Open Recommendations

The LB&I Division, SB/SE Division Examination, Criminal Investigation, RAAS, and the Digital Assets Initiative Project Office develop a compliance plan that includes the use of Form 1099-DA data, case identification, and case selection of digital asset cases.

Complete the hiring actions necessary to staff the Office of Acquisition and Logistics Project Management Office.

Resolve key Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System challenges and ongoing concerns identified by officials from the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction and the Office of Acquisition and Logistics before further deployment of the acquisition module.

The Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Director ensures the suicide prevention team utilizes information from Medora and the required Veterans Health Administration screening and evaluation tools when assessing patients suicide risk in response to Veterans Crisis Line requests, and monitors for compliance.

The Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Director ensures the provision of mental health appointments for patients with a high risk for suicide patient record flag as required by Veterans Health Administration policy, and monitors for compliance.

The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director takes steps to ensure that suicide prevention positions are posted and continues to identify additional recruitment opportunities for suicide prevention positions, as indicated.

Take immediate action to review 1,818 SVOG awards that we identified as high-risk of potential ineligibility and recover any funds from recipients who did not meet the requirements.

Finalize and implement updated guidance dated April 18, 2024, to terminate the award for unresponsive recipients and initiate actions to recover funds within the stated timeline.

Assess staffing and procedures to ensure post-award reviews are conducted in a prompt manner. Use the results of the assessment to improve processing times to ensure reviews are completed in time to accommodate relevant statute of limitations.

Determine the allowability of $3,098,895 in questioned direct labor costs on pages 6-7 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Require World Vision to develop and implement policies and procedures to periodically record and review time worked and any proportional allocation of the costs for greater accuracy.

Require World Vision to develop and implement policies and procedures to establish a requirement to document the basis of the allocation percentages.

Require World Vision to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that management is verifying and documenting the percentage of labor hours that employees charged to awards.

Require World Vision to develop processes and establish controls to ensure each of World Vision offices are submitting the Value-Added-Tax reports by April 16 of the preceding year.

Require World Vision to establish controls to ensure each of its offices submit a separate annual report for each of its reporting responsibilities by the established deadline or obtain concurrence from USAID to utilize reports for multiple reporting requirements.

Determine the allowability of $144,372 in questioned direct costs on page 12 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Require World Vision to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure adequate documentation (e.g., invoices, itemized receipts, and basis) is created and/or maintained to adequately support direct costs claimed.

Require World Vision to execute a record retention and audit response policy where documents are maintained and readily available in a timely manner to adequately support direct costs claimed, specifically considering the requirements of Code of Federal Regulations.

Revise MCC Charge Card Program Standard Operating Procedures to prioritize review of purchase card holders with the highest number of transactions or highest spend - commensurate with the risk of potential misuse and fraud, based on MCC Contracts and Grants Management resource constraints.

Ensure that there is a process for employees to file a retaliation claim with the OIG when a security clearance review or suspension lasts longer than 1 year

Analyze whether and under what circumstances its policies permit identifying and removing sensitive items from a crime scene, whether the crime scene is managed by the FBI or another law enforcement agency, particularly following an agent- or officer-involved shooting;

Develop guidelines for identifying and removing sensitive items, including appropriate documentation requirements and standards for involvement by agents involved in or witnesses to a shooting

Conduct training of FBI HRT and SWAT units to ensure that these standards are consistently implemented and followed.

Review charged-off PPP loans to ensure all eligible loans are reported to commercial credit reporting agencies, as required.

Require personnel to conduct periodic monitoring and reviews of SBA’s automated processes for PPP and future stimulus loan programs to ensure all eligible loans are reported to commercial credit reporting agencies, as required.