Open Recommendations

We recommend the Vice President, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, reinforce the expectation for hours worked to be entered in the work-hour system.

We recommend the Vice President, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, reinforce the expectation for hours not worked to be removed from the work-hour system.

We recommend the Vice President, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, reinforce the expectation for fatigue assessments to include all required information for trending purposes.

Develop and implement procedures to address and document resolution of any issues reviewers identify during the application review process.

During the agency’s review of participants’ annual performance evaluation reports, identify performance measures that do not meet the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program requirements and resolve any noncompliance identified.

We recommend the Vice President, Coal Operations, take steps to ensure asset condition of Tier 1 assets are assessed annually.

We recommend the Vice President, Coal Operations, take steps to ensure assets are accurately classified and tracked as required.

We recommend the Vice President, Coal Operations, evaluate assets in poor condition at Shawnee and Gallatin without a planned project to determine if near-term actions are needed to address degradation.

We recommend the Vice President, Coal Operations, verify the completed project plans for Kingston and Cumberland properly address assets in poor condition.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement establish quality control mechanisms for supervisors to routinely monitor the progress of post-shipment verifications from approval to closure to verify that export compliance specialists:

a. Notify export control officers to conduct post-shipment verifications.

b. Submit the post-shipment verification results for approval within the required timeframes.

c. Initiate investigative leads within required timeframes when applicable.

We recommend that once quality control mechanisms are established, the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement require that supervisors who are responsible for monitoring post-shipment verifications report the following to the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement:

a. Status of all approved post-shipment verifications, including verifications that remain open in IMS-R.

b. Completion of accountability actions for verifications with unsatisfactory results.

We recommend the Secret Service Office of the Chief Information Officer develop and implement a formal policy and process for routinely identifying, evaluating, and implementing mobile device capabilities to ensure all mission functions — foreign and domestic — can be conducted effectively and securely.

We recommend the Secret Service Office of the Chief Information Officer ensure employees complete cybersecurity awareness training, as required, and training features clear guidance on the proper use of mobile devices in operational settings domestically and overseas.

We recommend the Secret Service Office of the Chief Information Officer enact an outreach strategy to communicate to employees that the use of personal devices is not allowed for official business. In addition, develop and implement guidance outlining steps employees must take to safeguard communications if they need to rely on a personal device (such as during an emergency) and to ensure such usage is reported and information is properly retained as an official record.

We recommend the Secret Service Office of the Chief Information Officer update its vulnerability testing policy to incorporate the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s process for testing mobile app code.

The Chief of Staff ensures facility leaders develop workflows for all services to identify team members roles in the process for communicating test results.

Evaluate whether the $335.7 million of unsupported costs were prioritized to support targeted disaster recovery efforts and document conclusions reached, as applicable.

Develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure its DAF funding allocations decisions are clear and transparent and fully supportable through auditable information.

Conduct a study to understand the effects of heavy vehicle traffic associated with sustained increases in launch-related transport activity on Kennedy roadways and establish a mitigation plan to address the impacts.

Prioritize funding from the H.R.1 reconciliation bill to address common use launch infrastructure issues at Kennedy, including electrical power distribution, gas supply and distribution, and transportation infrastructure.

Assess the ability to charge an Other Approved Indirect Rate on reimbursable agreements for launch services that is dedicated to maintenance and upgrades of common use launch infrastructure.

The Director ensures Environmental Management Services staff keep patient care areas clean and well maintained.

Require medical facility directors in Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 to ensure supply chain staff periodically review unit conversion factors in the Generic Inventory Package to ensure accurate system values and quantities are recorded and then correct any discrepancies.

Require medical facility directors in Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 to develop and implement procedures to maintain stock within the required thresholds as outlined in Veterans Health Administration Directive 1761.

Require medical facility directors in Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 to ensure supply chain staff review and update ABC classification labels on expendable supplies in accordance with Veterans Health Administration guidance and establish a process to routinely verify that labeling aligns with the official ABC classification report.