Open Recommendations

Produce and provide additional training to Integrated Project Teams responsible for overseeing Mid-scale Research Infrastructure awards.

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division/Contract Audit Management Branch verify that ICF Macro, Inc., corrects the one material weakness in
internal control detailed on page 8 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division/Contract Audit Management BranchVerify that Chemonics International, Inc. corrects the material
weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 11 to 12 of the audit report.

We recommend that National Government Services, Inc. develop and deliver additional education to auditors and audit supervisors regarding applicable criteria and review requirements.

We recommend that National Government Services, Inc. develop and implement enhanced procedures so that supervisors are better qualified to detect incorrect audit adjustments.

We recommend that Novitas develop and implement enhanced procedures so that supervisors are better qualified to detect incorrect audit adjustments.

Develop and enhance procedures for travel charge card terminations to ensure the timely closure of travel charge card accounts for separated employees.

Review and, as necessary, adjust the individually billed accounts to ensure compliance with the established credit limits in the NRC Plan.

Establish a process for conducting periodic reviews of travel charge card accounts to strengthen oversight and monitoring of individually billed accounts and help ensure adherence to the credit limits defined in the NRC Plan.

Develop and implement procedures for periodic reviews of the credit limits for centrally billed travel accounts and adjust these limits, as necessary, for the anticipated operational need.

Determine if the $47,791 in questioned costs for first and business class travel are allowable and provide the corrective actions taken on any costs deemed disallowed.

(U) Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center direct the C?17 System Program Manager to develop controls to ensure the accuracy of Chief Financial Officer reports.

(U) Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center direct the C-17 contracting officer to require Boeing to notify the contracting officer of price increases of 25 percent or higher than the proposed price.

(U) Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center require that the C?17 contracting officer reviews spare parts prices throughout the execution of the C?17 performance?based logistics contract, determine whether price increases of 25 percent or above occurred, and obtain justification of the price increase from Boeing.

(U) Rec. 1.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center direct that the C?17 contracting officer review or delegate the review of invoices to determine whether spare parts prices are allowable and reasonable before payment.

(U) Rec. 1.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center direct the C-17 contracting officer to assess and determine whether overpayments were made on the 12 spare parts we determined not to have fair and reasonable prices and implement available options to seek recovery, including voluntary refunds of at least $992,856, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 242.71.

(U) Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency review Service Parts Management to validate the accuracy of the forecasting demands for spare parts and if accuracy issues are identified during the review, require that corrective actions are taken.

(U) Rec. 3.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy instruct the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to initiate changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to clarify requirements for the contracting officer to require a technical analysis on the bill of materials or the forecasting system that generated the types and quantities of materials used for proposals in Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.404 1(e).

(U) Rec. 3.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy instruct the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to initiate changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to clarify requirements for the contracting officer to review or delegate the review of invoices to ensure that prices are allowable and reasonable before payment in Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7.

Reinforce the use of the indicator specified in ETA's National Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) Supplement to the Core Monitoring Guide, April 2021, to test for participant eligibility when self-certification is used for eligibility.

Recover costs of $909,240 for participants served that lacked adequate documentation to support eligibility.

Recover $17,273 in costs not allocable to the grant.

The Under Secretary for Health ensures that consideration to reactivate the heart transplant program at the Richmond VA Medical Center includes a comprehensive analysis of transplant referral volume, leadership competency, and transplant team proficiency.

The Under Secretary for Health ensures that VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network and Richmond VA Medical Center leaders conduct a rigorous surveillance of quality measures if the heart transplant program is reactivated and emphasize safely meeting program target volumes to maintain clinical experience.

The VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network Director develops a process for ensuring VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network staff provide timely and complete responses to facility leaders’ requests for clinical care reviews.