Open Recommendations

Reassess NASA’s role in, and contribution to, the commercial lunar delivery market

Finalize a management plan with clear leadership authority and responsibility that would delineate CLPS initiative performance goals and metrics that are measurable and targeted, criteria for augmented insight, a formal lessons-learned process, and any other relevant guidelines for the management plan’s implementation

Prepare and formalize a CLPS Manifest Selection Board charter and processes

Strengthen procedures to ensure science payload interfaces and requirements are mature enough to write an RFTP that would minimize future requirement changes

We recommend that the Division of Operations-Management establish a system of internal controls exclusive to the mail ballot process.

Implement electrical grounding equipment in all communication closets.

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division/Contract Audit Management Branch verify that NCA corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 111-2 and 111-3 of the audit report.

Review each of the 1,614 loans and 2,029 grants found to be potential improper payments made to COVID-19 EIDL recipients we identified in the finding as also being on the Treasury’s DNP List and determine if the applicants can rectify the disqualifying information; if not, recover the funds.

Direct USAC to perform a cost-benefit analysis to identify additional approaches forfurther reducing the IPR below the reporting threshold. Additional approaches couldinclude, but are not limited to, evaluating the appropriateness of the volume ofapplications assigned per reviewer, increasing the effectiveness of employee training,providing program requirement reminders and updates, adding additional layers ofreview, creating a documentation checklist to determine program eligibility, andproviding ongoing coaching to educate staff on the Lifeline Program requirements,including documentation requirements relating to eligibility. [New]

Develop and implement policies and procedures to identify, quantify, and report in theOMB Annual Data Call any downward revisions that are submitted by providers resultingfrom provider non-compliant conduct. [New]

We recommend the DHS Chief Information Officer strengthen its oversight to ensure components adhere to DHS’ policies to remediate all known information security weaknesses in a timely manner and obtain the Authority to Operate for their systems.

We recommend the DHS Chief Information Officer resolve any conflicting guidance on prioritizing information security weaknesses by reviewing all Department policies and procedures to determine whether revision is needed and to ensure DHS’ policies and procedures are clearly defined and consistent with applicable OMB requirements.

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should finalize and execute the plan to rebalance the adjustment source document workload across the Tax Processing Centers.

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should ensure that all adjustment case files sent to the Federal Records Center are in numerical DLN order as required.

Mitigate identified risks for all legacy systems, develop a plan of action and milestones to enforce timely mitigation of identified risks related to legacy systems and report the status of mitigations as defined in the Corporate Information Security Office's plan of action and milestones to the Corporate Information Security Office.

USDA OIG has determined that this recommendation contains sensitive information and will not be publicly released due to privacy concerns.

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (CGAC), assess CGAC’s organizational placement in accordance with the Government Accountability Office’s Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government.

OIG recommends that the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (CGAC), in coordination with the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, take steps to establish CGAC in accordance with the December 2021 Secretary of State action memorandum and using appropriate Foreign Affairs Manual processes.

OIG recommends that the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (CGAC) develop and submit a Foreign Affairs Manual entry that establishes the office's organizational structure in accordance with Recommendations 1 and 2 and formally codifies CGAC's roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines in its efforts to achieve national anti-corruption goals and objectives.

1. We recommend that the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration implement internal controls to ensure that changes in duty stations are initiated and processed timely.

2. We recommend that the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration review duty station changes processed since the return to office to determine whether untimely initiation or processing resulted in incorrect employee locality pay. Recover any excess salary amounts paid to employees in accordance with Departmental policy.

3. We recommend that the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration regularly track and determine whether all teleworking Department employees are meeting the schedule requirement for 2 days in the office per pay period. For employees failing to meet this requirement take action to ensure that the agency has assigned the proper locality pay and telework or remote work status to the employees and prevent or address any overpayment of salary amounts paid to the employees in accordance with Departmental policy.

4. We recommend that the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration implement internal controls to ensure employees are following the requirements of their telework or remote work agreements and temporary exceptions are properly documented.

Review and take appropriate action (for example, verify the beneficiaries’ vital status, input death information, terminate payment records, initiate recovery of improper payments) on the remaining cases in our population of 1,596 beneficiaries reported as deceased in State Department records.

Work with State Department officials and develop an electronic method to timely report death information for U.S. citizens who die abroad.