Open Recommendations

Implement controls to allow for the capability to identify and monitor potential scheduling delays and to ensure family preferences are being met at national cemeteries.

Improve schedule management for charging station construction by using a project management system and related analytics to record dynamic updates, centralize information, and analyze performance to inform future construction baselines.

(U) Rec. 1: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. 2: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. 3: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. 4.a: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. 4.b: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. 4.c: Recommendation is Classified.

We recommend that GHC continue to remediate the specific technical weaknesses discovered during this audit as outlined in the vulnerability scan audit inquiry.

We recommend that the Office of Policy work with the Bureau for Africa and missions in sub-Saharan Africa to establish performance goals and measurable targets that missions can use to help the Agency assess its progress toward meeting goals in its efforts to respond to Chinese influence.

Develop and implement adequate procedures to ensure that confirmed EBLL cases, unconfirmed EBLL cases, and environmental investigations are reported to HUD.

Develop and implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that environmental investigations are completed when required.

Perform a search for historical documentation to support the lead-free status of the 15 units and the associated developments. If adequate documentation is not found to support that all lead-based paint was identified and abated and clearance was achieved as required, the Authority should complete a lead-based paint inspection of the developments to determine whether they are lead free.

Develop a quality control process to ensure that records for the remaining 1,385 units contain evidence of lead-free status. If adequate documentation is not found to support that all lead-based paint was identified and abated and clearance was achieved as required, the Authority should complete a lead-based paint inspection of the developments to determine whether they are lead free.

Implement procedures that align with HUD's requirements and controls to ensure that visual assessments for lead-based paint are completed at least every 12 months.

Implement policies and procedures that align with HUD's requirements and controls to ensure that reevaluations are completed when required.

Implement controls to ensure that accurate lead disclosures are provided to prospective and current tenants.

Work with HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes to assess whether the lead-based paint inspections and risk assessments with missing elements are sufficient to support the lead-based paint status of the Authority's properties. If it is determined that the lead-based paint and risk assessment reports are not sufficient, HUD should require the Authority to perform new assessments.

We recommend the FAMS Executive Assistant Administrator/Director conduct a risk assessment to quantify and measure the operational impacts when deploying air marshals to the Southwest border.

Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment revise DoD Instruction 4715.19, "Use of Open-Air Burn Pits in Contingency Operations," and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Memorandum, "Interim Policy on Solid Waste Disposal Outside the United States," to require operational commanders to report to the appropriate Combatant Commander all open-air burn pits up to 4,000 meters from U.S. personnel living, dining, or work areas, including non-DoD-controlled burn pits disposing of non-DoD-generated waste.

We recommend that Coast Guard’s Cyber Command and Office of Port and Facility Compliance develop and implement a plan of action with established benchmarks for the Cyber Protection Team and the Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch to work with Marine Transportation Security Specialists–Cyber to enhance coordination and to build working relationships with private industry stakeholders.

We recommend that Coast Guard’s Office of Port and Facility Compliance establish standardized cybersecurity training on enforceable authorities.

We recommend that Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy complete and publish cybersecurity-specific regulations providing enforcement authority for facility and vessel inspections.

Assess the administrative impact of the Appropriation Act earmarks and determine and implement all necessary response actions.

Coordinate with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to ensure that LRP funds are properly accounted for and tracked separately from other McGovern-Dole Program funds for agreements issued in FYs 2021 and 2022. As applicable, remediate or consult with OGC on any potential Antideficiency Act violations noted and, if applicable, include any nonconformance in the agency’s Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act Annual Certification Statement.