Open Recommendations

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services direct the Medicare contractors to implement claim system edits to prevent and detect overpayments for noncomplex and complex CCM services.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implement claim system edits at its level to prevent and detect overpayments for noncomplex and complex CCM services.

We recommend the Executive Assistant Administrator of Security Operations: Coordinate with local law enforcement agency partners toevaluate the Explosives Detection Canine Team program for consistency withTSA's Surface Transportation Risk-Based Security Strategy to comply with theFAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

Ensure that it regularly monitors and updates the Department's HR policies, to include: (a) converting interim policy to permanent policy within 1 year, as applicable; and (b) deconflicting policies that contradict or supersede other policies.

Prioritize its efforts to consolidate the Department's HR policies in a centralized location accessible to components and incorporate the relevant policies into DOJ Order 1200.1, as appropriate.

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OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the regional bureaus, develop and implement guidance to include criteria, standards, and other direction, as appropriate, for opening and closing those missions that may temporarily establish operations outside of their respective host countries. The guidance should include criteria and standards to inform when, where, and how such missions should be established.

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the regional bureaus, develop guidance requiring regional bureaus to implement a process to periodically reevaluate the status of those missions that have temporarily established operations outside of their respective host countries to determine whether those missions should continue to exist in their current form.

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the regional bureaus and the Office of the Legal Adviser, develop and implement guidance regarding the creation, content, and periodic reevaluation of memoranda of understanding to facilitate working relationships and resource sharing agreements between those missions that have temporarily established operations outside of their host countries and their respective host missions.

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the regional bureaus, develop and implement a template for the memoranda of understanding that can be used to facilitate working relationships and resource sharing agreements between those missions that have temporarily established operations outside of their host countries and their respective host missions.

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the Office of the Legal Adviser and the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, develop and implement guidance in the Foreign Affairs Handbook, 12 FAH-1 Addendum 2.1, for those missions that have temporarily established operations outside of their host countries to consult with the Office of the Legal Adviser, and Bureaus of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services and Overseas Buildings Operations for legal, financial, and operational information to determine retention or disposition of leased property.

OIG recommends that the Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the regional bureaus, develop and implement guidance regarding the day-to-day operations of remote missions with a focus on those functions that may be impacted by operating remotely such as the provision of consular services, security operations, and managing diplomatic relations.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer direct its carriers to consider pooling their resources into a common PBM agreement, which could potentially not only lower costs to the program but also to its Federal members.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer complete a data analysis of the claims pricing for all FEHBP carriers who contract with the PBM to determine if the transparency standards are being implemented as intended.

We recommend that the Contracting Officer require the carrier contracts to include a true-up to ensure that each carrier receives the full value of all discounts, rebates, credits, or any other financial guarantees or adjustments included within the PBM's contracts with pharmacies. The true-ups should ensure that only the final costs paid to the pharmacies and/or drug suppliers (including any post-POS reconciliations or true-ups) are passed on to the FEHBP.

Rec. A.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the DoD Chief Information Officer require DoD Components to code filled and unfilled positions to meet Federal requirements and comply with the DoD Cyber Workforce Identification and Coding Guide.

Rec. A.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the DoD Chief Information Officer, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Office of the Chief Data Officer, conduct a feasibility study of including quality assurance checks in systems used for coding civilian cyber workforce positions to ensure that work role coding is in accordance with the DoD Cyber Workforce Identification and Coding Guide.

Develop a comprehensive process to ensure that complaints received by HUD's Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse are resolved in a timely manner. Status

Develop agencywide policies and procedures for the intake, monitoring, and tracking of health and safety complaints. Status

Develop an automated real-time system for HUD and PBCA staff to use to receive, track, and resolve health and safety issues.

Revise the annual contributions contract to more clearly define the required treatment of health and safety issues, to include: Specific timeliness requirements for resolving life-threatening and non-life-threatening health and safety issues. Notification that HUD will actively monitor the status of complaints and become involved in resolution if necessary. Requirement that PBCAs will immediately contact HUD staff if a property has a life-threatening or non-life-threatening health and safety issue and report when the issue is resolved.

Issue Tier 1 test orders for each List 2 chemical or publish an explanationfor public comment on why Tier 1 data are no longer needed to characterize a List 2 chemical’s endocrine-disruption activity.

Determine whether the EPA should incorporate the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Tier 1 tests (or approved new approach methodologies) into the pesticide registration process as mandatory data requirements under 40 C.F.R. § 158 for all pesticide use patterns.