Open Recommendations

We recommend that the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to develop and implement policies and procedures to document and perform detailed review and testing to establish eligibility, existence, disaster event qualifications, reasonableness of cost estimates, prioritization, and fund allocation, both retroactively and prospectively, which would put $81,982,712 to better use.

We recommend that the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to support or properly obligate $11,717,288 in unsupported obligations.

We recommend that Indian Affairs identify BIA-owned school facilities that are not on the BIE school listings, including the Todd County School District schools, and ensure facility responsibilities are clearly delineated and upheld.

We recommend Indian Affairs take immediate action to correct the health and safety issues identified in this report or ensure that the students and staff are adequately protected until these problems are resolved.

We recommend that DOI's Chief Information Officer incorporate and enforce the following items into its newly evolving vulnerability management program- a. enterprise-level monitoring and reporting of all devices and software packages; b. enterprise-level enforcement of consistent assessment, detection, prioritization and remediation techniques; c. required elevated account credential usage for testing; d. enterprise-level monitoring and bureau accountability for patch deployment; and e. enterprise-level quarantining for critically vulnerable systems that are not patched in a pre-defined timeframe.

Continue to pursue ways to make the business records process more efficient, particularly for applications related to cyber cases.

Develop training on the proper use of Religious Compensatory Time and require all managers approving, and employees using, Religious Compensatory Time to complete the course.

We recommend that USBR promptly notify the Klamath Irrigation District of its obligation to repay the cost to design, construct, and operate and maintain the A-Canal head gates and fish screens and the total amount that must be repaid, as determined by USBR in Recommendations 1 and 2.

We recommend that USBR negotiate and establish a repayment contract with the Klamath Irrigation District to secure timely repayment of USBR's cost to design, construct, and operate and maintain the A-Canal head gates and fish screens, as determined by USBR in Recommendations 1 and 2.

Require New Mexico HSD verify enrollment and/or exemption, as applicable, for the four student cases identified, and if it is determined the students were ineligible, require HSD to determine if payments were improper and warrant establishment of a claim.

Require HSD to review the four cases identified to determine if payments were improper and warrant establishment of a claim.

The five cases identified above be reconciled with other State/Territory eDRS queries performed during the coverage gap period to identify disqualified individuals who may have attempted to receive benefits in another State/Territory.

Require New Mexico HSD review the two identified cases and verify income to determine if payments were improper and warrant establishment of a claim.

Require HSD to review the case identified to determine if payments were improper and warrant establishment of a claim.

Require HSD review the two cases identified to determine if payments were improper and warrant establishment of a claim.

Require HSD review the case identified to determine if payments were improper and warrant establishment of a claim.

Collect data on the Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) program participation, costs, and outcomes.

Evaluate the PASS program’s impact on disability rolls periodically.

Establish routine program monitoring and quality control reviews.

We recommend that FWS require the Division to certify that grant-funded land is being used for its intended purposes.