Open Recommendations

Assess and evaluate the available information on human health risks from exposure to cyanotoxins in drinking water and recreational waters todetermine whether actions under the Safe Drinking Water Act are warranted.

Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Naval Air Forces, assess the actions implemented to address corrosion and determine whether these actions resulted in fewer instances of corrosion that should have been identified at the organizational level during the service life extension process, reduced costs associated with corrosion prevention or correction, or improved readiness measured in either operational availability or mission capability. If the actions have not reduced the number of instances of corrosion that should have been identified at the organizational level, reduced costs, or improved readiness, then the Commander should identify alternate initiatives to address organizational-level…

The Bureau of Administration should require the Office of Overseas Schools to review its unliquidated obligations in accordance with Department guidelines and put up to $3.05 million in funds to better use.

We recommend that AOC ensure supporting documentation for unliquidated obligations is maintained and readily available.

We recommend that AOC:• Finalize the new Quarterly Financial Review SharePoint application and ensure this new application addresses the current and prior year audit findings; and • Revise the AOC’s policies and procedures to align with the new application.

The Chief Information Officer should retire older ******************** and migrate to more current ****************** in accordance with the documented migration plan.

Establish consistent criteria to ensure it identifies existing overpayments for which the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting system deleted a portion of the overpayment balance as part of a plan to address the untracked debt amount when it implements a solution to the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting system limitation.

Missouri foster care agency should develop policies to help identify (a) children who have a heightened risk of going missing from care and (b) interventions that could reduce their risk.

Missouri foster care agency should implement a monitoring mechanism to ensure that case managers comply with requirements and document their compliance when children are identified as missing and when they are located or return to care.

ACF should Develop a forum for States to share experiences and best practices related to the following: reducing children's risk for going missing from foster care, locating missing children, and addressing their needs after they return to care.

ACF should Support Missouri as it works to reduce children's risk for going missing from foster care and to improve compliance with Federal and State requirements related to children who go missing.

Develop and implement a process to periodically communicate a consistently understood agency risk appetite.

Revise agency policies and guidance to:a. Designate the official agency risk profile document and remove references to it as a U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) deliverable in Management Directive 4.4, Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control and Office of the Executive Director for Operations Procedure 0960, Enterprise Risk Management Reporting Instructions.b. Fully address the risk profile components and elements in accordance with OMB Circular A-123, Management’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control.

Implement an enterprise risk management maturity model approach by selecting an appropriate model, assessing current practices per the model, and making progress in advancing the model.

Establish and monitor implementation of procedures to ensure that Quarterly Performance Review (QPR) practices are fully performed, such as completion of the QPR Dashboard entries, and recordation of all management decisions of risk in the QPR meeting summaries and the Executive Committee on Enterprise Risk Management meeting minutes.

Update policies and guidance to address Management Directive 4.4, Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control, and Management Directive 6.9, Performance Management, links to the Quarterly Performance Review (QPR) and reasonable assurance processes to accurately reflect that both agency processes address different aspects of enterprise risk management (ERM). This includes, but is not limited to:a. Updating Management Directive 6.9 for the expanded risk responsibilities added to the QPR process;b. Explaining the role of the Programmatic Senior Assessment Team (PSAT) in the QPR process in Management Directive 6.9;c. Specifying the Executive Committee on ERM (ECERM) role in decision-making of PSAT risks and…

Update policies and guidance to clarify the effective date of the quarterly risks in the Quarterly Performance Review (QPR) process.

Require enterprise risk management-specific training that addresses U.S. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-123, Management’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control requirements and current best practices, and periodically provide them to NRC personnel with ERM responsibilities.

Develop and implement a plan to prioritize and address the recommendations identified in the 2019 file review for Region 9.

Develop a workforce analysis to address staff workload and the skills needed for the direct implementation of the tribal drinking water program.

We recommend the Executive Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Field Operations implement and enhance controls surroundingthe use of electronic device search equipment to ensure advanced searches are traceable to officers conducting the search.

We recommend the Executive Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Field Operations develop and implement an improved processto manage advanced search equipment including: 1) tracking DOMEX usage by device to identify idle devices and additional equipment required to meet mission needs and 2) keeping an accurate inventory of DOMEX equipment and licenses.

Develop and implement effective procedures to monitor prosthetic spending to make sure medical facilities reimburse vendors at reasonable prices for all prosthetic and orthotic items in accordance with updated pricing policies and processes.

Recommendation is not publicly available.

Recommendation is not publicly available.