Open Recommendations

We recommend that FHWA recovers $1,531,442 from the Tribe, if applicable.

USAID/Tanzania determine the allowability of $243,662 in questioned costs ($7,415 ineligible and $236,247 unsupported) on pages 11, 14, and 17 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

(U) Rec. B.1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment issue policy requiring the maximum loan amount on promissory notes to match the corresponding loan agreements and promissory notes to contain complete histories of all amendments to the notes.

(U) Rec. B.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment coordinate with the DoD Deputy Comptroller for Program/Budget and Military Department personnel to issue policies requiring the identification of deobligation opportunities, such as when the maximum loan amount is reduced or no longer available, and develop procedures for working with DoD Deputy Comptroller for Program/Budget personnel to deobligate funds when the opportunities arise.

(U) Rec. B.1.c.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment issue a policy requiring Military Department personnel to calculate changes in subsidy cost for all Government Direct Loans and Government Loan Guarantees before agreeing to any loan term changes.

(U) Rec. B.1.c.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment issue a policy requiring Military Department personnel to submit the calculations to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment for review and to the Office of Management and Budget for approval before agreeing to any loan term changes.

(U) Rec. B.1.c.3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment issue a policy requiring Military Department personnel to ensure that the approved amount of funding is in the DoD Family Housing Improvement Fund before agreeing to any loan term changes.

Lincoln Hall did not meet or properly document that it met certain safety requirements for the care and release of children in its custody. Lincoln Hall did not adequately meet employer requirements for 27 of 35 employee files reviewed and did not have evidence of the proper care and release of children in its custody for 70 of the 75 children sampled. We recommended that Lincoln Hall adhere to ORR and State requirements for monthly fire drills, video monitoring systems in common areas, and employee training, background investigations, health screenings, and employment qualification. In its response, Lincoln Hall stated Lincoln…

We recommend that the Director of the Census Bureau evaluate how the number of incorrectly categorized passive blocks will affect Census quality and how those errors may affect demographic groups.

We recommend that the Hospital strengthen controls to ensure full compliance with Medicare requirements.

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer implement additional internal controls to document and communicate procedures to current and future budget officials across the Department of Defense. Specifically, the DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer update the DoD Financial Management Regulation, volume 2A, chapters 1 and 3, to include: 1) recurring instructions from the Budget Estimate Submission guidance and President's Budget guidance that are not unique to a particular year; 2) a guide from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's payroll system's gross reconciliation codes to…

Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer implement additional internal controls to document and communicate procedures to current and future budget officials across the Department of Defense. Specifically, the DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer require its analysts to document their procedures, lessons learned, and standard lists of reports and analyses to mitigate the risks of having corporate knowledge limited to a single person or losing the corporate knowledge if key analysts vacate positions, in accordance with GAO 14 704G, "Standards for Internal Control in the…

Rec. 1.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer implement additional internal controls to document and communicate procedures to current and future budget officials across the Department of Defense. Specifically, the DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer require the Services and Defense agencies to document their budget development procedures, calculations, and lessons learned to mitigate the risks of having the corporate knowledge limited to a single person or losing the corporate knowledge if key officials vacate positions, in accordance with GAO 14 704G, "Standards for Internal Control in…

Rec. 1.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer implement additional internal controls to document and communicate procedures to current and future budget officials across the Department of Defense. Specifically, the DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer develop and require a budget submission checklist to provide additional assurance that the Services and Defense agencies accurately and completely develop their budgets in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-11 and the DoD Financial Management Regulation. The checklist should include directions and reminders for the Services…

Implement systems controls to ensure compliance with current policy, including the two-Personal Identification Number review process.

Rec. 1: Recommendation is Classified.

Configuration Management

Information Security Continuous Monitoring

Direct all Presidential Libraries to assess their holdings to determine the correct percentage of basic processing work as stipulated in NARA’s Analog Records Processing Policy.

Recommendation is not publicly available.

Recommendation is not publicly available.