Open Recommendations

USDA OIG has determined that this recommendation contains sensitive information and will not be publicly released due to privacy concerns.

USDA OIG has determined that this recommendation contains sensitive information and will not be publicly released due to privacy concerns.

USDA OIG has determined that this recommendation contains sensitive information and will not be publicly released due to privacy concerns.

USDA OIG has determined that this recommendation contains sensitive information and will not be publicly released due to privacy concerns.

We recommend that the Office for Civil Rights expand the scope of its HIPAA audits to assess compliance with physical and technical safeguards from the Security Rule.

We recommend that the Office for Civil Rights document and implement standards and guidance for ensuring that deficiencies identified during the HIPAA audits are corrected in a timely manner.

We recommend that the Office for Civil Rights define and document criteria for determining whether a compliance issue identified during a HIPAA audit should result in OCR initiating a compliance review.

We recommend that the Office for Civil Rights define metrics for monitoring the effectiveness of OCR's HIPAA audits at improving audited entities' protections over ePHI and periodically review whether these metrics should be refined.

We recommend that USAID/Tanzania verify that Amref Health Africa corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 41 to 44 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Rwanda verify that Society of Women Against AIDS in Africa corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 5 and 9 of the management letter.

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability of $4.478 million aggregate payments to suppliers and contractors during the audited period as detailed in finding Nos. 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 on pages 19 to 20 of the audit report.

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Naval Forces Africa Commander develop standard operating procedures that detail their staff's roles and responsibilities in executing the occupational and environmental health risk management process in DoD Instruction 6055.05 and the occupational and environmental health risk assessment procedures in Defense Health Agency Procedural Instruction 6490.03.

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Naval Forces Africa Commander complete a comprehensive air quality assessment, such as an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-style or comparable air quality assessment, that provides adequate information to fully characterize the air quality pollution sources and related health risks for Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti deployers.

Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Naval Forces Africa Commander use the results of the comprehensive assessment to develop a DoD Instruction 6055.05 and Defense Health Agency Procedural Instruction 6490.03 compliant occupational and environmental health risk management plan for Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the USAFRICOM Commander develop standard operating procedures that detail the USAFRICOM Command Surgeon and their staff's roles and responsibilities to execute the DoD Instruction 6490.03-required annual review and certification of the Periodic Occupational and Environmental Monitoring Summary for Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The standard operating procedures should include the process by which the USAFRICOM Command Surgeon and their staff review the Periodic Occupational and Environmental Monitoring Summary for accuracy and inclusion of all relevant environmental assessments.

Rec 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment direct the Chief Housing Officer to develop a plan of action and milestones to correct the specific implementation deficiencies in the Fiscal Year 2020, Fiscal Year 2021, and Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Acts discussed in this report including current implementation status, a gap analysis of the remaining military housing oversight requirements, and description of the correlation between Department of Defense actions and the language within the National Defense Authorization Acts' requirements.

Rec 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment update the appropriate Department of Defense 4165 series policies to address policy changes related to the reform requirements in the Fiscal Year 2020, Fiscal Year 2021, Fiscal Year 2023, and Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Acts, and incorporate and codify the requirements from outdated memorandums, such as the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Memorandums issued on September 10, 2013, April 16, 2014, and April 29, 2014.

Rec 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief Housing Officer direct the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Housing), in coordination with the Military Departments, to perform an assessment and document the feasibility of extending the implementation of military housing oversight requirements in the Fiscal Year 2020, Fiscal Year 2021, and Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Acts to government-owned and government-controlled unaccompanied housing where those requirements were not included in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.

Rec 4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief Housing Officer direct the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Housing), in coordination with the Military Departments and the Department of Defense Comptroller, to develop a plan of action and milestones to correct deficiencies in the condition of Department of Defense government-owned and government-controlled unaccompanied housing, including a comprehensive assessment of the condition of Department of Defense government-owned and government-controlled unaccompanied housing and identification of resources necessary to correct deficiencies in the condition of Department of Defense government-owned and government-controlled unaccompanied housing.

