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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
25-05
Report Description

The Railroad Retirement Board Complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for Fiscal Year 2024

 

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
6
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
Report updated under NDAA 5274
No

Open Recommendations

This report has 6 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 No $0 $0 Management
concurred
with this
recommendation.

Office of Programs should Document its consideration of potential risks of not performing the quarterly
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act quality assurance review procedures. This documentation should
include both quantitative and qualitative risks.

2 No $0 $0 Management
concurred
with this
recommendation.

Office of Programs should Document the compensating controls or alternative procedures which will be performed
timely to mitigate the risks of not performing the quarterly assurance review procedures, as designed.

3 No $0 $0 Management
concurred
with this
recommendation.

Office of Programs should Ensure that the other compensating controls for detecting and preventing
unemployment and sickness improper payments are operating effectively.

4 No $0 $0 Management
concurred
with this
recommendation.

Bureau of Fiscal Operations should Develop and document compensating controls to determine if employee pay
is calculated using the correct gross pay amount and is supported with source documentation available to the
Bureau of Fiscal Operations. If improper gross pay amounts are identified, determine the root cause, and
take action to resolve the improper pay amounts.

5 No $0 $0 Management
concurred
with this
recommendation.

Office of Programs should Reach out to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to discuss how
Railroad Medicare improper payment reporting could be more transparent.

6 No $0 $0 Management
concurred
with this
recommendation.

Bureau of Fiscal Operations should work with the Office of Programs to establish one assessable unit for payment integrity. This assessable unit should address payment integrity risks and controls across both organizations. Both the certifying official for Bureau of Fiscal Operations and the Office of Programs should certify their organization’s improper payment controls within the new assessable unit.

Railroad Retirement Board OIG

United States