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Department of Veterans Affairs
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina
This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina.This evaluation focused on five key operational areas:• Leadership and organizational risks• Quality, safety, and value• Medical staff privileging• Environment of care• Mental health (suicide prevention initiatives)The OIG issued four recommendations for improvement in the mental health area of review:• Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluationo Completion following positive suicide screeno Suicide prevention team notified of suicidal or self-directed violent behaviors in previous 12 months• Full-time suicide prevention coordinator appointed for community-based outpatient clinics that serve 10,000 veterans annually• Suicide-related events reported monthly to mental health leaders and quality management staff
Like other federal agencies, NASA collects personally identifiable information, or PII. The Agency’s high-profile mission and broad connectivity with the public make it susceptible to increased privacy risks. While it has a comprehensive privacy program, NASA needs to take additional steps to better protect individuals’ personal information that it collects, uses, and maintains.
The purpose of this report is to bring to your attention needed improvements that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified while reviewing Peace Corps’ response process for cybersecurity incidents and its adherence to Federal and agency requirements. We reviewed the agency’s actions taken during three separate cybersecurity incidents from June 2022 through July 2023.
An Amtrak supervisor based in Philadelphia violated company policies by using his company‐leased vehicle and, occasionally, his company fuel card to travel to his vacation home at least thirteen times over a nine‐month period. The employee admitted to these actions during his interview with our agents. He was removed from his supervisory position on December 18, 2023.
