Open Recommendations

Recommendation withheld based on applicable Freedom of Information Act exemptions.

Recommendation withheld based on applicable Freedom of Information Act exemptions.

Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Washington Headquarters Services dDrect the contracting officer to complete the outstanding contractor performance evaluations required for the Science Applications International Corporation contracts and submit the performance evaluations in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System.

Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency direct the assigned contracting officer's representative to complete the outstanding contractor evaluation narratives for the Science Applications International Corporation contracts and submit the performance evaluation narratives to the contracting officer to facilitate the completion and submission of the performance evaluations in the Contract Performance Assessment Reporting System.

Develop a process to monitor the accuracy of depart post office scans within the Wisconsin region, and take action as needed.

Require annual transportation optimization training for all Wisconsin region supervisors at optimized offices and track and monitor compliance.

Review and update transportation contracts within the Wisconsin region to remove unnecessary collection box pickup for Highway Contract Routes.

Review the need for Highway Contract Route drivers within the Wisconsin region to possess arrow keys, and obtain possession of keys no longer needed.

Adjust or reinforce scheduled collection box times within the Wisconsin region, to allow for collection boxes to be accessed timely and communicate any schedule adjustments to the customers.

We recommend that the USAID Mission Director for Ukraine take the following actions:

We recommend that the USAID Mission Director for Ukraine take the following actions:

We recommend that the USAID Mission Director for Ukraine take the following actions:

We recommend that the USAID Office of General Counsel take the following action:
Coordinate with the Office of Acquisition and Assistance to define and communicate what factors should be considered when determining whether a foreign government has a controlling interest in an organization for the purposes of ADS 302.3.3.

OFOM’s Associate Director, in coordination with OHRM should finalize and implement policies and procedures for the Agency’s administration of the background investigations and adjudication processes for federal and contractor employees that (a) are consistent with regulations and implementation guidance issued by OPM; (b) assigns roles and responsibilities; (c) establishes specific procedures; and (d) measures operational effectiveness criteria.

OFOM’s Associate Director, in coordination with OHRM should establish and implement a reporting mechanism or system to monitor the progress of background investigations of federal and contractor employees to include adjudication determinations, onboarding of contractor employees, and the issuance of physical and logical access cards.

The Deputy Director, DBR should document the rationale for omitting worksteps for the five examinations not meeting the requirements of the 2023 Supervisory Priorities. As part of the documentation, include a determination of whether a baseline assessment of mortgage servicing was achieved.

The Deputy Director, DBR should consider whether examination work addressing specific supervisory priorities should be subjected to Examiner-in-Charge, Peer, or Independent Quality Control reviews. Update quality control procedures, as needed, to ensure that they assist management in achieving its objectives (e.g., specific supervisory priorities) and responding to identified risks.

The Director of Programming and Training ensures that staff receive sufficient training to use the Volunteer Reporting and Grants system.

The Director of Programming and Training ensures that Volunteers are receiving feedback in compliance with the post’s standard operating procedures.

The post works with the Peace Corps Safety and Security Officer to reassess the health and safety risk level of bush fires in the post risk assessment.

The post works with the Peace Corps Safety and Security Officer, Office of Health Services, and Peace Corps Medical Officers to prepare Volunteers for the potential scenario in which their home or worksite is threatened by bush fires.

Review the Veterans Health Administrations current methods, assumptions, and approaches used to project medical care budget needs in the annual Presidents Budget to identify any gaps in the process or data limitations, and develop and implement a plan to strengthen the process.

Establish and implement a plan to review current processes and procedures for involving program offices and pertinent subject matter experts in developing the Enrollee Health Care Projection Model inputs for specific areas such as community care, staffing, pharmacy services, and prosthetics services, and formalize the expectations of their involvement in this process, through guidance or protocols.

Develop and implement an approach to estimate medical care personnel needs and costs to increase the accuracy and reliability of information included in the annual Presidents Budget.

Institutionalize a regular cycle of at least quarterly fiscal reviews among assistant under secretaries for health, network directors, and program offices that routinely assess key cost drivers and other areas of concern, such as staffing, community care growth, and local initiatives.