Physical Security at Offices

Date Issued

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Submitting OIG

Social Security Administration OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Social Security Administration

Report Number

042318

Report Type

Audit

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

Funds for Better Use

Report updated under NDAA 5274

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Open Recommendations

This report has 7 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use
1	No	$0	$0
Update its policy to include monitoring Federal Protective Service’s physical security inspections of Agency offices.
2	No	$0	$0
Regularly reconcile its list of offices to the Agency's official list of offices to ensure all applicable offices are periodically inspected.
3	No	$0	$0
Work with office management to properly resolve the 101 security findings that were improperly remediated.
4	No	$0	$0
Revise policy to require that managers document corrective actions.
5	No	$0	$0
Review findings when they are resolved in its security application to ensure it agrees with actions taken.
6	No	$0	$0
Provide office managers with information to aid their remediations of security findings, such as diagrams or pictures, and information on requesting remediation extensions.
7	No	$0	$0
Review security findings not remediated within 180 days or the agreed upon timeframe and when appropriate, suggest interim corrective actions to office managers when permanent actions will not be timely implemented.