Open Recommendations

We recommend that the OCIO develop and implement a comprehensive quality control plan to perform required quarterly reviews of Plans of Action and Milestones in the official system of record to ensure that bureaus and offices address them in a timely manner, close them as appropriate, and continuously monitor and track them.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to develop and implement an internal control mechanism to ensure the program income method is properly applied and reported in accordance with grant award approvals and regulations.

We recommend that the FWS require the Department to amend all open subaward agreements to date to include all required elements.

Update HUD regulations, policies, and procedures following the regulatory process required by the amended Lead Safe Housing Rule, in consideration of CDC's lowered BLRV of 3.5 ug/dL. Status

PIH in coordination with other HUD offices as necessary, research and address potential causes of the variance in the number of EBLL cases among States on the EBLL tracker and identify solutions that are within HUD's control. Status

Develop and implement procedures to verify that airport sponsors have provided evidence satisfactory to FAA that the airport sponsor has or will obtain good title to land, prior to requesting reimbursement for costs associated with noise compatibility land acquisition. Implementing this recommendation could put up to $2,077,796 in funds to better use by requiring that only costs associated with completed noise land acquisitions are reimbursed.

Update and implement procedures to require airport sponsors to maintain Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plans in electronic format available for FAA review, upon request.

Require all airport sponsors that have acquired noise land to identify noise land eligible for disposal via sale and verify that noise land sales revenues are used in accordance with Federal law. Based on our review of five airports, implementing this recommendation could put up to $38,530,768 in funds to better use by generating revenue that could be reinvested in the program.

Update guidance to clarify for airport sponsors when noise land should be considered no longer needed for eligible current or planned airport purposes and disposed of in accordance with FAA policy.

Update guidance for Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plans to require that the Noise Land Inventory include original acquisition dates, estimated or final completion dates for proposed or completed methods of disposal, and the date of FAA approval.

Update guidance for Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plans to require that the Noise Land Inventory include the Federal share of the sale price at the time of sale and how sales proceeds were used. Implementing this recommendation could put up to $66,160 in funds to better use by properly accounting for noise land disposal proceeds in accordance with Federal law.

Update the Noise Land Management and Requirements for Disposal of Noise Land or Development Land Funded with AIP policy to establish a reasonable schedule for FAA Airport District Offices and Regional Offices to review Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plans for accuracy and consistency with FAA policy.

Require the Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and Harry Reid International Airport to develop and submit for FAAs approval current Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plans after implementation of recommendations 4, 7, and 8.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services notify appropriate providers (i.e., those for whom CMS determines this audit constitutes credible information of potential overpayments) so that the providers can exercise reasonable diligence to identify, report, and return any overpayments in accordance with the 60-day rule and identify any of those returned overpayments as having been made in accordance with this recommendation.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services review at-risk payments made to at-risk providers during and after our audit period to determine whether payments for procedure code G0483 complied with Medicare requirements and recover any overpayments.

We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expand program safeguards to prevent and detect at-risk payments to at-risk providers for the definitive drug testing service with the highest reimbursement amount (procedure code G0483), which could have saved up to $215.8 million for our audit period.

Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Army Materiel Command conduct a review to determine whether an update to the maintenance processes is required to include and track the mission capability of Army pre-positioned stock equipment in storage, and implement the results of the review.

(U) Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the 405 Army Field Support Brigade, in coordination with the Commander of the Army Materiel Command, identify and implement ways to exercise Army Pre-Positioned Stocks-2 equipment, in accordance with care of supplies in storage and Technical Manual 38-470 requirements.

(U) Rec. 4.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander of the Army Sustainment Command provide guidance to the Army Field Support Brigades on identifying and ensuring the availability of sufficient and appropriate personnel to support surge requirements for Armored Brigade Combat Team rapid deployments.

CMS should require MAOs to definitively indicate on MA encounter data records when they have denied payment for a service on a claim.

Add fields to the Discipline and Administration Reintegration Tracking System that can be easily queried to identify the type of victim (inmate, staff, or other) and gender of the victim for all incidents involving prohibited acts by inmates, and identify the specific inmate behavior under each prohibited act code.

Ensure that staff are trained on the updated fields in the Discipline and Administration Reintegration Tracking System and that staff understand which inmate behaviors are associated with each prohibited act code, as well how to articulate the behavior in the corresponding field.

Ensure that policies and program statements that address inmate-on-staff sexual harassment are consistent with updates to systems and data tracking mechanisms.

Conduct regular risk assessments of the prevalence and severity of inmate-on-staff sexual harassment within individual institutions and across BOP institutions, with a particular emphasis on the risks for female staff.

We recommend that the Missouri Department of Social Services refund $34,171,397 (Federal share) in overpayments to the Federal Government.