Open Recommendations

The Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Director reviews and assesses the Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program supervisors electronic health record review process to assess Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing-related documentation, including treatment plan deficiencies, and takes action as warranted.

The Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Director ensures facility Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program discharge policy is in alignment with Veterans Health Administration policy.

The Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Director reviews and assesses the Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program supervisors process to identify incongruencies between electronic health records and Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System documentation, and takes action as warranted.

The Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Director reviews patient aligned care team assignments for unhoused Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing veterans, and takes action as warranted.

We recommend that the DHS Artificial Intelligence Task Force, in coordination with appropriate stakeholders, evaluate DHS’ 2020 Artificial Intelligence Strategy and finalize any updates that it determines are needed.

We recommend that the DHS Artificial Intelligence Policy Working Group complete its ongoing efforts to assess and document the need for components to update or revise their existing policies, procedures, and processes for the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that the DHS Artificial Intelligence Policy Working Group complete its ongoing efforts to develop a directive and instruction to facilitate updates that require formal policy changes to proceed.

We recommend that the DHS Artificial Intelligence Policy Working Group complete its ongoing efforts to develop an Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework.

We recommend that the DHS Chief Information Security Officer complete its review of and update DHS Policy Directive 4300A for artificial intelligence considerations.

We recommend that the DHS Privacy Office evaluate the personnel and training resources of oversight staff to determine additional resources and training required to meet artificial intelligence oversight requirements and act as needed based on the results of the evaluation.

We recommend that the DHS Privacy Office update the Privacy Compliance Review process to formally track required Privacy Compliance Reviews.

We recommend that the DHS Privacy Office develop and implement a formalized process for tracking and closing Privacy Compliance Review recommendations.

We recommend that the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties evaluate the personnel resources needed to meet civil rights and civil liberties oversight requirements and act as needed based on the results of the evaluation.

We recommend that the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties finalize its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework or implement an alternative process to provide oversight of DHS artificial intelligence’s compliance with civil rights and civil liberties considerations.

We recommend that CBP implement DHS’ enterprise process to identify, assess, and track AI use cases or implement a component specific process to identify, assess, and document artificial intelligence use cases and the associated data required for the Department’s mandated public reporting of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that CISA implement DHS’ enterprise process to identify, assess, and track AI use cases or implement a component specific process to identify, assess, and document artificial intelligence use cases and the associated data required for the Department’s mandated public reporting of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that FEMA implement DHS’ enterprise process to identify, assess, and track AI use cases or implement a component specific process to identify, assess, and document artificial intelligence use cases and the associated data required for the Department’s mandated public reporting of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that ICE implement DHS’ enterprise process to identify, assess, and track AI use cases or implement a component specific process to identify, assess, and document artificial intelligence use cases and the associated data required for the Department’s mandated public reporting of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that TSA implement DHS’ enterprise process to identify, assess, and track AI use cases or implement a component specific process to identify, assess, and document artificial intelligence use cases and the associated data required for the Department’s mandated public reporting of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that USCIS implement DHS’ enterprise process to identify, assess, and track AI use cases or implement a component specific process to identify, assess, and document artificial intelligence use cases and the associated data required for the Department’s mandated public reporting of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that Secret Service implement DHS’ enterprise process to identify, assess, and track AI use cases or implement a component specific process to identify, assess, and document artificial intelligence use cases and the associated data required for the Department’s mandated public reporting of artificial intelligence.

We recommend that the DHS Chief Technology Officer Directorate develop and implement a formalized process to review, validate, and approve data that components provide for DHS’ mandated reporting of the Department’s artificial intelligence use.

We recommend that the DHS Chief Technology Officer Directorate develop and implement procedures to ensure components provide accurate and complete data for DHS’ mandated reporting of the Department’s artificial intelligence use.

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology and Bureau of Diplomatic Security, assess the extent to which electronic messaging applications, including Signal, are used at posts worldwide to conduct Department of State business.

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology and Bureau of Diplomatic Security, determine the availability of acceptable alternative procedures and methods for preserving federal records from electronic messaging applications by (1) identifying alternative methods for preserving records from electronic messaging applications without export functions and (2) determining whether replicating electronic messaging correspondence in cables, emails, or official reports is an acceptable alternative means of preserving records of these communications.