Open Recommendations

Rec. 2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness update DoD Instruction 1350.02 with specific dates for collecting and annually reporting of military equal opportunity complaints data.

(U) Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretaries of the Military Departments develop and implement written guidance requiring more effective quality reviews to improve the integrity of data of military equal opportunity complaints.

Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretaries of the Military Departments develop and implement written guidance requiring more effective quality reviews to improve the integrity of data of military equal opportunity complaints.

We recommend that the Director for HUD's Office of Disaster Recovery require grantees to support or repay to its program $2,551,375, from nonfederal funds, for the 9 vouchers that did not have adequate supporting documentation for expenditures.

We recommend that the Director for HUD's Office of Disaster Recovery work with its grantee to resolve or correct program income balances for the three grants that had program income balances outstanding.

We recommend that the Director for HUD's Office of Disaster Recovery develop and implement controls to ensure that program income balance discrepancies are identified and corrected.

We recommend that the Director for HUD's Office of Disaster Recovery develop and implement controls to ensure that untimely FFRs are identified and corrected.

We recommend that the Director for HUD's Office of Disaster Recovery implement quality control procedures to ensure that HUD staff completes the action plan and QPR checklists.

Develop a process to formally document and monitor implementation of current and future plans to resolve post office suspensions as reported in the Annual Compliance Reports.

We recommend that the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services develop and implement edits in its claim payment system so that the State agency pays only telehealth claims whose HCPCS codes denote the associated services as eligible to be performed via telehealth.

Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruiting Command establish a tracking mechanism to capture data on applicants medically disqualified by the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command to ensure that potentially eligible applicants are provided a choice of whether to proceed with a medical waiver request, and document the reasons a waiver was not requested to inform change to recruiting processes.

Rec. 5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command update U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command Regulation 40-1 to incorporate changes to policy and procedure due to the implementation of the Military Health System GENESIS.

Update its annual guidance to sites to include more specific direction on payment reporting sites’ collection of useful and consistent data to identify detailed root causes of reported improper payments and on developing plans to mitigate them in the future.

Expand the use of data analytics at both Department Headquarters and payment reporting sites to better identify potential improper payments and the root causes for improper payments, especially as expenditures will increase due to IIJA, IRA, and the CHIPS Act.

Expand the use of data analytics at both Department Headquarters and payment reporting sites to better identify potential improper payments and the root causes for improper payments, especially as expenditures will increase due to IIJA, IRA, and the CHIPS Act.

We recommend that the FWS address the questioned costs related to unfunded retirement and retiree health totaling $386,763 (Federal share) in consultation with appropriate U.S. Department of the Interior offices to determine if the costs are allowable pursuant to Federal regulations and award terms and conditions.

We recommend that the Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services remediate the three security control findings OIG identified.

We recommend that the Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services assess the effectiveness of all required NIST SP 800-53 controls according to theorganization's defined frequency.

We recommend that the Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services assess and adjust if necessary, vulnerability management procedures to ensure anypertinent publicly disclosed computer security vulnerabilities are assessed for risk and remediated promptly, if necessary.

The U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in coordination with the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and the Foreign Service Institute, should develop and implement a training program on how NATO works and how to negotiate in NATO committees.

CMS should monitor the use of buprenorphine and share information, as appropriate, with Departmental partners.

CMS should inform providers about buprenorphine use and the low risk of diversion to encourage providers to treat more Part D enrollees who have opioid use disorder.

CMS should take steps to inform providers about the availability of buprenorphine combination products in Part D, which can minimize the risk of misuse and diversion.

After conducting the risk assessment from Recommendation 8 above, if necessary, ensure the Director, Office of Human Resources, incorporates the Contracting Officer Representatives’ duties and responsibilities into their individual performance plans.

The Chief, FMSS, should update internal guidelines to require follow-up reports of active shooter drills or events (even those that are ultimately determined to have been unfounded) to assess the efficacy of all actions taken responding to the event. The information developed should be used to improve response protocols.