Open Recommendations

Develop and implement a process to validate the data between Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System Info and the Development Information Solution system to maximize its value per GAO's Agile Assessment Guide.

develop new procedures or enhance current ones to identify beneficiaries with concurrent eligibility in another State, which could have saved the State agency an estimated $1,100,008 ($665,440 Federal share) in capitation payments for the month of August 2018

ensure that county caseworkers follow procedures to timely review and terminate eligibility for beneficiaries who were identified as concurrently eligible in another State.

We recommend that SAMHSA mitigate its Governance risk by formally documenting its full organizational structure.

We recommend the AOC Office of the Chief Security Officer establish well-defined policies and procedures with a preparation checklist for jurisdictions based on the severity of threat that provides clear guidance on execution of support activities related to coordination, mobilization, de-mobilization, asset protection and reporting of activities associated with special events across the Capitol campus.

We recommend that Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital based on the results of this audit, exercise reasonable diligence to identify, report, and return any overpayments in accordance with the 60-day rule and identify any of those returned overpayments as having been made in accordance with this recommendation.

CMS should take additional steps to validate the information reported in MDS assessments

CMS should supplement the data it uses to monitor the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes.

We recommend the Secretary, in coordination with DHS components and FPS, establish and implement a plan, policy, and process toimprove preparedness for multi-component response to future incidents of civil disturbance at Federal facilities, including:A. a process for designating DHS component personnel under 40 U.S.C. §1315 and verification of required legal training completion;B. equipment and training needs and requirements; andC. consistent tactics and operational policies.

We recommend that the IA coordinate with Pine Hill School to ensure that the general facility deficiencies noted in this report are either addressed or included as part of the consolidation and renovation of the school facilities (Phase II).

We recommend that the IA coordinate with Pine Hill School to complete the planned consolidation and renovation (Phase II).

We recommend that the IA coordinate with Pine Hill School to complete the gymnasium replacement project (Phase III).

Direct Clemson to strengthen its monitoring procedures and internal control processes for applying indirect costs to Federal awards. Updated procedures could include: a. Requiring that personnel assess whether Clemson should capitalize ongoing and future construction projects. Specifically, Clemson should consider Federal regulation specific to the capitalization of construction related to additions to, improvements to, alterations of, or reconfigurations of Clemson buildings when Clemson uses Federal funding to finance construction. b. Requiring that personnel manually review capitalized charges made to an award to ensure that Clemson has included all applicable costs in the capitalized amount. Specifically, Clemson should consider whether capitalized…

Resolve the $20,471 in questioned unallocable equipment, travel, and publication expenses for which Clemson has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct Clemson to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards.

Direct Clemson to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $36,847 of questioned equipment, travel, other direct costs, and publication costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Direct Clemson to strengthen its administrative and management controls and processes for allocating expenses to sponsored projects. Updated processes could include: a. Implementing additional procedures requiring the Office of Grants and Contracts Administration to review and approve all non-salary expenses charged to NSF awards within 90 days of the award’s expiration date. b. Requiring Principal Investigators or other designated staff to both document and justify the allocation methodologies they used when charging expenses to sponsored projects. c. Establishing a procedure to justify allocating travel expenses to specific NSF awards by confirming travel charged to an award contributes to the grant…

Direct Clemson to encourage Principal Investigators to identify and report all awardrelated travel in their annual reports to NSF.

Direct Clemson to implement a process to ensure that personnel review the reasonableness of all employee, non-employee, and participant travel days and charges at the time of reimbursement.

Direct Clemson’s Office of Grants and Contracts Administration to provide training on how to assess the methodology for allocating publication costs across each sponsored award acknowledged in the publication and document the justification for this methodology.

Resolve the $58,000 in questioned computer cluster node expenses for which Clemson has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct Clemson to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards.

Direct Clemson to periodically assess the fee structure and period allotted for access to the computer cluster node infrastructure. Updated procedures could include: a. Requiring the Office of Grants and Contracts Administration to assess whether projects require access to the computer infrastructure. b. Establishing the time and fee structure as a specialized service center to ensure appropriate cost objective control.

Direct Clemson to strengthen its administrative and management procedures and internal controls for allocating expenses to sponsored projects. Updated procedures could include: a. Requiring the Office of Grants and Contracts Administration to provide training on allocation methodology for costs incurred on sponsored projects. b. Requiring Principal Investigators or other designated staff to review and justify the allocation methodologies they used when charging computer cluster node costs to sponsored projects.

Resolve the $4,396 in questioned participant support and service center expenses for which Clemson has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct Clemson to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards.

Direct Clemson to strengthen its policies and procedures related to creating and retaining documentation, including introducing additional controls to help ensure that it appropriately creates and maintains all documentation necessary to support the allowability of expenses charged to sponsored programs. Updated procedures could include: a. Conducting annual training for individuals responsible for reviewing and approving consultant expenses, including training regarding what documentation Clemson must maintain to support consultant rates charged. b. Establishing clear guidance regarding what documentation Clemson must maintain in cases in which an individual books their own airfare. c. Establishing clear guidance as to who is required to…

Resolve the $2,151 in questioned travel and salary costs for which Clemson has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct Clemson to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards.