Open Recommendations

We recommend that ONRR evaluate the use of ARC 10, Adjustments, to determine its effectiveness and create additional codes to capture accurate reasons for adjustments.

We recommend that ONRR develop and implement a process to prevent modification of adjustments made as a result of compliance activities without approval from ONRR.

We recommend that ONRR develop and implement processes to reduce unnecessary manual transactions as the BPRM effort is being implemented.

We recommend that the BLM update applicable manuals to detail the processes for documenting the review of the Federal exclusions list for all leasing actions.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that subgrantee agreements are executed in a timely manner, effective monitoring is performed, and subgrantees maintain an emphasis on using their CoC funds, thereby preventing similar occurrences of $3.5 million (see appendix D) in CoC funding going unused.

Adequately support the eligibility of payroll costs or repay its CoC grants $824,302 from non-Federal funds.

Adequately support the eligibility of rent costs or repay its CoC grants $55,545 from non-Federal funds.

Develop and implement additional written procedures and controls to ensure that employees charge time in accordance with program requirements and that the Authority fully documents and supports that salary and rental cost allocations are charged to its CoC grants in accordance with its cost allocation plan.

The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, ensures that facility providers complete aberrant behavior risk assessments on all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.

The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, makes certain that facility providers document justification for prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines concurrently.

The Under Secretary for Health, in conjunction with Veterans Integrated Service Network directors and facility senior leaders, makes certain that facility providers communicate problematic urine test results to patients.

The Bureau of Administration should review and de-obligate all invalid unliquidated obligations without activity for more than 1 year, in accordance with Department standards, so funds of up to $8 million can be put to better use.

Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD work with the Navy and the Marine Corps to ensure that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act obligation and disbursement transactions processed through their accounting systems and journal vouchers are properly reported in USASpending.gov.

Rec. 3.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD develop procedures to confirm that DoD Components have appropriately implemented the policies DoD prescribed for coding Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act fund transactions.

Update agency guidance to fully reflect and comply with federal guidance.

Evaluate whether the contract costs for web development services and media services are reasonable and remedy any violations.

Assess and recover the amount spent on the unallowable contracted project management services expenses incurred during the performance of the grant.

Recover the $100,000 paid for unallowable pre-award project management expenses.

Complete a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework current profile in accordance with NIST guidance.

Conduct an assessment to identify the highest risks to the CPSC’s security profile based on the information learned while completing the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework current profile exercise.

Complete a National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST) target profile in accordance with NIST guidance.

Perform an assessment to identify gaps between the current and target National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework profiles.

Update and implement the CPSC Framework Implementation Action Plan.

Recommendation includes redactions.

Recommendation includes redaction.