Open Recommendations

Promptly design and implement a plan that ensures that its law enforcement and detention components comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

(U) Rec. B.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of Air Force Space Command ensure that all scheduled Integrated Threat Warning/Attack Assessment Electromagnetic Pulse projects, to include final verification testing, are completed.

Establish a standardized list of courses, covering at least the Release Preparation Program's core categories, as designated by the BOP, to enhance the consistency of Release Preparation Program curricula across BOP institutions.

Explore the use of incentives and other methods to increase inmate participation and completion rates for the Institution Release Preparation Programs.

Provide documentation to support program accomplishment data related to disbursements totaling $292,611 or repay HUD from non-Federal funds for any amount that it cannot support.

Complete the implementation of the new accounting system and ensure it tracks program funds to a level that supports compliance with HUD requirements.

Provide support that $944,687 (Footnote 2: Emergency funds of more than $1.1 million drawn between July 1, 2011, and December 31, 2015, were adjusted to consider $158,800 questioned in recommendation 1C and $38,164 questioned in recommendation 1D.) in Emergency funds drawn from HUD is reconciled with the accounting records and that such funds have not been used in violation of the restrictions and prohibitions of applicable statutes or reimburse the Emergency programs from non-Federal funds.

Reimburse $189,227 to the Emergency programs from non-Federal funds for ineligible charges made to the programs.

Submit supporting documentation showing the eligibility, reasonableness, and allocability of $38,164 charged to the Emergency programs for unsupported drawdowns and equipment cost allocations or reimburse the programs from non-Federal funds.

The Executive Committee should perform a time study of Medicare work performed by all agency staff.

The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to update the Medicare interagency agreement and establish procedures for maintaining and updating the agreement.

The General Access Control Policy and attendant procedures should be updated to include the elements outlined in the report.

Develop, document, and maintain a software inventory including license management policies and procedures.

Comply with and enforce HSPD-12 multifactor authentication supported by the Personal Identity Verification Card.

Provide training or document training completion by individual system owners on establishing, implementing, and maintaining logical access policies and procedures for systems that contain PII.