Rec 5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Chief Housing Officer direct the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Housing), in coordination with the Military Departments and the Department of Defense Comptroller, to perform an assessment and document the feasibility of alternatives for the future management of funding for government-owned and government-controlled unaccompanied housing, such as the expansion of unaccompanied housing privatization, separate appropriations, and funding targets with accountability standards.

Determine the allowability of the questioned transactions and recover $338,801, if applicable.

We recommend the Vice President, Gas, Hydro and Integration, reinforce procedure guidelines regarding clearance documentation.

We recommend the Vice President, Gas, Hydro and Integration, implement a periodic review of active clearances to verify tags are in place.

We recommend the Vice President, Gas, Hydro and Integration, take actions to ensure required training is completed for contractors.

We recommend the Vice President, Gas, Hydro and Integration, perform monthly audits in accordance with Power Operations, Standard Programs and Processes 10.015, Coal and Gas Clearance Procedure requirements.

Direct the University of Georgia to demonstrate to NSF that its policies, procedures, and systems applicable to Industry-University Cooperative Research Center awards ensure compliance with award requirements, including timely and accurate certification and tracking of program income receipts and expenditures.

Direct the University of Georgia to strengthen controls to ensure it spends Center for Advanced Forestry Systems membership dues only on Center for Advanced Forestry Systems Industry Advisory Board-approved projects or administration.

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We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education require Tennessee, in consultation with the Governor of Tennessee, to review its policies and procedures for drawing down Department grant funds to pay for corresponding grant expenditures and determine whether any updates are necessary to ensure funds drawn down from one grant (for example, CRRSA EANS) are not being used to pay for expenditures under another grant (for example, ARP EANS).

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education require Tennessee, in consultation with the Governor of Tennessee, to ensure that Tennessee officials responsible for making, reviewing, and approving G5 drawdowns receive sufficient training on Federal rules and regulations and State policies and procedures related to drawing down funds from G5 and documenting the process correctly.

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education require Tennessee, in consultation with the Governor of Tennessee, to ensure full implementation of procedures that will identify, locate, and track assets purchased with EANS funds at nonpublic schools and verify that those assets were still being used for purposes related to COVID-19 or for allowable purposes under another Federal education program in which the nonpublic school participates. If assets purchased with EANS funds are no longer being used for purposes related to COVID-19 or for allowable purposes under another Federal education program in which the…

We recommend that the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education require Tennessee, in consultation with the Governor of Tennessee, to retroactively obtain prior written approval from the Department for the three equipment expenditures or return the approximately $123,000 expended for those equipment purchases and perform a review of the remaining equipment expenditures to determine whether there are additional purchases that require prior written approval. Tennessee should also incorporate into its grants management policies and procedures a step to determine for any Department grants whether it is required to obtain prior approval from the Department for certain…

NEA should disallow the $1,560 unallowable ARP activity costs from the 2020 award and determine whether a refund is due.

We recommend that the Peace Corps OCFO develops and documents a process for adopting and implementing new accounting standards and guidance going forward, including, but not limited to, the implementation of the embedded leases13 portion of SFFAS 54.

We recommend that the Peace Corps OCFO updates its policy to include all assumptions and used and the reasoning behind those assumptions.

We recommend that the Peace Corps OCFO determines what information needs to be captured at a transaction level to allow for the identification of the lease and the type of lease (escalating vs. non-escalating) at the disbursement transaction level.

We recommend that the Peace Corps OCFO updates its current lease calculation methodologies to better align with SFFAS 54 and to calculate the interest expense and interest payments.

We recommend that the Peace Corps Office of Management develops and implements a process to capture the information needed to identify a lease, to allow for automation of calculating, reporting, and disclosing required lease balances.

We recommend that the Peace Corps Office of Management ensures the new processes developed to identify and record leases are adequately communicated to impacted personnel, both in writing and through trainings.

We recommend that the Peace Corps implements the provided FISMA recommendations from the Peace Corps OIG Report on FISMA (IG-25-01-SR) to mature and improve its information security program.