Open Recommendations

To the extent consistent with the law, reimburse employees that were identified as underpaid and attempt to recover payment from all employees that were identified as overpaid in the above review.

Ensure that LSC unallowable costs are charged to funding sources other than LSC and reflected within the financial software to provide an audit trail.

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IHS should extend policies to address more types of perpetrators, victims, and abuse;

IHS should conduct additional outreach to Tribal communities to inform them of patient rights, solicit community concerns, and address barriers to reporting of patient abuse.

IHS should ensure that the new incident reporting system is effective and addresses the risks identified in the current system;

IHS should designate a central owner in IHS headquarters to ensure clear roles and responsibilities for shared ownership in implementing patient protection policies, and managing and responding to abuse reports;

IHS should continue to actively promote an organizational culture of transparency and work to resolve barriers to staff reporting of abuse

The executive in charge, office of under secretary for health, and the principal executive director, office of acquisition, logistics, and construction, require the Healthcare Commodities Program Office and Strategic Acquisition Center to develop a formal process to validate correct order fulfillment reporting by the prime vendors, ensure the correct algorithms are used, and help prevent missed opportunities to identify and mitigate issues.

The executive in charge, office of under secretary for health, and the principal executive director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, require the Healthcare Commodities Program Office and Strategic Acquisition Center to monitor the Integrated Product Team’s development and implementation of a process to validate performance metric reporting such as on unadjusted fill rates.

The executive in charge, office of under secretary for health, requires the Procurement and Logistics Office to strengthen controls, monitor the Healthcare Commodities Program Office monthly, and ensure adherence to the established Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Next Generation program control plan.

Perform a comprehensive review of FAA's root cause analysis training to ensure it meets Agency expectations. Modify training, as appropriate, based on the review and require inspectors to complete the course(s) or offer inspectors access to industry-based training programs.

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) management should finalize policies and procedures to review audit logs of production DB2 servers.

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) management should implement an oversight process to ensure that designated Fiscal Service personnel: a. Reviews the security logs for the UNIX and DB2 servers hosting the Payment Information Repository (PIR), Judgment Fund Internet Claim System (JFICS), and Security Payment System (SPS) applications on a pre-defined frequency, as indicated in the Fiscal Service Baseline Security Requirements (BLSR). b. Formally documents completion of their reviews and any escalations to the Information System Security Office (ISSO), and c. Retains the audit logs and documentation of its reviews for 18 months, as required by the BLSR.

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) management should periodically review Fiscal Service management's implementation and operation of the review the security audit logs for the UNIX and DB2 servers hosting the Payment Information Repository (PIR), Judgment Fund Internet Claim System (JFICS), and Secure Payment System (SPS) applications to determine that Fiscal Service management completes the reviews on a pre-defined basis, documents completion of the reviews and escalations, and maintains such documentation.