Open Recommendations

Rec. A.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific, should develop and implement a process to notify Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Marianas and Navy installation contracting and technical personnel before awarding contracts without provisions for material costs or purchasing thresholds to ensure that personnel are aware of the increased workload and to ensure that installations have the capacity to provide oversight as required.

Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Army update and implement policy or guidance requiring personnel commands to use information about wartime readiness requirements for medical personnel when making assignment decisions and clearly identify how military-civilian partnership assignment locations should be prioritized relative to other assignment locations.

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Navy update and implement policy or guidance requiring personnel commands to use information about wartime readiness requirements for medical personnel when making assignment decisions and clearly identify how military-civilian partnership assignment locations should be prioritized relative to other assignment locations.

Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretary of the Air Force update and implement policy or guidance requiring personnel commands to use information about wartime readiness requirements for medical personnel when making assignment decisions and clearly identify how military-civilian partnership assignment locations should be prioritized relative to other assignment locations.

Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Defense Health Agency Director, in coordination with the Military Departments, develop and implement a plan to determine the capacity of each military treatment facility to meet Military Department-defined assessment requirements for wartime medical readiness.

Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Defense Health Agency Director, in coordination with the Military Departments, develop and implement a plan to generate a complete registry of military-civilian partnerships.

Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Defense Health Agency Director, in coordination with the Military Departments, develop and implement a plan to assess the performance of all military-civilian partnerships.

Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) require the Surgeons General of the Military Departments, in coordination with the Defense Health Agency, to submit an annual evaluation to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) on the Departments' clinical readiness assessments. The evaluation must, at minimum:Provide the Department's progress toward implementing its assessment process for wartime clinical readiness.Provide the data quality and collection issues preventing the Department from accurately measuring adherence to wartime clinical readiness standards.Provide the percent of medical personnel, by specialty and assignment location, meeting the Department's established clinical readiness threshold.Provide…

Establish internal control procedures to ensure recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive documentation is appropriately maintained in accordance with VA policy and guidance.

Enforce procedures to ensure Veterans Integrated Service Network human resources offices properly review recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive documentation for compliance with VA policy.

Enforce quality control checks to ensure Veterans Integrated Service Networks fulfill requirements for maintaining recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives documentation.

Establish accountability measures to ensure Veterans Integrated Service Networks quality control and oversight responsibilities are risk-based and fulfilled in a timely manner.

Evaluate resource requirements and establish accountability measures to ensure quality control and oversight responsibilities are risk-based and fulfilled in a timely manner.

Evaluate the retention incentive awards for the 28 employees identified in this report who received payments after the incentive period ended, terminate the incentive if it was not recertified, determine whether recoupment of funds is warranted, and take action if appropriate.

Assess retention incentive payment data to identify awards that have been paid for over one year and determine whether each has been appropriately recertified or should be terminated.

Establish oversight procedures to ensure retention incentives are reviewed annually, recertified if appropriate, or otherwise terminated to ensure payments are not continued after the expiration date.

The OIG recommends facility leaders develop and implement a plan to resolve infrastructure issues that affect patient care.

The OIG recommends facility leaders develop and implement a plan to resolve veterans unanswered phone calls and inability to reach staff.

The OIG recommends facility leaders replace the emergency call boxes in the parking garage to ensure they are active and functioning.

The OIG recommends facility leaders update local policies and memorandums related to communication of test results.

The OIG recommends facility leaders take additional actions to obtain manageable panel sizes per VHA guidelines and ensure patients have access to high-quality care.

The OIG recommends facility leaders evaluate and improve processes for medical clearance of veterans who participate in the Compensated Work Therapy program.

Some or all of the recommendation is not publicly available due to concerns with information protected under the Freedom of Information Act.

Some or all of the recommendation is not publicly available due to concerns with information protected under the Freedom of Information Act.

Some or all of the recommendation is not publicly available due to concerns with information protected under the Freedom of Information Act.