Open Recommendations

Obtain training to ensure that it understands NSP2 regulations and requirements related to payroll allocation for its administrative and project delivery costs and program income calculation methodology to ensure it properly computes the amount it is allowed to charge for administrative costs.

Support the reasonableness of the South Gate contract or repay NSP2 $856,692 from non-Federal funds.

Develop and implement additional procedures and controls to ensure that HUD procurement requirements are followed.

The Office of Cuba Broadcasting, in coordination with the U.S. Agency for Global Media, should prepare and communicate with its staff a comprehensive plan for timely implementation of the editorial oversight reforms, including annual program reviews.

The United States Agency for Global Media should direct each network to develop systematic employee training on journalistic standards and related professional development plans.

We recommend that the FWSrequire the Division to resolve the identified encroachments on land purchased with Federal awards.

Adopt and implement policies and procedures on military leave and pay requirements that comply with 5 U.S.C. §§ 5538, 6323, and 5519.

Provide resources for supervisors, timekeepers, and reservists on theirroles and responsibilities related to military leave under the law and Agency policies.

Establish and implement internal controls that will allow the Agency to monitor compliance with applicable laws, federal guidance, and Agency policies, including periodic internal audits of all military leave, to verify that(a) charges by reservists are correct and supported and (b) appropriatereservist differential and military offset payroll audit calculations are being requested and performed.

Require reservists to correct and supervisors to approve military leave time charging errors in PeoplePlus that have been identified during theaudit or as part of the Agency’s actions related to Recommendations 5 and 6.

Recover the approximately $11,000 in military pay related to unsupported 5 U.S.C. § 6323(a) military leave charges, unless the Agency can obtain documentation to substantiate the validity of thereservists’ military leave.

Submit documentation for the reservists’ military leave related to the approximately $118,000 charged under 5 U.S.C. § 6323(b) to the EPA’spayroll provider to perform payroll audit calculations and recover any military offsets that may be due.

Identify the population of reservists who took unpaid military leave pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 5538 and determine whether those reservists are entitled to receive a reservist differential. Based on the results of this determination, take appropriate steps to request that the EPA’s payrollprovider perform payroll audit calculations to identify and pay the amounts that may be due to reservists.

For the time periods outside of the scope of our audit (pre-January 2017 and post-June 2019), identify the population of reservists who charged military leave under 5 U.S.C. § 6323(b) or 6323(c) and determine whether military offset was paid by the reservists. If not, review reservists’ military documentation to determine whether payroll audit calculations are required. If required, request that the EPA’s payroll provider perform payroll audit calculations to identify and recover military offsets that maybe due from the reservists under 5 U.S.C. §§ 6323 and 5519.

Report all amounts of improper payments resulting from paid military leave for inclusion in the annual Agency Financial Report, as required by the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019.

CMS should provide States with acquisition cost data for a wider range of specialty drugs.

CMS should Collaborate with States to conduct greater oversight of Medicaid MCOs’ management of specialty drugs; this oversightcould include a review of contract language that allows States to obtain requested information on specialty drug categorizations, specialty drug reimbursement methodologies, and cost management strategies.

Assign responsibility and delegate authority to an office or individual to update and establish a formal policy with procedures, practices, and methodologies identified in the PPE ILSP, to standardize the process for all DHS components to follow for their PPE programs.

Implement a process for approving deviations from established configuration settings.

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We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services work with Texas to determine whether the source of IGTs and the practice of using debt instruments to fund the non-Federal share of QIPP payments meets program objectives and promotes economy and efficiency in Medicaid.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reevaluate QIPP to ensure that it operates in a manner that meets program objectives while promoting economy and efficiency in Medicaid.

The Bureau of Global Talent Management, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Management, the Bureaus of Diplomatic Security and Information Resource Management, and the regional bureaus, should conduct an organizational assessment of the information systems security officer program to determine the feasibility of creating full-time overseas positions and implement the results of the assessment with an appropriate reporting structure for those positions.

Complete the process of configuring the scanning tool to account for the approved deviations for the standard baseline configurations.