Open Recommendations

The Under Secretary for Health ensures that pharmacist staffing levels are assessed and addressed prior to the implementation of the new electronic health record at additional VA sites.

The Under Secretary for Health evaluates the underlying technical and functional issues resulting in workarounds and educational materials needed to perform pharmacy-related operations within the new electronic health record and takes action as indicated.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education require MDE to update its policiesand procedures to reflect that all changes to Mississippi’s approved State plan should be submitted to the Departmentand approved by the Department before implementing changes to the accountability system.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education require MDE to provide CSI to thefour public schools that should have been identified for CSI in the fall of 2022.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education require MDE to submit anamendment explaining that it will apply double weighting to the numerator for students who took and passed certainaccelerated courses and describing how it will calculate the college and career readiness indicator score if a studenttakes both the assessment designed to measure skills that are important for success in postsecondary education andthe assessment designed to measure foundational skills required for success in the workplace.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education require MDE to provide records tothe Department showing that it corrected the coding in the MSIS to ensure that the system uses unadjusted compositescores to identify nontraditional public high schools for CSI.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education require MDE to provide records tothe Department showing that it ensured that all Title I, Part A-funded schools with 3 years of accountability data areincluded on the list that MDE uses for identifying public schools that are eligible for CSI.

(U) Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing develop and implement procedures requiring incoming 379th Air Expeditionary Wing weapons safety managers to Review all in-process and completed explosives safety site plans to ensure explosives safety site plans are current.

(U) Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing develop and implement procedures requiring incoming 379th Air Expeditionary Wing weapons safety managers to review net explosive weight limits in the Theater Integrated Combat Munitions System for all munitions storage structures to ensure they align with net explosive weight limits in DoD Explosive Safety Board-approved explosives safety site plans.

(U) Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Detachment 6 ensure contractor personnel update courtesy storage agreements to require tenant organizations to initially report all munitions data, including net explosive weight totals, and to report changes in munitions storage to the contractor.

As expeditiously as possible, Treasury's Office of the Assistant General Counsel for General Law, Ethics and Regulation (GLER) should develop and implement standard operating procedures, including monitoring, to ensure ethics officials fully utilize the Ethics Tracker database to track requests, substantive advice and counsel provided, as well as documentation of final resolution of issues.

As expeditiously as possible, Treasury's Office of the Assistant General Counsel for General Law, Ethics and Regulation (GLER) should consider completing a cost-benefit analysis to determine if a fully integrated and automated tracking system would benefit GLER with its ethics responsibilities.

Ensure that the OHC continues to monitor dependent eligibility on a biweekly basis and corrects discovered discrepancies.

Ensure that the OHC conducts a comprehensive annual review of the control activities for administering the agency’s vision and dental programs to ensure that they are operating effectively.

Develop and periodically provide tailored training for employees who administer the agency’s vision and dental programs.

VA’s chief acquisition officer and principal executive director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction in consultation with the Office of General Counsel, as authorized by 31 U.S.C. § 3711, determine the full magnitude of the loss from the DALC Recreation Group’s improper sale of VA property and take appropriate action to recover the losses, including any proceeds of the auctions currently within the custody or control of the DALC Recreation Group.

Coordinate with the Ohio AG to reexamine the Ohio AG's funding strategy, to include periodically conducting updated needs assessments and establishing an underserved population category definition.

Coordinate with the Ohio AG to consider whether a formal, more inclusive solicitation strategy needs to be developed based upon the results of the Ohio AG's reexamination of its funding strategy in Recommendation Number 1.

Ensure the Ohio AG's subaward packages include all current, required grant information.

Ensure the Ohio AG revises its subrecipient monitoring policy to help ensure appropriate monitoring activities are conducted in compliance with federal requirements and that all relevant personnel are aware of this policy. In particular, the subrecipient monitoring policy should cover, at a minimum: (1) the programmatic monitoring of subrecipients; (2) subrecipient compliance with award special conditions; (3) risk assessment criteria and timeliness; (4) subrecipient single audit review, including issuing management decisions and appropriate corrective actions when necessary; and (5) documentation to support that subrecipient performance data is complete and accurate.

Require the Ohio AG to bring into alignment its subrecipient risk assessment policy and the tool designed to assess subrecipient risk.

Ensure the Ohio AG revises its financial policies and procedures to help ensure adequate administration of federal award funds and that all relevant personnel are aware of these policies. In particular, the financial policies and procedures should cover, at a minimum: (1) completing appropriate Subgrant Award Report (SAR) submissions; (2) drawdown-related reconciliation procedures, which ensure that funds are spent or returned to DOJ within 10 days of being drawn down; and (3) matching cost reporting on Federal Financial Reports (FFR) to help ensure the information reported is reconciled to supporting data, reviewed by appropriate personnel, and that data supporting the…

Ensure the Ohio AG develops a mechanism to complete subrecipient monitoring timely and in accordance with its policy.

Require the Ohio AG to develop a plan to conduct a site visit and/or desk review of those subrecipients that did not receive a review in the past 24 months, as required, with priority given to those subrecipients that did not receive a site visit and/or desk review within our audit scope.

Remedy the $68,674 in unsupported subrecipient personnel expenditures.