Open Recommendations

Implement procedures and controls to ensure that risk assessments and reevaluations are conducted in accordance with HUD's requirements.

Obtain lead-based paint risk assessments for the five developments for which hazard reduction work was completed and perform the required reevaluations.

Determine whether the remaining five developments (Imperial Courts, Mar Vista Gardens, Nickerson Gardens, Ramona Gardens, and Rancho San Pedro) have deteriorated paint and if so, obtain lead-based paint risk assessments and reevaluations when applicable.

Coordinate with HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes to obtain training for the Authority's employees responsible for managing lead-based paint on the management of lead-based paint, including the requirements for visual assessments, risk assessments, reevaluations, and hazard reduction.

We recommend that the Kansas Department of Health and Education improve its electronic visit verification system by developing and implementing procedures to verify that in-home PCS claims are recorded and verified in its EVV system, and implementing edits to verify that tasks recorded on in-home PCS claims match allowable tasks approved in the PCSP.

We recommend that the Kansas Department of Health and Education improve its use of the EVV system by verifying that exceptions are reviewed and remedied,  requiring that providers use the scheduling function within the EVV system or else directing the EVV contractor to remove the corresponding exception for instances when the scheduling function is not used, training providers on how to address and minimize the occurrence of informational exceptions, and establishing formal requirements governing service workers' use of the web portal.

We recommend that the Kansas Department of Health and Education verify that providers are complying with the State agency's established policies and procedures to maintain documentation showing that service workers are registered, screened, and employable pursuant to background check requirements.

We recommend that the Kansas Department of Health and Education verify that MCOs are complying with the State agency's established policies and procedures to complete and reassess functional needs assessments, including the needs evaluation tool, every 12 months, and upload these documents into the care management system for retention.

We recommend the Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing theDuties of the Director for ICE evaluate the use of manual processes for information sharing within ICE and with other stakeholders, such as the Department of Justice; identify funding; then develop and implement an automated system to document court appearances and maintain address information of unaccompanied migrant children.

We recommend the Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing theDuties of the Director for ICE develop and implement a formal process to identify unaccompanied migrant children who fail to appear for immigration hearings, and share this information internally within ICE and externally with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instruct the SSAs to follow up with the 24 nursing homes that may not have complied with Federal requirements to verify that they have taken corrective actions.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instruct the SSAs to follow up with the 24 nursing homes that may not have complied with Federal requirements to verify that they have taken corrective actions.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services share the results of this audit with the SSAs and encourage them to focus their oversight on verifying that nursing homes designate an IP and that the IPs complete specialized training prior to filling that position.

Revise the initial contact letters to provide taxpayers the option to submit the requested returns electronically.

Resolve the $17,059 in questioned inappropriately allocated publication costs and direct Brown to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards.

We recommend that EAC confirm that the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office implements corrective action to address recommendation 8 in Report Number 21-11 issued by the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.

We recommend that EAC calculate lost interest due to the untimely deposit of 2018 and 2020 Election Security funds and ensure any amounts due are deposited into to the election fund.

We recommend that EAC require the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office to reconcile interest earned reported by the Georgia Office of the State Treasurer and interest earned recorded on the general ledger and correct any impacted financial reports for the reissued Section 101, reissued Section 251, and Election Security awards.

We recommend that the FEMA Administrator direct FEMA Regions to:• begin administrative closeout of the 26 grant programs we identified with expired periods of performance to the extent permitted by the Stafford Act, for those with no pending requests for extension or lacking acceptable justifications for extension, and deobligate the associated $9.4 million in remaining funds;• assess and close, as appropriate, the 42 grant programs in our scope representing $7 billion in unliquidated funding; and• conduct a review of all authorized grant programs with expired periods of performance to determine whether to administratively closeout and deobligate remaining fund balances, to…

We recommend that the FEMA Administrator consistently apply FEMA Manual 205-0-1, Grants Management requirements, including that the recipient’s request and FEMA’s determination for extensions must be in writing and signed, and that FEMA’s determination include the rationale for the decision, including how the facts meet the applicable guidelines.

We recommend that the designated personnel complete training in detecting counterfeit system components (including hardware, software, and firmware) and best practices for counterfeit component prevention.

The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director, in conjunction with facility directors, ensures facility community care staff process community care providers’ requests for services within three business days of receipt.

The Veterans Integrated Service Network Director, in conjunction with facility directors, ensures facility community care staff schedule patients for community care appointments within the required time frames.

Work with the Illinois Court of Claims to ensure its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, FY 2021, and FY 2022 Crime Victim State Certification Forms accurately reflect all activity and payments and take necessary steps to recover any excess awarded funds as appropriate.

Ensure that the Illinois Court of Claims develops a conflict of interest policy.