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OIG administers the MFCU grant awards, annually recertifies the Units, and oversees the Units' performance in accordance with the requirements of the grant. As part of this oversight, OIG conducts periodic reviews of all Units and prepares public reports based on these reviews. The primary purpose of the review was to follow up on issues that OIG had identified through its ongoing administration and oversight activities. We focused the review on five general areas: (1) case outcomes; (2) referrals; (3) staff and leadership turnover; (4) MFCU operations; and (5) fiscal controls.

OIG administers the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU or Unit) grant awards, annually recertifies the Units, and oversees the Units' performance in accordance with the requirements of the grant. As part of this oversight, OIG conducts periodic reviews of all Units and prepares public reports based on these reviews.

OIG administers the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU or Unit) grant awards, annually recertifies the Units, and oversees the Units' performance in accordance with the requirements of the grant. As part of this oversight, OIG conducts periodic reviews of all Units and prepares public reports based on these reviews.

In this audit, we presented the results of our review of the Office of Management, the office responsible for Department-wide oversight of the contractor personnel security screening process. It combined the results of work conducted within the Office of Management and two principal offices—the Institute of Education Sciences and FSA. We found that the Department had not effectively implemented requirements for the contractor personnel security screening process. Specifically, the Office of Management did not provide adequate guidance or oversight of theprocess to ensure that key requirements of Office of Management Directive: 5-101, Contractor Employee Personnel Security Screenings(Directive), July 16, 2010, were implemented and that contractors had appropriate screenings. The Office of Management did not ensure the Directive was updated to reflect Federal requirements and Department practices established subsequent to the issuance of the Directive.Additionally, the Office of Management did not comply with its own requirements in the Directive, to include ensuring that principal offices submitted their specific procedures for complying with the Directive, providing notice to principal offices of final adjudication determinations, and coordinating with principal offices with regard to contract position and risk designation. We also found that the Office of Management did not ensure the timeliness of security screening activities, ensure contractor employee screening information maintained was accurate and reliable, or provide adequate training to principal offices with regard to process requirements and responsibilities.

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