Open Recommendations

Work collaboratively with the vendor to identify the risk of future field modification instructions, as well as any modifications needed as a result of the model validation efforts, and develop plans to mitigate their schedule impact.

Direct staff to conduct an analysis to determine suggested policy changes to further reduce the impact of a potential future loss of a Board quorum on EXIM’s medium- and long-term lending.

Direct staff to conduct an analysis to determine what changes should be made to further mitigate the risks to EXIM’s medium- and long-term export credit financing that were generated by the lack of Board quorum.

Direct staff to conduct a study exploring the potential for varying EXIM’s domestic content requirement by industry or sector for all exporters—not just those that qualify under the narrow exceptions of the CTEP program—and adopt policy changes to reflect any modifications or revisions to domestic content requirements based on the results of the study.

Direct the Senior Vice President for Policy Analysis and International Relations to seek updates to EXIM’s MOU with MARAD to reflect changes in EXIM’s policies and priorities and consider revisiting the $20 million threshold for U.S.-flagged shipping.

Develop a comprehensive plan, in coordination with MARAD, to provide clearer and more effective guidance on EXIM’s website for U.S. exporters to assist them in complying with EXIM’s domestic shipping requirements and procedures, including processes for requesting a MARAD waiver on the use of U.S. flagged vessels.

In advance of EXIM’s next reauthorization, engage with interagency stakeholders to develop proposals that address the challenges associated with the impact on EXIM’s competitiveness of requiring exporters to use U.S. flagged shipping vessels.

In advance of EXIM’s next reauthorization, engage with interagency stakeholders to develop legislative proposals that would modify the agency’s charter to address the limitation in Sec. 2(a)(2), which prevents EXIM from matching recent updates to the OECD Arrangement.

Have the Office of General Counsel support efforts to consider recommendation of revisions to the Board’s delegated authority policy to allow for expedited reviews of larger deals, particularly when there is no Board quorum.

Support a study led by the Office of Human Capital, strategic planning, and other internal stakeholders, to identify specific factors impacting EXIM’s ability to attract and retain staff and implement recommendations to address workforce recruitment, retention, and succession planning needs in this area.

Upgrade and configure its Security Information and Event Management tool to capture all log requirements in accordance with OMB M-21-31. (New)

Complete the three steps in accomplishing Business Impact Analysis in accordance with NIST SP 800-34, Revision 1 and ensure the application adheres to the minimum requirements. (New)

Develop a contingency plan and perform Business Impact Analysis for Administrative Resource Center Financial System. (New)

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training work with Oregon, Louisiana, Delaware, and Mississippi to ensure the appropriate return of approximately $105.1 million in TFFF reimbursements for first-week regular UI compensation paid that were associated with ineligible weeks.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish a deadline by which states are required to perform a timely review of past drawdowns and provide evidence that drawdowns were for reimbursement of eligible first-week regular UI compensation paid by the state for claim weeks that fell within the TFFF program period.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training reassess the eligibility of all states with waiting week provisions according to their state laws to ensure that the waiting week was not in effect when states accessed TFFF funds prior to December 31, 2020.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training ensure that any state drawdowns of the remaining almost $5 billion ($4,948,811,006) in TFFF funds are only for the reimbursement of first-week regular UI compensation paid by the state that fall within the TFFF program period (March 27, 2020, through September 6, 2021).

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish written procedures and deadlines for the timely return of funding for TFFF and future similar programs and consult with OMB and Treasury officials to execute the proper return of unused funds that remain within states’ accounts.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training capture lessons learned from the TFFF program and use the information to develop effective internal control procedures to ensure states meet program requirements, including eligibility, and have sufficient infrastructure in place to pay claimants’ UI benefits without delay for similar temporary emergency UI programs that may be established in the future.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training capture lessons learned from the TFFF program and use the information to develop and implement controls to ensure the methodology and procedures are documented and maintained for estimating allotments and subsequent adjustments for similar temporary emergency UI programs that may be established in the future.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Develop and implement risk tolerance for the amount of participants being served under the WIOA Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Workers program.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Resolve the $265,040 in questioned costs associated with ineligible participants and ineligible payments

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Establish and implement a plan to improve monitoring activities to ensure grantees and sub-recipients are properly documenting eligibility.

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Resolve the $6.9 million in questioned costs associated with unaccounted expenditures and assist the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development in expediting the closure of corrective action related to its accounting system.

Develop a plan to include proposed quantities, projected cost, and actionable milestones to fully deploy the eArrow lock and high security mailbox initiatives, and include measures to assess their effectiveness.