Open Recommendations

USAID/Afghanistan verify that AUAF corrects the three instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 43 to 45 of the audit report.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education verify that ODE provided additionalsupport services to the regular, combined school with a youth correction education program that should have beenidentified for CSI in the fall of 2022 based on its assigned level rating for school year 2021–2022.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education verify that ODE provided additionalfunding and support services to the one LEA with three eligible schools identified as needing TSI that did not receiveadditional funding.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education verify that ODE designed andimplemented policies and procedures for calculating the amount of Title I set-aside funds to allocate to each eligible LEAwith schools identified as needing CSI or TSI.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education verify that ODE has recordsshowing how it is calculating the amount of Title I set-aside funds to allocate to each eligible LEA with schools identifiedas needing CSI or TSI.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education verify that ODE has recordsshowing that it is providing ongoing professional learning and networking, technical assistance, and coaching to LEAswith schools that it identifies as needing CSI or TSI.

Recommend that the Manager, Argonne Site Office, direct the CO, in consultation with the Cognizant Federal Agency Official if not the same individual, to require UChicago Argonne, LLC to implement changes to comply with CAS.

Recommend that the Manager, Argonne Site Office, direct the CO, in consultation with the Cognizant Federal Agency Official if not the same individual, to revise and submit a Disclosure Statement to adequately capture its actual cost accounting practices.

Recommend that the Manager, Argonne Site Office, direct the CO, in consultation with the Cognizant Federal Agency Official if not the same individual, to require UChicago Argonne, LLC to comply with the established consulting policies and procedures.

Recommend that the Manager, Argonne Site Office, direct the Contracting Officer, in consultation with the Cognizant Federal Agency Official if not the same individual, to ensure that UChicago Argonne, LLC complies with its contractual obligations to conduct an audit of the subcontractor’s costs or arrange for such an audit to be performed and make a final determination on the allowability of the unresolved subcontract costs upon completion of audits.

Report on NASA’s progress to reexamine available orbital debris tracking tools and offices to ensure all practicable data sources are leveraged to inform ISS operations and ensure crew safety.

Document safety contingency plans and vehicle reassignment rules to help ensure the safe return of crew in the event of an emergency—expanding these efforts to include damage to the Crew Dragon and Starliner.

Develop plans that reflect potential cost savings measures and anticipated reductions in operations for ISS decommissioning.

Update the controlled deorbit plan and ensure the plan includes key commitments, technical, schedule, and cost challenges impacting the 2031 deorbit time frame.

We recommend that the ICE Office of the Chief Information Officer implement all necessary mobile device security settings per guidance from DHS and the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Security Technology Implementation Guides.

We recommend that the ICE Office of the Chief Information Officer develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure source code scans are performed on ICE-developed applications as required.

We recommend that the ICE Office of the Chief Information Officer develop and implement policies and procedures to monitor and block unauthorized network access attempts from mobile devices in foreign locations.

We recommend that the ICE Office of the Chief Information Officer revise and implement policies and procedures to protect ICE-issued mobile devices that have been authorized for use on international travel, per DHS and National Institute of Standards and Technology guidance.

We recommend that the ICE Office of the Chief Information Officer develop and implement policies and procedures to protect ICE-issued mobile devices used by employees permanently stationed outside the United States.

We recommend that the ICE Office of the Chief Information Officer update and implement policies and procedures to ensure mobile devices are sanitized before they are released from ICE custody for disposal.

We recommend that the ICE Office of the Chief Information Officer update and implement clear policies and procedures to ensure all lost and stolen mobile devices are treated as security incidents and the associated incident tickets are routed to the ICE Security Operations Center.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

This recommendation is Sensitive But Unclassified.

Review and take corrective action as needed for the 83 beneficiaries whose payee applications the Social Security Administration had not resolved in the electronic Representative Payee System; 65 beneficiaries who have payees in the payment record that the Social Security Administration had not recorded in the electronic Representative Payee System; and 63 beneficiaries whose payees’ Social Security numbers were missing on the payment records.

Improve controls to ensure employees resolve electronic Representative Payee System alerts, resolve pending representative payee applications in the electronic Representative Payee System, and properly establish or record the payees in the electronic Representative Payee System, such as establishing a timeframe for resolving alerts and management controls such as supervisory review to monitor unresolved alerts.