Open Recommendations

Review its records to confirm whether it had cases of children with EBLLs during our audit period and work with the owner(s) of the HCV Program units to provide required documentation to HUD.

Update publications and educational materials to owners to ensure that they understand their reporting responsibilities to HUD regarding confirmed cases of children with EBLLs.

Develop and implement procedures and controls for coordinating with public health departments and managing cases of children with EBLLs, including monitoring owners for compliance with the requirements of the LSHR.

Work with HUD's OLHCHH to provide technical assistance to the Authority's staff to develop and implement procedures and controls for monitoring owners for compliance with HUD's EBLL requirements and attempting to collaborate with local health departments to identify cases of EBLL in children under 6 years of age under its HCV Program.

RPG complies with 10 CFR 835 requirements, including requirements pertaining to opening packages containing material that may emit radiation above the threshold for an HRA;

RPG’s procedures are updated to reflect improvements identified in this report and in the critique, including adequate planning for the receipt and survey of material that could exceed HRA thresholds;

RCTs follow procedures when receiving radiological materials that differ from authorized amounts;

The policy related to gloveboxes is revised to ensure that radiological conditions are adequately monitored inside gloveboxes, as required by 10 CFR 835, and ensure that workers are aware of those conditions;

Staff use the electronic inventory system when receiving packages, as required by RPG procedures.

Remedy CCI's unsupported questioned costs totaling $9,448.

Ensure that the Nevada DCFS instructions provided to subrecipients for quarterly performance reporting complies with the OVC guidance.

Ensure that the Nevada DCFS incorporates controls to verify the accuracy of its subrecipients' quarterly performance reports.

Ensure that the CCI develop, implement, and disseminate written policies and procedures specific to: The VOCA-funded program administration

Ensure that the CCI develop, implement, and disseminate written policies and procedures specific to: Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of its victim records and ensuring its performance reports are accurate.

Ensure that the CCI develop, implement, and disseminate written policies and procedures specific to: Ensure adequate controls over transactions being approved by designated approvers and segregation of duties are implemented, including in cases where the designated approver is also the requester.

Ensure that the CCI develop, implement, and disseminate written policies and procedures specific to: Allocating costs in proportion to the benefits obtained or another reasonable basis.

Ensure that the CCI develop, implement, and disseminate written policies and procedures specific to: Reconciliation of programmatic activities affecting financial outlays, to ensure that any victim direct assistance is utilized fully and that associated costs for any unused assistance is refunded to the CCI's VOCA funds appropriately.

Ensure that the CCI: Revise its quarterly performance reports for its FY 2024 subaward in compliance with the OVC guidance,

Ensure that the CCI: Re-evaluate its stated goal of serving 300 new and unduplicated victims to ensure the goal is attainable for future VOCA subaward applications.

Ensure that the CCI: Develop controls within its fiscal policies and procedures to ensure adequate supporting documentation is maintained for all VOCA-funded transactions.

Revise its procedures to ensure all electronic storage media containing sensitive or classified information, including hard drives that are extracted from computers slated for destruction, are appropriately accounted for, tracked, timely sanitized, and destroyed.

Implement controls to ensure its electronic storage media are marked with the appropriate National Security Information (NSI) classification level markings, in accordance with applicable policies and guidelines.

USAID West Bank and Gaza verify that Tech2Peace corrects the 3 instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 25 to 27 of the audit report.

Verify that Moona - A Space for Change, corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 23 and 24 of the audit report.

Develop and communicate guidance on post-award spot checks to include a more detailed definition of spot checks, illustrative procedures and opportunities for their use, and procedures for appropriately communicating their results, when warranted.