Open Recommendations

FSA should recover the $815,612 in HIP overpayments that have been identified, and recover any other overpayments resulting from RMA’s review of the AIPs’ changes to cause of loss and date of damage

KPMG recommends that the Office of the Chief Information Officer should continue to update and implement entity-wide policies and procedures and provide more direction and oversight to Program Offices for completing and appropriately overseeing certification and accreditation requirements and activities. In addition, documentation on application access permissions should be enhanced and linked with functional duties and procedures for granting logical and physical access needs to be refined to ensure access is granted only to authorized individuals. Finally, policies and procedures should be developed and implemented to ensure POA&Ms are accurate & complete.

We recommend that the Chief Operating Officer for Federal Student Aid instruct SLMA to adjust its special allowance billings for loans associated with Bond 93F that became ineligible for the 9.5 percent floor calculation, as described in the finding, and return alloverpayments to the Department (for which we estimate to be about $12.3 million).

We recommend that the Chief Operating Officer for Federal Student Aid instruct SLMA to identify the loans associated with Bonds 93B, 93G, and 93H that became ineligible for the 9.5 percent floor calculation, as described in the finding, and adjust its specialallowance billings for the affected loans in the quarters ended June 30, 2002, through June 30, 2005, and return all overpayments to the Department (for which we estimate to be about $10 million).

We recommend that the Chief Operating Officer for Federal Student Aid instruct SLMA to disclose any other instances, at any of its subsidiaries (e.g., NLMA, Southwest Student Services Corporation, Student Loan Funding Resources, Student Loan FinanceAssociation), of loans billed under the 9.5 percent floor calculation after the eligible taxexempt bond issue matured and after the loans were refinanced with funds derived from an ineligible funding source and, if necessary, adjust its special allowance billings for all affected loans and return all overpayments to the Department.

Assess its discovery obligations regarding Stellar Wind-derived information in international terrorism prosecutions.

Carefully consider whether it must re-examine past cases to see whether potentially discoverable but undisclosed Rule 16 or Brady material was collected by the NSA under the program, and take appropriate steps to ensure that it has complied with its discovery obligations in such cases.

As part of the [Redacted] project, the Justice Department's National Security Division (NSD), working with the FBI, should collect information about the quantity of telephone numbers and e-mail addresses disseminated to FBI field offices that are assigned as Action leads and that require offices to conduct threat assessments.

Consistent with NSD's current oversight activities and as part of its periodic reviews of national security investigations at FBI Headquarters and field offices, NSD should review a representative sampling [Redacted] leads to those offices.

In coordination with the NSA, implement a procedure to identify Stellar Wind-derived information that may be associated with international terrorism cases currently pending or likely to be brought in the future and evaluate whether such information should be disclosed in light of the government's discovery obligations under Rule 16 and Brady.

Repay $228,930 disbursed for five ineligible grants to its Road Home program.

Repay $294,060 disbursed for three ineligible grants to its Road Home program.

Either support or repay $441,027 disbursed for five unsupported grants.

Rec. A.1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, charge a proper appropriation, or coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Treasury to:
(1) obtain a waiver to hold a certain amount of cash without charging an appropriation, or
(2) establish a new U.S. Treasury account symbol to charge when cash is obtained from the U.S. Treasury.

Rec. A.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, revise DoD Financial Management Regulation 7000.14, volume 5, to reflect the implementation of Recommendation A.1.a.(1)-(2).

The OCIO should continue to update and implement entity-wide security policies and procedures and provide more direction and oversight to Program Offices for completing certification and accreditation requirements. In addition, documentation on application access permissions should be enhanced and linked with functional duties and procedures for granting logical access need to be refined to ensure access is granted only to authorized individuals.

The Bureau of Information Services should develop a comprehensive plan for the testing and evaluation of the agency’s contractor operations.

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Reclassify or transfer to the Trust Fund, as appropriate, $27.8 million (plus any earned interest less oversight costs) of the Stringfellow special accounts in annual reviews, and at other milestones including the end of Fiscal Year 2010, when the record of decision is signed and the final settlement is achieved.

If an adverse determination is made for Recommendation 1, collect program payments subject to limitation for each year for which a scheme or device was adopted and for the subsequent year. (The producers’ payments subject to limitation totaled over $1.4 million for the 2000 through 2002 crop years. See exhibit E.)

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Cleveland Office of Public Housing require the Agency to determine the appropriate administrative fees for the applicable households for which it is unable to provide supporting documentation cited in recommendation 2D and reimburse its program the applicable amount from nonfederal funds.

