Open Recommendations

Rec. A.1.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the DoD Components to identify all DoD civilians who support security assistance programs full-time and ensure their positions are designated as security assistance positions within the Defense Civilian Payroll System. Employees who support security assistance programs full-time should be paid directly from the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund.

Rec. A.1.f: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the DoD Components to reprogram the Defense Civilian Payroll System to allow for DoD civilian employees to be paid from multiple appropriations.

Rec. A.1.g: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the DoD Components to recover the security assistance-related costs from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency for changes to the Defense Civilian Payroll System necessary to correct position records and to pay personnel from multiple appropriations.

Rec. A.1.i: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the DoD Components to develop, document, and implement Component-level policies and procedures to identify, track, and recover storage expenses for storing security assistance assets at DoD facilities in future years.

Rec. A.1.l: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the DoD Components to perform an assessment of DoD facilities to determine whether administrative space shortages exist and can be reduced by relocating security assistance personnel to commercial lease space. The assessment should be provided to the DoD Office of Inspector General for review.

Rec. A.2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs to relocate security assistance personnel and necessary equipment from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to commercial lease space. The relocation expenses and commercial lease space should be paid with Foreign Military Sales administrative funds.

Rec. A.2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, track the dollar amount of costs recovered for security assistance-related administrative expenses, including salary, storage, and facility expenses.

Rec. A.2.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, track the dollar amount of future savings for security assistance-related administrative expenses, including salary, storage, and facility expenses.

Rec. B.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation to initiate an investigation to determine why the Special Defense Acquisition Fund masks were misplaced and take appropriate action in accordance with DoD Regulation 7000.14-R, "DoD Financial Management Regulation," Volume 12, "Special Accounts, Funds, and Programs," Chapter 7, "Financial Liability for Government Property Lost, Damaged, Destroyed, or Stolen."

Rec. B.2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the DoD Components to develop, document, and implement Component-level inventory management policies and procedures to prevent DoD personnel from shipping DoD assets to foreign customers, unless a valid reason exists. The procedures should include a supervisory review of all materiel release orders to foreign customers. The review should be documented and maintained in the case files.

Rec. B.2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the DoD Components to develop, document, and implement an internal control environment at DoD facilities that prevents DoD assets from being misplaced in the future.

Rec. B.2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, work with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the DoD Components to incorporate all security assistance assets into their inventory and property management systems. The DoD Components should be able to identify the quantity, location, and value of security assistance assets in their custody on demand when requested by management and stakeholders.

We recommend that the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care refund $13,157,778 to the Federal Government.

Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, and Commanding Officer, Naval Station Great Lakes, in coordination with the Public Works Officer, Public Works Department Great Lakes, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, assess and correct the deficiencies identified in this report to ensure compliance with current Unified Facilities Criteria and National Fire Protection Association requirements.

Rec. 5.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, in coordination with the Public Works Officer, Public Works Department Great Lakes, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, inspect building 2801 for noncompliance with current Unified Facilities Criteria 4-730-10 and incorporate corrective actions into the planned renovation project for building 2801.

Rec. 5.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, in coordination with the Public Works Officer, Public Works Department Great Lakes, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, inspect building 2801 for noncompliance with current National Fire Protection Association requirements and take corrective actions.

We recommend the Under Secretary, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Management, coordinate with DHS JTTF contributors to: - ensure agreements governing participation in the JTTF are binding; - evaluate whether new agreements or terms governing JTTF participation are required; and - develop guidance defining each DHS JTTF contributors' authorities, roles and responsibilities, skill sets, and access to systems.

We recommend the HSI Executive Associate Director renegotiate and update the existing 2003 MOA with DOJ on terrorism financing investigations to ensure: - all appropriate action to align guidance on handling of terrorism cases with current operations; - essential requirements defined in DHS Management Directive 0450.1 are included; and - a review and modification process is established to reflect future operational changes.

We recommend the Under Secretary, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Management, coordinate with DOJ and State to develop an agreement that facilitates the direct sharing of passport information within the JTTF environment through State's formal MOU process.

We recommend the Under Secretary of Management coordinate with the Information Sharing and Safeguarding Governance Board to ensure: - ICE and TSA develop an agreement for TSA to directly process Secure Flight data requested for use by JTTF or HSI JTTF agents investigating terrorism activities or performing task force specific missions, and - DHS JTTF contributors mitigate data restrictions or delays pertaining to law enforcement and intelligence investigations.

Evaluate the EPA’s Intergovernmental Personnel Act Policy and Procedures Manual (IPA), including the checklist, to determine whether the required documents, the consequences for noncompliance, the responsible offices, and the individual roles and responsibilities remainrelevant and appropriate, and update the Manual accordingly.

Strengthen controls throughout the EPA’s Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment process to verify that required documents are properly submitted and maintained as required by the EPA’s Intergovernmental Personnel Act Policy and Procedures Manual (IPA) and that theconsequence for nonsubmittal of required documents is enforced.

We recommend that Condado Home Care Program, Inc., for the remaining portion of the estimated $97,210 in overpayments that are outside of the Medicare reopening period, exercise reasonable diligence to identify and return overpayments in accordance with the 60-day rule and identify any returned overpayments as having been made in accordance with this recommendation.

We recommend that Condado Home Care Program, Inc., based upon the results of this audit, exercise reasonable diligence to identify, report, and return any overpayments in accordance with the 60-day rule,  and identify any of those returned overpayments as having been made in accordance with this recommendation.

We recommend that Condado Home Care Program, Inc. strengthen its procedures to ensure that: - the homebound status of Medicare beneficiaries are verified and continually monitored and the specific factors qualifying beneficiaries as homebound are documented; - beneficiaries are receiving only reasonable and necessary skilled services; - home health episodes are billed correctly; and - plans of care comply with Medicare requirements.