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(U) Rec. A.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the DoD Chief Information Officer establish a Program Management Office to manage the Industry Connections Initiative or determine whether another agency should manage it.

The Under Secretary for Health reviews the criteria and processes used to identify and exclude healthcare providers removed from VA employment for violation of policy related to safe and appropriate care of veterans, and takes action as warranted.

The Under Secretary for Health reviews previous removals of healthcare providers from VA employment as required by VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 § 108 to determine whether the reason(s) for those removals were for violation of policy related to the safe and appropriate care of veterans, and takes action as warranted.

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs complete Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations prior to reprivileging to ensure continuous delivery of quality care.

The Chief of Staff ensures service chiefs use specialty-specific criteria in the professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.

The under secretary for health to ensure the Office of Integrated Veteran Care develops a process to make sure the third-party administrators regularly update their Community Care Network provider lists to reflect accurate provider contact information and annotate providers who are not currently accepting VA patients.

We recommend that NTIA's Associate Administrator for the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth develop and implement formal policy and procedures for validating self-certifications to determine applicants' eligibility for future broadband grant program awards.

We recommend that NTIA's Associate Administrator for the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth update the office's internal policies and procedures to require reviewers to document detailed justifications for each stage of the review and award processes, and maintain these justifications in the official award files.

We recommend that NTIA's Associate Administrator for the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth design quality assurance procedures and implement them throughout the application review process.

The Under Secretary for Health ensures Veterans Health Administration prescribers assess risks and contraindications associated with stimulant prescribing.

The Under Secretary for Health considers establishing policy and clinical practice guidance related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnostic assessment and treatment with a stimulant and takes action as warranted.

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that Chief of Naval Operations develop and implement policies or processes to develop and implement policies or processes to ensure that the steps taken to dismiss a sexual harassment complaint are fully documented and retained in command files, including the opinions or concurrences of the Military Equal Opportunity and legal advisors.

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that Chief of Naval Operations develop and implement policies or processes to develop and implement policies or processes to formalize the complaint withdrawal process to ensure the complainant's decision to voluntarily withdraw their complaint is fully documented and free from improper influence by command leadership or other entities.