Open Recommendations

Embassy Brussels, in coordination with the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, should obtain proper approval for its video conferencing system in accordance with Department standards.

Embassy Brussels, in coordination with the U.S. Mission to the European Union and the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, should implement a records management program that complies with Department standards.

We recommend the DHS Chief Financial Officer ensure FEMA conducts payment integrity testing of the Funeral Assistance program.

We recommend the DHS Chief Financial Officer ensure FEMA assesses and conducts payment integrity testing, as applicable, for any program with COVID-19 funding that meets the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 threshold.

We recommend the DHS Chief Financial Officer ensure DHS’ Risk Management and Assurance Division follows OMB requirements for programs that do not comply with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, as stated in Appendix C of OMB Circular A-123.

Establish, document, and implement a process for the Department to track contractor employees PIV cards and record the dates the cards are collected and deactivated.

Designate in writing points of accountability for overseeing the entirety of contractor employee PIV card collection and deactivation processes.

Update or supplement the DOT PIV Card Program Order to define promptly in all uses throughout the Order.

Develop and implement required annual training for all staff involved in contractor employee PIV card processes and a procedure to verify the training has occurred. The training attendees should include all staff listed in the DOT PIV Card Program Order who could potentially be involved and anyone else an individual OA assigns to this task.

Update or supplement the DOT PIV Card Program Order to address the deactivation process in all instances where PIV cards are no longer needed. This should include establishing the accountable officials as well as concrete metrics when deactivation should occur from when the card is no longer needed.

Prioritize the inspection of public housing properties that were (1) not included in the NSPIRE demonstration but were identified as high priority under the Center's Big Inspection Plan and (2) approved to participate under the NSPIRE demonstration that the Center was unable to inspect by March 31, 2023.

Implement adequate policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that public housing properties will be inspected within required timeframes. Status

We recommend that the Office of Refugee Resettlement strengthen oversight of transfers between care provider facilities by requiring that all transfer documentation be maintained in the UC Portal and by developing procedures for tracking and reviewing that documentation.

The Commissioner, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, should continue to identify new tax accounts with a Social Security tax deferral at least through Calendar Year 2024 to ensure that all unpaid deferrals are identified for collection as appropriate.

Establish an improper payment council within HUD that consists of senior accountable officials from across the Department with a role in the effort that would work to identify risks and challenges to compliance and identify solutions as a collaborative group.

We recommend that Retirement Services develop and implement additional cost-effectivecorrective actions, aimed at the root causes of improper payments, to further reduce theimproper payments rate.

Second Consecutive Year of Non-Compliance:a. FSA should propose to the director of OMB in its next budget submission additional program integrity proposals for ECP that would help the program come into compliance. This process will unfold as part of the annual development of the President’s budget. In the budget submission, the agency should describe how each proposal would help the program come into compliance.b. If the director of OMB determines that additional funding would help the program become compliant, the agency should obligate an amount of additional funding determined by the director of OMB to intensify compliance efforts. When providing…

Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service develop and implement additional controls to identify and review high risk payments, and to make certain that the post pay reviews are adequately identifying improper payment amounts.

Create a detailed plan for how each TXS capability will be implemented and develop benchmarks, performance measures, and milestones.

Establish a process to track and regularly report on the performance results of taxpayer experience improvements described in the TXS.

The Office of Programs should update the Railroad Retirement Board and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Memorandum of Understanding dated August 31, 2022 to ensure the Railroad Medicare payment integrity information complies with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 and the enterprise risk management framework.

The Office of Programs should request that the Department of Health and Human Services provide a footnote in the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 reporting section of either the Department of Health and Human Services' or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Agency Financial Report to provide the Railroad Medicare program improper payment rate and estimated improper payments in their future years reporting. If the Department of Health and Human Services does not agree, the Railroad Retirement Board should include the improper payment rate and amount from the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing report for the Railroad Medicare program in…

The Office of Programs should update the Railroad Retirement Board and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Memorandum of Understanding dated August 31, 2022 to ensure the sampling and estimation methodology of the Railroad Medicare program complies with the requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-123, Appendix C and the Payment Integrity Act of 2019.

The Office of Programs should coordinate with the Railroad Retirement Board's audit follow-up official to develop a plan to address Railroad Medicare payment integrity outstanding audit recommendations to ensure resolution and prompt corrective action in accordance with the requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-123, Management's Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control, the Government Accountability Office's Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-50, Audit Follow Up.

The Office of Programs should update the Railroad Retirement Board and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Memorandum of Understanding dated August 31, 2022 to ensure past and future Railroad Retirement Board Office of Inspector General audit recommendations regarding Railroad Medicare payment integrity will be appropriately handled in accordance with the requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-123, Managment's Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control, the Government Accountability Office Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-50 Audit Follow Up.