Repay $743,344 disbursed for the 17 ineligible grants to its Road Home program.

Review all of the remaining 392 grants coded ineligible or lacking an eligibility determination and either support or repay $14,697,812 disbursed for them.

The Bureau of Information Services should perform a physical inventory of information technology hardware and update the agency’s official fixed asset inventory system.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Office of Public Housing instruct the Authority to reimburse HUD for the excessive administrative fee charge of $692,990 in capital funds in accordance with the procedures described in 24 CFR 905.120.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Cleveland Office of Public Housing require the Authority to provide documentation to support that the $913,365 in refunding savings cited in this finding was used to provide affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing to very low-income households or reimburse from nonfederal funds its refunding savings account(s), as appropriate, to be able to trace its use of the savings.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to Reimburse its program $535,903 from nonfederal funds ($507,860 for the property purchase plus $28,043 for legal costs) for the improper use of program funds to pay for the property's acquisition costs.

Require the Commonwealth to provide documentation to substantiate the eligibility of $150,000 provided to Southampton or repay the HOME program from nonfederal funds.

Continue its FBI Headquarters-managed asset validation review process and provide sufficient resources for the Analytical Unit to devote to these reviews.

Require that any analytical products relating to the asset, together with red flags, derogatory reporting, anomalies, and other counterintelligence concerns be documented in a subsection of the asset's file.

Require the field SSA, the ASAC, and the FBI Headquarters SSA responsible for each asset to signify that they have reviewed the entries in this subsection as part of the routine file review or of semi-annual or annual asset re-evaluations. If anomalies exist, the SSA should note what action has been taken with respect to them, or explain why no action is necessary, and the ASAC's agreement should be noted.

Require agents to record in the asset file any documents passed and all matters discussed with the asset, as well as each person who was present for the meeting.

Require alternate case agents to meet with the source on a regular basis, together with the case agent.

Limit the number of years any Special Agent can continue as an asset's handler. Exceptions should be allowed for good cause only.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Public Housing Hub, Cleveland Field Office, require the Authority to provide support or reimburse its Section 8 program $812,967 ($738,708 in housing assistance payments plus $74,259 in related administrative fees) from nonfederal funds for unsupported housing assistance payments and unearned administrative fees related to the 65 tenants cited in this finding.

Require the Municipality to obtain and submit all supporting documentation and HUD determine the eligibility and propriety of $1,011,801 in administrative costs the Corporation charged to the Block Grant revolving fund. Any amounts determined ineligible must be reimbursed to the Block Grant program from nonfederal funds.

Require the Municipality to obtain and submit all supporting documentation and HUD determine the eligibility and compliance with national objectives of the $631,195 the Corporation disbursed for the four loans. Any amounts determined ineligible must be reimbursed to the Block Grant program from nonfederal funds.

We recommend that HUD's Director of Public Housing Hub, Detroit Field Office, assure the Royal Oak Township Housing Commission: Reimburse its Public Housing Program $367,516 from non-Federal funds for the improper use of HUD operating subsidy funds cited in this finding.

Require the PRPHA to submit all supporting documentation and determine the accuracy of the $4,230,646 owed by PBA and its public housing management agents. Any amounts determined ineligible must be reimbursed to the ACC projects, from non-Federal funds.

1.1 Require UIC to return to the Department the $1,018,212 in federal funds it received for the first three years of the grant

Take appropriate action pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 74.62 to protect future GEAR UP grant funds.

Require UIC to return to the Department the $1,018,212 in federal funds it received for the first three years of the grant, (see footnote 9)

Take appropriate action pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 74.62 to protect future GEAR UP grant funds.

Recover from owner $2,687,822, the difference between $3,662,822 owed to HUD by owner and $975,000 proceeds of foreclosure sale.

OIG recommends that Embassy Lima, Peru, develop and implement a documented nationalization plan with clear goals and attainable objectives for the aviation program.

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should finalize a service level agreement clarifying the Bureau of Administrations responsibilities for grants support.

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (a) analyze all contracts for which it assigns Contracting Officer’s Representatives and Government Technical Monitors and determine the appropriate level of Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives, the technical expertise, and other qualifications required; (b) document the analysis and determinations; (c) and provide the determinations to the Contracting Officers assigned to those contracts.

OIG recommends that the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs compare Contracting Officer’s Representative and Government Technical Monitor nominee qualifications to the analysis conducted for the Bureau’s contracts as noted in Recommendation 1 and only nominate those with the necessary technical expertise and level of Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives to oversee the contract and hold contractors accountable for quality and cost performance in accordance with contract terms.