Open Recommendations

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure Inventory listings are reviewed to determine their accuracy and update as necessary.

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure a finding aid is created for the agency’s entire SPHs collection at the item level.

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure locked hard copies of the inventory listings are maintained.

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure SPHs inventory listings are maintained in HMS. Until HMS is implemented by all offices, all electronic versions of the listings are password protected and access limited to authorized employees.

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure initial inspections of SPHs inventory are completed.

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure custodial units are in compliance with NARA 1572, including randomly inspecting at least 3% of SPHs inventory annually on a rotating basis and using one individual that does not work for the individual responsible for the inspection.

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure annual inspection reports include at a minimum date of inspection, individuals that complete the inspections, and a listing of items inspected, including their location and physical condition.

The Executive for Research Services and Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services should ensure annual inspection results are adequately documented and communicated to Security Management and office heads.

The Office of Programs should track creditable compensation related to injury settlements and the effect on benefit eligibility.

The Office of Programs should implement controls to ensure compliance with agency regulations related to service months credited from an injury settlement. At a minimum, the agency should require railroad employers to submit supporting documentation for any service and compensation reported as part of an injury settlement. The documentation should include both the legal settlement and an allocation worksheet. This documentation should be readily available for examination and periodically reviewed.

(U) Rec. A.1.a: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. A.1.b: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. A.2.a: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. A.2.b: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. A.2.c: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. B.1.a: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. B.1.b: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. B.1.c: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. B.2: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. C.1.a: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. C.1.b: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. C.2.b.1: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. C.2.b.2: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. C.2.b.3: Recommendation is Classified.

(U) Rec. C.2.b.4: Recommendation is Classified.