Open Recommendations

Evaluate the results for the 41 beneficiaries in our sample and determine whether it should review the remaining population of 13,514 beneficiaries.

Determine whether it should develop additional controls to ensure it informs widow(er) beneficiaries of their option to delay their application for retirement benefits.

Coordinate with the Army Corps of engineers to enhance existing procedures and related controls to ensure all material procurement of goods and services received prior to period-end are timely and accurately accrued.

We recommend that the Bureau of Fiscal Operations revise and document manual and automated internal controls to ensure prevention of Antideficiency Act violations.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Newark Office of Public Housing require the Authority to provide documentation to show that the $1,294,062 paid to the Long Branch Housing Authority was for eligible, reasonable, necessary, and allocable costs or reimburse its Operating and Capital Fund programs from non-Federal funds for any amount that it cannot support or that is not considered reasonable.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Newark Office of Public Housing require the Authority to provide documentation to show that the $326,096 paid for goods and services was reasonable or reimburse its Operating and Capital Fund programs from non-Federal funds for any amount that it cannot support or that is not considered reasonable.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Newark Office of Public Housing require the Authority to provide documentation to show that it had valid contracts in place before disbursing $125,589 to three vendors or reimburse its Operating and Capital Fund programs from non-Federal funds for any amount that it cannot support.

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should correct programming to reject EIN applications when an EIN has previously been assigned to the same sole proprietor and to reject applications when IRS data indicate that the sole proprietor is deceased.

The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should develop programming to reject estate applications if the decedent TIN is not that of a deceased individual.

Periodically track the use and effectiveness of ongoing initiatives and tools used to monitor and reduce visitor wait times, where possible.

The OIG recommends that OPM cease implementing the Retirement Insurance Letter (RIL) 2016-12 and OS Clearinghouse 359 memorandum to apply the state court-ordered marital share to Annuity Supplements unless those court orders expressly and unequivocally identify the Annuity Supplement to be apportioned.

The OIG recommends that OPM take all appropriate steps to make whole those retired law enforcement officers (LEOs) and any other annuitants affected by this re-interpretation. This would include reversing any annuities that were decreased either prospectively or retroactively that involved a state court order that did not expressly address the Annuity Supplement.

The OIG recommends that OPM determine whether it has a legal requirement to make its updated guidance, including Retirement Insurance Letters, publicly available.

We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require Villa Main Apartments owner to repay HUD $534,741 for 39 subsidized units with ineligible ""ghost" tenants.

We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require Villa Main Apartments owner to provide support that the subsidized 43 units without annual physical inspections, without required EIV reports, or with missing files were eligible or repay HUD $1,095,364 for those subsidies.

We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require Villa Main Apartments owner to implement appropriate controls to ensure tenants are eligible, housing assistance subsidies are accurate, and that units are inspected as required.

We further recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing verify that the owner is providing oversight to its onsite staff and its recently implemented quality control program is working as designed and in accordance with HUD requirements.

We further recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing ensure that the project-based contract administrator's review process includes steps to obtain reasonable assurance that tenants being reported as subsidized at Villa Main qualify for the program and live in the subsidized units.

Resolve the electrical configuration issue of the STARS rack assemblies at each of the 11 TRACONs by either: (a) obtaining approval for the configuration from a nationally recognized testing laboratory or (b) assessing and documenting risks posed by the STARS rack assemblies installed at each of the 11 facilities and FAA's acceptance of that risk on air traffic operations.

Collaborate with industry stakeholders to develop and implement a plan to collect and analyze reliable, accurate, and representative data on the frequency and severity of driver detention times.

Rec. A.3.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of Navy Installations Command issue guidance to emphasize that tenant organization personnel on Navy installations should coordinate the acquisition of relocatable buildings with the installation's Department of Public Works personnel.

Rec. A.4.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Directorate of Public Works Chief, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, apply for approval of relocatable buildings that initially were never submitted for approval.

Rec. A.4.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Directorate of Public Works Chief, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, establish exit strategies for relocatable buildings that do not have one.

Rec. A.4.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Directorate of Public Works Chief, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, request extensions for relocatable buildings that are past the established expiration date and still needed or terminate the use of the relocatable buildings that are no longer needed.