Open Recommendations

CMS should to inform decision-making, evaluate how the regulatory flexibilities it has offered in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency affect the quality of home health care.

CMS should in collaboration with ASPR TRACIE, apply lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to update and/or develop emergency preparedness trainings and materials for HHAs on responding to infectious disease outbreaks.

In conjunction with corrective actions being taken on previous audits, revise ONAP's internal policy and procedures to include detailed written policies and procedures for the marketing, preservation, and sale of defaulted loan notes and REO properties on tribal trust and other restricted lands.

The Office of Cuba Broadcasting should implement a strategic communication plan that conveys journalistic standards objectives and priorities to staff.

The Office of Cuba Broadcasting should create written policies or procedures that define the editorial review process to ensure that all content is reviewed before broadcast.

The Office of Cuba Broadcasting should develop and disseminate to staff written procedures governing how journalistic standards lapses will be addressed, as well as the roles and responsibilities of the various personnel and offices involved.

Voice of America should require all language services to complete the annual program reviews according to network and U.S. Agency for Global Media policies.

Voice of America should develop and distribute to staff a written action plan for each annual program review, to include how action items will be implemented and enforced.

Voice of America should develop and disseminate to staff, including through training, written procedures governing how journalistic standards lapses will be addressed, as well as the roles and responsibilities of the various personnel and offices involved.

Voice of America should clarify the roles and authorities of the Standards Editor in implementing standards-related guidance for all staff.

The U.S. Agency for Global Media should offer the Office of Cuba Broadcasting a Spanish-language option for training on journalistic standards and principles.

(U) Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommend that the Air Force Chief Information Officer update Air Force Instruction 33?332, "Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program," March 10, 2020 (updated on May 12, 2020), in coordination with the Air Force Privacy Officer, to align with the June 2021 DoD Data Breach Response Plan, including the changes to the breach reporting process.

(U) Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommend that the Air Force Chief Privacy Officer establish controls to ensure that Air Force privacy officials are timely reporting breaches in accordance with the Air Force Instruction 33?332, "Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program," March 10, 2020 (updated on May 12, 2020).

(U) Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommend that the Air Force Chief Privacy Officer ensure that all Air Force personnel receive annual privacy training that addresses all the key elements required by Air Force Instruction 33?332, "Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program," March 10, 2020 (updated on May 12, 2020).

Design or redesign control activities for the four risks that have not been fully addressed and that FTA still deems as applicable. These are: a.) Risk of Fraud or Abuse, b.) Recipients May Attempt to Use Funding for a Non-Operating Expense Even Though They Have Furloughed Staff, c.) Private Sector Operators Are Now Eligible to Become Sub-recipients and d.) Limited Capacity of Current Oversight Contracts.

Requires the REAC in coordination with OFO to determine the number of developments and associated units that contain lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards.

Status

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to determine the cost to eliminate or control the lead-based paint and lead based paint hazards in public housing and the timeframe to complete such work based on the existing funding levels and strategies that could accelerate the timeframe.

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to determine whether the public housing agencies identified as having lead-based paint hazards in their housing developments maintain and implement a plan for managing lead-based paint.

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to assess the lead-based paint hazard reduction activities performed at the 19 developments associated with 18 public housing agencies reviewed that did not implement interim controls and ongoing maintenance and reevaluation activities or adequately document that previously identified lead-based paint had been abated or treated with interim controls and subjected to ongoing maintenance and reevaluati

Revise Directive 06 to include current FECA citations and guidance related to OIG referrals of campaign finance related matters to OGC.

Roles and responsibilities of the SAOGI and other key stakeholders are defined in both the Geospatial Data Strategy and its implementation plan.

The implementation plan for the Geospatial Data Strategy contains detailed action items and milestones, including those for developing a complete and accurate inventory of the Agency’s geospatial data.

Continued coordination with NARA to establish the appropriate level of scientific data for inclusion in NARA-approved records schedules.

Update applicable requirements to require assisted property owners, including PHAs, to maintain adequate documentation to support their determinations that maintenance and hazard reduction activities that disturb surfaces with lead-based paint qualify for the de minimis exemption from the lead-safe work practices under the Lead Safe Housing Rule. Status To address this recommendation, OLHCHH agreed to:

Update applicable requirements to require assisted property owners, including PHAs, to maintain adequate documentation to support their determinations that maintenance and hazard reduction activities that disturb surfaces with lead-based paint qualify for the de minimis exemption from the lead-safe work practices under the Lead Safe Housing Rule.

Status

To address this recommendation, OLHCHH agreed to:

Issue a notice to assisted target housing owners and public housing agencies on the de minimis exception citing the correct application of the de minimis threshold; describing appropriate documentation methods for the application of the de minimis threshold; and recommendations of best practices for documenting…