Open Recommendations

Work with the Georgia CJCC and WMO to develop and implement comprehensive written policies and procedures to help ensure WMO's compliance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide and federal award requirements. Specifically, the policies should ensure: e. the proper authorization for making electronic payments

Work with the Georgia CJCC and WMO to develop and implement comprehensive written policies and procedures to help ensure WMO's compliance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide and federal award requirements. Specifically, the policies should ensure: f. the appropriate use of debit and credit cards

Work with the Georgia CJCC and WMO to develop and implement comprehensive written policies and procedures to help ensure WMO's compliance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide and federal award requirements. Specifically, the policies should ensure: g. the proper documentation of evidence to support payments to or on-behalf of the victims; and

Work with the Georgia CJCC and WMO to develop and implement comprehensive written policies and procedures to help ensure WMO's compliance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide and federal award requirements. Specifically, the policies should ensure: h. decisions related to the use of funds are free of undisclosed personal or organizational conflicts of interest.

Develop and implement a process to maintain updated Border Patrol email distribution lists for NTC information requests.

Identify and share best practices for resolving inconclusive Terrorist Watchlist matches before releasing migrants.

Develop and implement a process to ensure ICE officers have immediate access to GPS data relevant to their law enforcement operations.

Treasury OIG should pursue obtaining documentation from Lancaster County personnel and ensure reporting corrections are made. Further, based on Lancaster County’s responsiveness to Treasury OIG’s requests and its ability to provide documentation, Treasury OIG should determine if a full-scope audit is feasible.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to implement a process that ensures all expenditures claimed on grants are documented in the official State accounting system at a sufficient level of detail that allows them to be identified as grant costs.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management should implement an information systems security officer program for systems and enterprise mobile devices that complies with Department standards.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management should require the Mobile and Remote Access Division to communicate and enforce the Global OpenNet Desktop system user group access requirements outlined in the GO Desktop system security plan.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management should require the Mobile and Remote Access Division to bring its change management procedures into compliance with Department standards.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should implement policies and procedures to monitor and control the usage and costs of mobile device services in accordance with Department standards and put potential savings of up to $7,216,203 to better use.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management should bring the Mobile and Remote Access Division’s contracting officer’s representative and government technical monitor programs into compliance with Department standards.

We recommend that the contracting officer disallow $7,166,608 in overcharges to the FEHBP. To date, overpayments totaling $1,305,776 have been recovered, leaving a remaining amount of $5,860,832 due to the FEHBP.

We recommend that the contracting officer allow $96,784 in underpayments to the FEHBP and direct the Association to instruct the local BCBS Plans to make the necessary adjustments and issue payments to the providers and/or members.

We recommend that the contracting officer ensure that the Association continues recovery efforts and that the FEHBP is properly credited for all FY 2022 monies recovered for the nine months of FY 2022 not covered by this audit.

We recommend that the contracting officer disallow $5,509,432 in overcharges to the FEHBP. To date, overpayments totaling $2,266,366 have been recovered, leaving a remaining amount of $3,243,066 due to the FEHBP.

We recommend that the contracting officer direct the Association to institute policies and procedures to run reports of claims with the X52 errors within 30 days of any software update effecting pricing, to issue to its local BCBS Plans for review and repricing.

We recommend that the contracting officer disallow $9,464,843 in overpayments estimated from our expanded sample. In addition, we recommend the contracting officer direct the Association to complete its review of the expanded sample and the appropriate amounts to be paid to determine the actual overpayment to the FEHBP.

We recommend that the contracting officer disallow $340,079 in overcharges to the FEHBP.

We recommend that the contracting officer direct the Association to update its FAM to instruct local BCBS Plans to manually price claim lines with modifiers requiring medical review/approval at the appropriate Medicare amount with applicable modifier price adjustments.

We recommend the contracting officer direct the Association to consider requiring its OBRA vendor to return a price for all claims initially, even if the claims require medical review/approval, to ensure that a price is available following the review.

1. The BOP should implement a process for assigning a cellmate following suicide watch or psychological observation, with criteria for exceptions based on the particular individual or security considerations.

2. The BOP should establish procedures to ensure inmates at high risk for suicide and for whom a cellmate is recommended will continue to have a cellmate until the recommendation is changed or rescinded, including establishing a contingency plan for cellmate re-assignment, with criteria for exceptions based on the particular individual or security considerations.