Open Recommendations

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of the $744,195 direct questioned costs ($2,713 ineligible and $741,482 unsupported) on pages 32, 44, 55, and 63 of the audit report and recover any unallowable amount.

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that the African Institute for Development Policy corrects the six instances of material noncompliance detailed in the audit report.

We recommend the Director for the Office of Labor-Management Standards outline requirements needed to strengthen enforcement authority to align with the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959’s intentions to protect workers’ rights and interests to unionize by recommending rule changes or legislative changes to increase employer and consultant compliance.

We recommend the Director for the Office of Labor-Management Standards develop an online system to intake, track, and monitor tips from receipt to completion, including anonymity protection.

We recommend the Director for the Office of Labor-Management Standards increase awareness of the tip line through enhanced publicity, such as posting it on DOL’s complaint webpage.

We recommend that the PBS Commissioner ensure that PBS contracting officials emphasize the evaluation of O&M contractors’ proposed staffing and communicate with onsite PBS staff prior to contract award to ensure contract terms and conditions can be fully met.

We recommend that the PBS Commissioner ensure that PBS contracting officials confirm and enforce O&M contractor compliance with contractual requirements governing: “Personnel” and “Contractor Key Personnel”; and contingency plans for “Loss of the Contractor’s onsite personnel.”

We recommend that the PBS Commissioner ensure that PBS contracting officials ensure that the O&M contract language clearly specifies the time requirements for routine service request completion and that the requirements are communicated to O&M contractors.

We recommend that the PBS Commissioner ensure that PBS contracting officials thoroughly review and understand the O&M contracts’ QCP inspection requirements.

We recommend that the PBS Commissioner ensure that PBS contracting officials improve oversight of O&M contractors’ compliance with the terms and conditions of their GSA contracts.

Ensure Healing Action establishes and implements grant financial management policies and procedures to help ensure adequate administration of federal grant funds and that all relevant personnel are aware of these policies and procedures. In particular, these policies should cover, at a minimum: (1) improving internal controls over its debit card access; (2) complying with DOJ Grants Financial Guide consultant requirements, including prior approval and justification for exceeding the established daily or hourly consultant rate and adequate time and effort reports as well as ensuring its staff understand and adhere to the policies and procedures; (3) allocating costs properly to awards…

Ensure Healing Action reminds staff of its policy to obtain bids for consultant services, when necessary.

Remedy the $2,548 in unsupported expenditures related to staff cell phones, monthly bus passes, staff continuing education, and case management software costs.

Establish a process to take future projects’ constructability into account when assessing track outage and force account needs.

Require EGS conduct additional verification and validation for launch imagery equipment prior to launch attempts should launch conditions change.

Establish a course of action and timeline for individual Artemis system design changes before beginning integrated system assembly stacking operations.

We recommend the Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Innovation, implement the planned project to upgrade software and hardware to supported versions.

We recommend the Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Innovation, take action to remediate both instances of insecure protocols in use where technically and operationally possible.

The Executive Director ensures staff store reusable medical equipment in temperature- and humidity-controlled storage locations.

Re-evaluate the OSTEM performance goals to ensure they are distinct and well correlated with outcomes.

Develop a procedure to ensure OSTEM tracks and reports funding for all Agency STEM engagement activities.

Re-evaluate jurisdictions eligible for EPSCoR funds to ensure effective and equitable distribution of Agency funds.

Require all NASA organizations capture STEM engagement activities in STEM Gateway.

The Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Integrated Service Network directors, and facility leaders ensure staff enter data into the local cancer registry database in a timely manner.

Create processing timeframes for returned funds for current and future disaster programs.