Open Recommendations

Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that OLG uses enforcement actions available under 12 U.S.C. 1715z-3a(g) for lenders that do not underwrite loans according to the Section 184 processing guidelines.

Ensure that only underwriters that are approved by OLG are underwriting Section 184 loans.

Develop and implement written policies and procedures for situations in which the borrower for a Section 184 loan is an Indian housing authority, a tribally designated housing entity, or an Indian tribe.

Reconcile the total list of guaranteed Section 184 loans to the complete loan file storage list and identify and locate any missing loan files.

Rec. 3.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Naval Supply Systems Command implement controls in the Defense Travel System to automatically route all travel orders for travel outside of the continental United States to transportation office personnel to check Patriot Express availability before booking commercial transportation.

Submit all supporting documentation showing the eligibility and propriety of $538,485 drawn from its treasury account or reimburse the HOPWA program line of credit from non-Federal funds.

Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) develop a process or system interface between Navy Enterprise Resource Planning and Wide Area Work Flow that provides timely processing of transactions and update the Department of the Navy's system business processes to ensure transactions are processed in compliance with the Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards 1.

Establish FedRAMP compliance guidelines and oversight for the Department, and ensure that each Operating Administration put plans in place to meet FedRAMP requirements.

The Office of Programs should ensure that Palmetto applies statistical analysis and stratified random sampling where practical to the high volume risk categories.

The Office of Programs should work with Palmetto and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to conduct a thorough cost benefit analysis that will identify the resources needed to maximize timely and efficient recovery of improper payments for chiropractic services over the five year recovery period.

The Office of Programs should work with Palmetto and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to recover the improper chiropractic service payments for the five year period, where determined to be cost effective based on an accurate cost benefit analysis.

The Office of Programs should work with Palmetto and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to share information identified during the post-payment reviews as appropriate with the Recovery Audit Contractors and Zone Program Integrity Contractors where it can be used to identify improper or fraudulent non-Railroad Medicare chiropractic service payments.

We recommend WCB develop and implement a plan that ensures the closure of pending appeals in a timely manner, and prioritizes the resolution of appeals filed 2010 and earlier.

Repay HUD $3,119,448 from non-Federal funds for program funds spent on ineligible participants.

Provide supporting documentation for $136,346 in program funds used for participants for whom eligibility could not be determined or repay HUD from non-Federal funds (see appendix D).

The Executive Committee should take all of the necessary steps to prepare and submit the required plans within the 90 day reporting requirement.

The Executive Committee should ensure that the necessary policies and procedures are developed and documented for the agency’s use for the preparation of a risk assessment process that meets Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 requirements.

The Office of Programs should revise and document their definitions of improper underpayments for the Railroad Retirement Act program in compliance with Improper Payments Elimination Act of 2010 guidance, and if similar definitions are used for other programs, revise them accordingly.

The Office of Programs should develop and document the necessary policies and procedures for the review and validation of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act improper payment data to be reported in the Performance and Accountability Report.

The Office of Programs should ensure that the proper controls are in place to make sure that the policies and procedures are followed to properly support the improper payment data reported for Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act program.

Develop sections in release preparation courses that address the post-incarceration medical care and retirement needs of aging inmates.

We recommend that the Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary require the Office of Policy to develop and implement a plan to collect, analyze, and report data on the Department's use of prosecutorial discretion to assess immigration enforcement activities and improve future policy. The plan should include steps taken to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the prosecutorial discretion data.

Corrected identified design and operating effectiveness weaknesses in its anti-fraud measures.

The Board should establish an independent committee that will work to identify a functional solution that will enable communication between the Office of Inspector General and the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust’s component auditor and achieve compliance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants standards.

Provide support showing that it took proper remedial action regarding five NSP3 grantees that missed the expenditure deadline, thereby putting $3,379,269 to better use.