Open Recommendations

The Chief Management Officer should develop and implement a process for tracking purchase and travel cardholder activity status and training due dates.

The Chief Management Officer should develop and implement a process to ensure compliance with the requirements of OMB Circular No. A-123, Appendix B, including, but not limited to, convenience checks, data analytics, sustainability and environmental purchasing, maintaining narrative and statistical reports for agency’s own use, and reporting statistical data to GSA.

The Chief Management Officer should develop and implement a process to ensure that travel vouchers are completed properly.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education require Illinois to direct any LEAs that have not yet applied but plan to apply for ARP ESSER funds, to submit their ARP ESSER grant applications and plans to Illinois as soon as possible.

We recommend that in order to address the heightened risk associated with ARP ESSER funds, the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education require Illinois to design and incorporate into its documented procedures for reviewing LEA reimbursement requests protocols to sample LEA expenditures charged to ARP ESSER and review supporting documentation to ensure that applicable Federal, State, and local requirements are met.

(U) Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness monitor and conduct annual reviews of the recruitment, training, and promotion of the Information Operations Career Force, including military information support operations forces, in accordance with DoD Instruction 3608.11, and make appropriate recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and the Services.

(U) Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that, before implementing any currently proposed change to the structure of the military information support operations workforce, the Commander of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command conduct a Capabilities-Based Assessment that considers establishing a conventional military information support operations capability in the Army's active component.

(U) Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that, before implementing any currently proposed change to the structure of the military information support operations workforce, the Commander of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command conduct a Capabilities-Based Assessment that considers commissioning officers directly into a conventional Psychological Operations career field.

(U) Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that, before implementing any currently proposed change to the structure of the military information support operations workforce, the Commander of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command conduct a Capabilities-Based Assessment that considers restructuring existing or creating new military information support operations units that better match current operational demand.

Modify the Railroad Inspection System for Personal Computers (RISPC) to only accept correct HOS-related inspection report entries and add activity codes to record defects and violations of 49 C.F.R. 228.407.

Document the current RCS configuration that shows formulas for calculations performed by the system and data sources.

Finalize the process document for conducting a baseline review of all passenger railroads subject to 49 C.F.R. 228.407 and complete the baseline review.

Develop a plan for future similar programs to leverage applicable existing SBA data sources when determining eligibility and monitoring awards. The plan should include requirements to evaluate effectiveness of the use of the data as controls to reduce risk of improper payments.

Validate historical sales for 47,565 awards designated or treated as Tier 2 that failed or did not receive IRS validation. Recover any excess funds paid that are attributable to unverified historical sales data.

Review the 3,443 applicants awarded funds totaling $376,583,100 that self-certified as a brewery or inn, to determine if they met the 33 percent onsite sales eligibility requirement and recover any funds from applicants that did not meet the requirement.

In accordance with Public Law 117-2, § 5003(a)(4)(A)(i) take immediate action to review and recover improper payments from the 14 affiliated business groups disclosed by RRF applicants for a total of $55,067,326 in excess funds paid, beyond the $10 million limit per affiliated group.

Review the 16,345 applicants that disclosed having an affiliated business to determine if the amounts collectively awarded to the applicant and affiliates exceeded the $10 million maximum and recover any excess awards.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to resolve the Federal share ($1,497,008) of unallowable questioned costs related to the acquisition of an aircraft.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to implement policies and procedures to ensure the costs of capital assets are properly allocated to WSFR grants based on the proportional benefits the grants receive.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to resolve the Federal share ($33,728) of questioned costs related to unallowable merit-based incentive pay charged to WSFR grants.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to implement policies and procedures to ensure merit-based incentive benefits allocated to a grant code do not exceed the value of the benefits earned on that grant.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to implement policies and procedures to ensure costs of tuition reimbursements receive prior written approval from the FWS.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to resolve the Federal share ($16,021) of questioned costs related to unallowable administrative leave costs.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to require the Department to implement policies and procedures to ensure administrative leave costs are scrutinized for relation to grant purpose.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to resolve the Federal share ($4,043) of unsupported questioned costs related to the payout of employees' annual leave costs charged to the grant.