Open Recommendations

Update the performance plans for the National Account Managers to include standards regarding proactive efforts to develop new customers, and ensure these standards are incorporated into the annual marketing plan.

Develop a marketing plan to initiate contact with those agencies not currently doing business with GPO.

Develop specific and measurable annual targets for customer and revenue growth.

Revise policies and procedures to ensure accurate, current, and complete financial results are reported on all Federal awards.

Work with ARC to revise the non-ARC matching cost share amount final BAMR to include the costs incurred of $2,381,000 for A&E fees and the in-kind land acquisition, if requested.

Revise policies and procedures to include procedures for determining the allowability of costs to comply with the Uniform Guidance and ensure costs incurred under Federal awards are allowable and allocable.

Review the 17,568 COVID-19 EIDLs and Emergency EIDL Advances identified with business establishment dates after January 31, 2020, to determine eligibility and to seek recovery of funds from ineligible recipients.

Assess the automated controls within the agency’s new lending platform, the Unified Lending Platform (ULP), to ensure they align with clearly defined disaster assistance criteria.

(U) Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the DoD Chief Information Officer develop and implement a process requiring DoD Components to identify changes to their software, hardware, and firmware information, such as changes to manufacturer or device names, and update their information technology inventories in a timely manner.

(U) Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network revise the process for developing orders, including a requirement to list all current, previous, and alternate names of hardware and software in the orders to the greatest extent possible.

(U) Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network develop and implement a process to ensure that DoD Components take all actions agreed to in plans of actions and milestones and to hold the respective DoD Component and Department of Defense Information Network area of operations accountable if the DoD Component does not comply with the agreed actions.

(U) Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network review the process for developing and distributing orders and responding to questions from the DoD Information Network Areas of Operation, identify opportunities to make the process more effective and efficient, and revise the process accordingly.

Implement a control in the Consolidated Claims Experience (CCE) to help ensure Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claimants and recipients are given the option, where appropriate, to file a SNAP application with the SSA office when they are in a pure SSI household.

Review the SNAP training material and update, as needed, to emphasize the requirement for SSA employees to correctly record information in CCE.

Reinforce the New Jersey Small Business Development Center’s adherence to requirements that costs spent on consultants are reasonable and supportable as prescribed in 2 CFR § 200.459.

Remedy $164,088 in unsupported expenses for consultant costs that are without established rate agreements.

Reinforce the New Jersey Small Business Development Center’s adherence to requirements on allowable types of hospitality cost under 13 CFR § 130.465 and Program Terms and Conditions, Section 7. Compare the $8,217 in unallowable costs to any overmatch funds per 13 CFR § 130.450(g) and recover costs as appropriate.

Instruct the New Jersey SBDC to submit an updated budget that reflects the $420,700 impact of the service center closure to evaluate whether funds are allowable in accordance with 2 CFR § 200.308(c)(5)(7).

Update the SBA resource partner website to reflect active New Jersey Small Business Development Center service centers.

Instruct the New Jersey Small Business Development Center to reconcile $75,247 of program income across the network to ensure generated income and expenses are accounted for and reported accurately in accordance with 13 CFR § 130.480.

Enforce the requirement for the New Jersey Small Business Development Center to timely adhere to export certification requirements and regularly report on its compliance status to SBA in accordance with Notice of Funding Section 5.1.4.4.

Ensure the New Jersey Small Business Development Center is maintaining sufficient accessibility to its facilities and appropriate staff levels and notifying clients of service centers’ hours of operation in accordance with 15 USC § 648(c)(2).

Ensure the New Jersey Small Business Development Center implements a process to ensure all personnel funded by federal grant funds are notified of their whistleblower protection rights in accordance with 41 U.S.C § 4712.

Ensure the New Jersey Small Business Development Center relates financial data and program accomplishments toward meeting the performance goals for the entire performance period as 2 CFR § 200.329(b) requires.

Rec 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the the U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer for the Nevada National Guard issue a memorandum to the auditors assigned to the Internal Review Division emphasizing that when auditors do not comply with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards requirements, the auditors should take the following actions in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards 2.19 and 9.05.
a. Assess the significance of noncompliance to the engagement objectives.
b. Document the assessment, along with the reasons for not following the requirement.
c. Determine which type of Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards compliance statement to use…