Open Recommendations

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command review and correct moving average cost valuation for all Inventory, Available and Purchased for Resale.

Direct the New Orleans, LA, field office to enforce its monitoring findings and require the grantee to provide documentation to support costs totaling $4,959,911 or the grantee must reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any costs that it cannot support.

Enforce the Miami, FL, field office's monitoring findings and require the grantee to provide documentation to support costs totaling $1,161,616 or the grantee must reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any costs that it cannot support.

Direct the Washington, DC, field office to require the grantee to provide documentation to support the $1,766,778 in unsupported payments identified or the grantee must reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any costs that it cannot support.

Direct the Washington, DC, field office to require the grantee to repay its program $4,214 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible costs associated with activity 1515.

Direct field offices to include property acquisition and disposition activities as an area of special emphasis when assessing grantee risk and establishing their monitoring plans and grantee monitoring strategies.

(U) Rec. A.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy update DoD Directive 5230.20, "Visits and Assignments of Foreign Nationals," June 22, 2005, to include the establishment of criteria for granting exceptions to policy and clarification of guidance on the use of extended visit requests.

Improve the collection and analysis of utilization data for inmate medical care to better understand the services that inmates need and the impact it has on the BOP's medical spending.

Clarify guidance to further define “legitimate decommissioning activities” by developing objective criteria for this term.

Develop and issue clarifying guidance to NRC staff and licensees specifying the instances when an exemption is not needed.

Develop a process to ensure the Office of Airports reports its Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting enforcement actions to FAA's Enforcement Information System database according to FAA Order 2150.3B.

We recommend the Executive for Agency Services  Establish standardized policies and procedures for tracking and documenting IRS record problems, including problems with refiles.  Identify timeframes for resolution and when the IRS should assist with resolution.

We recommend the Executive for Agency Services implement a mechanism (database, etc.) to facilitate the problem tracking and resolution process.

The Office of Programs should revise its overall process for the Railroad Retirement Act program that supports improper payment reporting requirements to ensure the accuracy of the data.

The Office of Programs should document policies and procedures to ensure that entire receivable balances are recorded in the agency’s receivable system.