Open Recommendations

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Ensure the MSR Program establishes a stable CCRS design prior to establishing the life-cycle cost and schedule estimate at KDP-C, incorporating recommendations from the 2023 IRB as appropriate

Ensure the life-cycle cost and schedule estimates properly incorporate MSR Program complexity and performance as factors and do not only focus on external cost growth impacts and ongoing design issues.

Ensure the Agency Program Management Council is provided with a set of potential launch scenarios by KDP-C, including life-cycle cost and schedule estimates and an associated Joint Cost and Schedule Confidence Level for each.

Require freight auction brokers to report subcontractor authorization and vetting and develop a system of record to maintain the reported results.

Communicate and create a mechanism to validate the use of team drivers for trips that exceed 500 miles, update freight auction statements of work, and terminate contractors who are non-compliant.

Define freight auction applicability to Management Instruction PO-530-2009-4, Section 19 - Special Circumstances.

Update and enforce freight auction guidance and include at minimum a process to verify driver history.

CMS should implement and expand upon its policies and programs to strengthen the nursing home workforce.

CMS should reassess nurse aide training and certification requirements .

CMS should update the nursing home requirements for infection control to incorporate lessons learned from the pandemic.

CMS should provide effective guidance and assistance to nursing homes on how to comply with updated infection control requirements.

CMS should facilitate sharing of strategies and information to help nursing homes overcome challenges and improve care.

Develop and document strategic goals and metrics for inventory management that align with the company’s broader goals. Options might include measuring how frequently an MoE inventory shortage causes a train to be delayed and the extent to which MoE inventory shortages impact the company’s service capacity.

Assess the costs and benefits of updating inventory item information in the company’s inventory management system. At a minimum, assess the costs and benefits of updating, clarifying, and standardizing item names, descriptions, units of measure, and accompanying photographs, as well as options for doing so. Based on this assessment, determine what actions, if any, to take.

Develop and begin implementing a risk-based plan to secure inventory facilities across the company.

Update AMS to include limitations on how long contracts can be extended.

Provide evidence to support that the Authority corrected the 11 unit deficiencies for the 5 units and 7 building deficiencies for 4 buildings with outstanding deficiencies.

Determine the frequency of its quality control reviews of its inspections and work orders and update its quality control policy, training materials, and other resources as appropriate to ensure that its quality control process is consistently implemented.

Support that it has implemented its quality control policy for (1) monitoring the effectiveness of its unit and building inspections to ensure compliance with HUD's and its own requirements and (2) reviewing work orders to ensure that cited deficiencies are corrected in accordance with HUD's and its own requirements.

Provide evidence to support that the Authority corrected the four non-life-threatening deficiencies for the three units with outstanding deficiencies.

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the deficiencies identified during annual self-inspections are properly categorized and corrected in a timely manner.

Develop and implement a plan to manage and reduce its backlog of work orders. This plan should include but not be limited to (1) assessing and addressing staffing needs; (2) creating a timeline for completion of the work orders to ensure that its properties are maintained in decent, safe, and sanitary condition and in good repair; and (3) providing documentation showing that it is on track to meet the completion timeframe.

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that inspection reports are uploaded to the Authority's electronic filing system and work orders are created in a timely manner. This process should include but not be limited to providing training to its staff on the Authority's systems, establishing timeframes for the creation of work orders, and monitoring the work order process.