Open Recommendations

(U) Rec. 3.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Commander, Navy Installations Command to revise Commander, Navy Installation Command Instruction 5090.7. Specifically, periodically require the Installation Drinking Water Committee to assess committee membership, no less than annually, to determine whether additional stakeholders with the potential to affect drinking water quality should participate on the committee, such as users of aqueous film?forming foam, owners and operators of oil or hazardous substance facilities, or managers of solid waste facilities.

(U) Rec. 3.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Commander, Navy Installations Command to revise Commander, Navy Installation Command Instruction 5090.7. Specifically, require that the annual table?top exercise of the installation's drinking water Emergency Response Plan include triggers and timelines for updating and editing the Emergency Response Plan when the table?top exercise identifies a need.

(U) Rec. 3.f: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Commander, Navy Installations Command to revise Commander, Navy Installation Command Instruction 5090.7. Specifically, include roles and responsibilities for the risk communication requirements of DoD Instruction 6055.20, including recurring training.

(U) Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the appropriate Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam official to issue a retroactive Tier 1 public notice including the 10 required elements of information for the October 2022 water main break.

(U) Rec. 5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct a study to assess the location of Navy?owned drinking water systems, identify all co?located infrastructure that poses a threat to the safety of the drinking water, and make plans to mitigate the threats to the drinking water systems.

(U) Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to conduct a comprehensive review of the Navy's response to incidents involving aqueous film-forming foam at Defense Fuel Support Point Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, including the incidents discussed in this management advisory. This review should include a determination of whether the response, reporting, and cleanup for the incidents identified complied with Federal and State of Hawaii laws, and with Department of Defense and Navy policy; and whether the locations…

(U) Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to implement corrective actions found during the review to address incident response and reporting at Defense Fuel Support Point Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in the future.

(U) Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and Environment), in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Commander, Navy Installations Command, to determine whether a broader review of the handling of aqueous film-forming foam incidents at all Navy facilities is warranted based on this management advisory and the review completed for Recommendation 1.

(U) Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and Environment), in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Commander, Navy Installations Command, to conduct the review, if warranted.

(U) Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy direct the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and Environment), in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Commander, Navy Installations Command, to implement corrective actions found during the review to address aqueous film-forming foam incident response and reporting across the Navy.

We recommend that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services provide additional training to caseworkers and supervisors as appropriate, to achieve compliance with requirements for the immediate screening, risk and safety assessment, and investigation of reports of child abuse and neglect.

We recommend that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services develop written policies and procedures that require its supervisors to review and approve documentation of caseworker interviews with children and adults.

We recommend that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services develop written policies and procedures that require its supervisors to monitor aging reports on a weekly basis to promptly identify delays in the investigation process.

We recommend that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services develop written policies and procedures that outline the steps a caseworker must take to override a report from screened-out to screened-in and manually input a response time.

We recommend that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services develop written policies and procedures that requires supporting documentation to be maintained within Katahdin to demonstrate that written notification letters were sent.

Develop a centralized system and institute a phone log system to modernize and streamline the chartering application process.

Quantify and clarify the deferral process for organizing groups by establishing clear guidelines and milestones to ensure enhanced transparency and understanding.

Post detailed information about the NCUA’s charter deferral process on the agency’s website to clearly communicate expectations and provide organizing groups with a transparent and comprehensive understanding of deferrals within the charter application process.

Establish a structured communication process within the NCUA’s federal credit union chartering process that sets expectations, timeframes, and ownership of responses to inquiries initially directed to the NCUA Board and/or NCUA senior management from charter organizing groups to ensure improved operational effectiveness and customer service.

Include and publish language in the updated version of the AS-701 to clarify the requirements to report lost, stolen, or missing assets or materials to the Postal Inspection Service.

Develop a deployment plan with actionable milestones for the 24-Hour Arrow Key Management System to all facilities using the Arrow keys nationwide, contingent upon the completion of the pilot program.

Review the 187 loans that matched to a related COVID-19 EIDL or PPP loan with a fraud hold code for legitimacy and eligibility. If any of the 187 loans are found to be illegitimate, ineligible, or fraudulent, take appropriate action to 1) prevent disbursement of funds, 2) recover the funds, and 3) refer potentially fraudulent loans to OIG.

We recommend that USAID/Democratic Republic of the Congo determine the allowability of $102,128 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 18 and 21 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

We recommend that USAID/Democratic Republic of the Congo verify that SANRU ASBL corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 34 of the audit report.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services review noncompliant hospitals associated with our findings and, if CMS determines that the hospitals are noncompliant, execute CMS's enforcement measures, to include issuing warning notices, corrective action plans, and/or civil monetary penalties as applicable.