Open Recommendations

Apply appropriate measures to confirm the adequacy of CFSS's accounting and internal control systems prior to making future awards to CFSS to ensure federal funds are safeguarded.

Provide training to ISSPOs, ISOs, and Information Owners on their roles and responsibilities to follow the PBGC RMF and POA&M processes.

Confirm the requirement that deficiencies identified by SPA&A reviews that are not remediated within 30 days after identification are tracked via POA&Ms with accountable personnel.

Periodically monitor the satisfaction of the system risk assessment and POA&M creation requirements to help ensure ongoing compliance associated with the timely completion of and updates to system risk assessments and documentation and tracking of POA&Ms.

We recommend PBGC management to coordinate with its CSP to update its service agreement and shared responsibility matrix to address ambiguities regarding accountable parties for key controls and develop and implement a contingency plan for the system.

Update and track IASA program milestones to improve timeliness and mitigate risk from civil aviation authorities under assessment.

Establish a formal prioritization methodology for new assessments, reassessments, technical assistance, and other duties.

Finalize the proposed changes and related updates to FAA Order 8900.1, Volume 12.

Continue to monitor First Solar’s impact, including through the June 30, 2026 annual Development Outcomes Survey and midpoint performance assessments, to have relevant information for assessing the project’s core impacts and metrics.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development establish
appropriate controls to ensure that transfers of funds and reprogrammings comply with all applicable statutory authority
requirements, including notifying the House and Senate Appropriations Committees when required.

Coordinate with an existing NASA supply chain group (e.g., Supply Chain Risk Management Program) to investigate alternative supply chain management strategies, such as evaluating the feasibility of incorporating the Supply Chain Visibility Data Requirement Deliverable into ESOC to increase visibility into spacesuit supply chains.

The Peace Corps Director, in collaboration with the Associate Director of the Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection, develops and implements a plan to generate the predetermined number of qualified Volunteers.

The Peace Corps Director, in collaboration with the Chief Information Officer, develops a prioritized plan to upgrade information management systems used to support the Volunteer Delivery System. If funding is insufficient, the prioritized plan should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget as part of the agency’s annual budget request for consideration.

The agency develops a plan that determines appropriate staffing levels and addresses retention, resource allocation, tools and training for offices that provide critical support to the Volunteer Delivery System.

The Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection and the Office of Human Resources assess the appropriateness of existing monetary and non-monetary incentives and benefits for recruiters, taking into account industry standards, performance, and the impact of recruiter turnover.

The Peace Corps Director improves governance of the VDS steering committee, or establishes other mechanisms, to oversee VDS operations. The committee, or other mechanisms, should ensure clear decision-making authority, effective coordination, and improved program implementation across agency offices and components.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.