Open Recommendations

BOP should reassess its policies to ensure that SHU round documentation is preserved for the possible use of such documentation as original evidence in criminal and administrative investigations and proceedings. As part of this reassessment, the BOP should, among other things, consider (1) adjusting its records retention schedule for SHU round forms; and (2) amending its policies to ensure that staff responding to crime scenes associated with inmate misconduct also collect evidence of potentially related staff misconduct, such as SHU round documentation, and account for the possible use of such evidence as original evidence in criminal and administrative investigations and…

BOP should modify its policies regarding SHU round forms, including BOP Program Statement 5500.14, Section 310, to refer employees to the document retention schedule for SHU round forms, or otherwise ensure that its employees across all institutions are aware of the retention schedule.

BOP should ensure that all Special Investigative Services Staff, Executive Management Staff, staff involved with evidence collection and preservation, and other relevant staff are trained/advised on how to preserve SHU logs and to recognize when they may be needed as original evidence in criminal or administrative investigations and proceedings, e.g., when there is an escape or death in custody and the original log may reflect who purportedly conducted round counts during the pertinent time period.

Revise procedures for reviewing and approving grant application packages to add steps to verify that the applications are complete and accurate.

Assess the CARES Act-funded airport development grants identified in this report that did not meet award requirements and recover the $27 million or identify the rationale for acceptance of these costs.

Strengthen internal controls to verify that all reimbursement requests comply with FAAs two-tier manual review process for CARES Act funds. This may include requiring Delphi controls are correctly established and maintained.

Assess the 35 invoices"comprising $18.7 million in questioned costs"that did not receive sufficient review under the CARES Act guidance and seek recovery of any portion that is determined to be improper and/or unallowable or provide justification for approving the payments.

Require FAA field offices to collect, review, and maintain required price and cost analyses before making grant awards. Implementation of this recommendation could result in funds put to better use of $10.6 million.

Revise the Agencys policies for collecting, reviewing, and approving Buy American Preferences waivers to require the waiver requests to be timely, complete, and accurate, and define the extraordinary circumstances that would allow grant recipients to deviate from Buy American requirements. Implementation of this recommendation could result in funds put to better use of $49.6 million.

After revising Buy American policies, develop and implement Buy American Preferences waiver training for field offices.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer require the Association to update its APM to direct local plans to ensure that all debarred and suspended providers in its local area are added to their local provider databases and flagged as debarred or suspended, even if the providers have not previously submitted FEHBP claims (including adding Non-Par providers on the OPM OIG listing, if necessary) so claims paid to them will be flagged if presented to the local Plans as required by the Guidelines.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer require the Association to update its APM to include other (non-SSN) matching criteria available on the OPM OIG debarred or suspended provider listing for potential partial matches for flagging purposes in its DPF and local plan provider databases. The Association should also provide training to its local plans to ensure that they understand the importance of these additional matching criteria.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer require the Association to update its claims processing system with edits to ensure that claim lines with telehealth-related POS and modifier codes suspend for review prior to payment.

Fully implement the 90-day closeout process for National Small Business Week as outlined in SOP 90 75 5, as amended, and resolve the identified closeout discrepancy between the fiscal agent and the Office of Strategic Affairs for business week 2023.

Determine the allowability of $1.354 million in ineligible questioned costs detailed on pages 27 to 38 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

We recommend that CPB management require the station to repay $25,179 in CSG overpayments.

We recommend that CPB management require the station to identify the corrective actions and controls it will implement to ensure future compliance with all CPB NFFS reporting requirements, specifically addressing:a) endowment revenues, andb) revenue from ineligible sources, as well as, c) documenting staff time spent on TV and radio activities.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer disallow $1,083,534 in FEHBP overcharges due to PNS errors. To date, $228,641 has been recovered and $854,893 remains due to the FEHBP.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer direct the Association to instruct the local BCBS plans to review and update as needed, or institute policies and procedures, to identify all affected claims caused by an update to a provider file and to initiate any recoveries or adjustments warranted by the change in PNS.

We recommend that HUD's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement require the Commission to implement a record retention policy to ensure that decisions on inquiries are sufficiently supported.

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