash transactions [unapplied cash receipts received, carried over from prior year, and receipts disposed of (applied to debt)] are maintained going forward, for completeness and accountability.

19-087 No $0 $0

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should develop and implement a formal reconciliation process to ensure accountability, completeness, and accuracy of unapplied cash transactions.

19-088 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should work with the Railroad Retirement Board’s Financial Management Integrated System contracted service provider to correct Financial Management Integrated System posting logic for unapplied cash to ensure that unapplied cash transactions are properly recorded.

19-089 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should establish internal controls over accounting adjustments for unapplied cash to ensure that the adjustments are proper and that balances are accurate.

19-0810 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should develop and maintain an unapplied cash aging report to ensure proper monitoring and timely processing of unapplied cash receipts.

19-0812 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should establish and implement unapplied cash control activities to ensure that a qualified person is assigned a key role for the overall responsibility of coordinating and overseeing all control activities for the unapplied cash process across organizations and assessable units.

19-0814 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should establish and implement control activities to ensure that the Financial Management Integrated System is fully interfaced with the Overpayment Recovery Correspondence System Unapplied Cash Application so that all unapplied cash transactions are properly processed and recorded in the Financial Management Integrated System.

Railroad Retirement Board OIG

United States