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| 1 | 1 | 1 East Kentucky Corporation (dba One East Kentucky) 1-east-kentucky-corporation-dba-one-east-kentucky | 26-12-01 | No | We recommend that the Grantee develop written policies and procedures regarding the management of federal awards, in accordance with the Uniform Guidance. | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 East Kentucky Corporation (dba One East Kentucky) 1-east-kentucky-corporation-dba-one-east-kentucky | 26-12-02 | No | We recommend that the Grantee revise the final Form SF-270 report issued to ARC to reflect the correct matching amounts. | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | *********2******** Platform Management Needs Improvement 2-platform-management-needs-improvement | 5 | No | The Chief Information Officer should retire older ******************** and migrate to more current ****************** in accordance with the documented migration plan. | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 2016 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2016-audit-boards-information-security-program | 1 | Yes | Work with the Chief Information Officer Officer to perform a risk assessment to determine which aspects of an insider threat program are applicable to other types of sensitive Board information and develop and implement an agency-wide insider threat strategy for sensitive but unclassified Board information, as appropriate. | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 2017 Hurricane Relief Emergency Conservation Program 2017-hurricane-relief-emergency-conservation-program | 3 | Yes | Establish and implement monitoring procedures in guidance requiring State officials to ensure district directors complete reviews and evaluate the results of the reviews to ensure ECP policies are being followed. | 718755 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 2017 Hurricane Relief Emergency Conservation Program 2017-hurricane-relief-emergency-conservation-program | 4 | Yes | Establish and implement procedures in guidance to define how the district director reviews should be documented. | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 2017 Hurricane Relief Emergency Conservation Program 2017-hurricane-relief-emergency-conservation-program | 5 | Yes | Establish and implement monitoring procedures in guidance requiring State officials to ensure county executive directors complete spot checks and evaluate the results of the reviews. | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 2018 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program 2018-audit-boards-information-security-program | 6 | No | Develop and implement a process to assess the knowledge, skills, and abilities of Board staff with significant security responsibilities and establish plans to close identified gaps. | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 2018 Audit of the Bureau’s Information Security Program 2018-audit-bureaus-information-security-program | 3 | No | Determine whether established processes and procedures for management of user-access agreements and rules-of-behavior forms for privileged users are effective and adequately resourced and make changes as needed. | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 2019 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program 2019-audit-boards-information-security-program | 5 | No | Work with the Federal Reserve System to ensure that the data loss protection replacement solutiona. functions consistently across the Board's technology platforms. b. supports rulesets that limit the exfiltration weaknesses we identified, to the extent practicable. | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 2019 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program 2019-audit-boards-information-security-program | 6 | No | Develop and implement a Boardwide process to incorporate the review of data loss protection logs into employee and contractor offboarding processes to identify any potential unauthorized data exfiltrations or access. | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 2022 Audit of the CFPB’s Information Security Program 2022-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 4 | No | Ensure that an enterprisewide software inventory is conducted and maintained. | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 2023 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program 2023-audit-boards-information-security-program | 1 | No | Prioritize the definition and incorporation of a cybersecurity risk tolerance into the agency's cybersecurity policies, procedures, and processes, as appropriate. | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 2023 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program 2023-audit-boards-information-security-program | 3 | No | Document and implement a process to consistently inventory the Board's web applications, including its public-facing websites. | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 2023 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program 2023-audit-boards-information-security-program | 4 | No | Document and implement a process to consistently inventory and prioritize the Board's third-party systems, including the identification of subcontractors. | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 2023 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program 2023-audit-boards-information-security-program | 5 | No | Enforce the agency's iOS Update and Device Inactivity Policy to ensure that agency services are denied to mobile devices that are out of compliance. | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | 2023 Audit of the CFPB’s Information Security Program 2023-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 1 | No | Maintain a comprehensive schedule for testing current contingency plans, documenting test procedures, and maintaining relevant updates to the contingency plan. | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 18 | 2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2024-audit-boards-information-security-program | 1 | Yes | Develop a supply chain risk management strategy that includes (a) a supply chain risk appetite and tolerance, (b) an enterprise supply chain risk management governance structure, and (c) supply chain risk assessment processes that include migration strategies or controls. | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2024-audit-boards-information-security-program | 2 | No | Document and implement a baseline review and escalation process for data loss prevention alerts. | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | 2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2024-audit-boards-information-security-program | 3 | No | Reinforce the requirements for identifying and documenting system interconnections as part of the Board’s training on its cyber risk management application and require all relevant individuals to take the training. | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | 2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2024-audit-boards-information-security-program | 4 | No | Evaluate and implement options to enforce the agency’s existing guidance related to identifying and documenting system interconnections. | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | 2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2024-audit-boards-information-security-program | 5 | No | Develop and implement a mobile application scanning program that includes a vulnerability scanning solution and process to identify and remediate vulnerabilities. | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | 2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2024-audit-boards-information-security-program | 6 | No | Ensure that the Board’s Incident Notification and Breach Response Plan is reviewed, tested and approved annually. | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 24 | 2024 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2024-audit-boards-information-security-program | 8 | No | Incorporate targeted phishing exercises into the Board’s security awareness and training program and processes. | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | 2024 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2024-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 1 | No | Complete finalization of an agencywide data classification policy that accounts for the sensitivity of the data maintained by the CFPB. | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | 2024 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2024-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 2 | No | Ensure that data classification and sensitivity labels are incorporated into the CFPB’s data loss prevention program. | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | 2024 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2024-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 3 | Yes | Strengthen flaw remediation processes by developing and implementing a process to clearly map identified vulnerabilities to system IP addresses, host names, and remediation owners within the CFPB’s configuration management database. | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | 2024 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2024-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 6 | No | Ensure that testing of mission-essential functions identified in the CFPB’s continuity of operations plan is periodically performed. | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 2024 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2024-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 8 | No | Implement a process that ensures the cyber risk information in the CFPB’s governance, risk, and compliance tool is accurate and maintained. | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | 2025 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2025-audit-boards-information-security-program | 1 | No | Develop and maintain cybersecurity profile(s) that define key elements of the Board’s current and target cybersecurity program in alignment with the Board’s organizational risk tolerance, mission objectives, and threat environment. | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | 2025 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2025-audit-boards-information-security-program | 2 | No | Evaluate the dual-use model for the Board’s mobile devices, in accordance with the Board’s security objectives and risk tolerance, and review and update the Information Technology Resources Use policy as appropriate. | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 32 | 2025 Audit of the Board's Information Security Program 2025-audit-boards-information-security-program | 3 | No | Strengthen mobile device security controls to enforce content and data protection policies. | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 33 | 2025 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2025-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 1 | No | Determine what enterprise risk management roles, responsibilities, and strategy components should be defined and leveraged for the development and maintenance of cybersecurity profiles. | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 34 | 2025 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2025-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 2 | No | Develop and maintain cybersecurity risk registers to aggregate, normalize, and prioritize cybersecurity risks. | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 35 | 2025 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2025-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 3 | Yes | Develop policies and procedures to create and maintain cybersecurity profiles. | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 36 | 2025 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2025-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 4 | No | Perform a review of previously granted risk acceptance memorandums to determine whether they were based on a complete review of the system or common controls (as required by National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-37, Revision 2) and perform additional risk analysis and/or compensating controls as needed for affected systems. | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 37 | 2025 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2025-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 5 | No | Ensure that risk acceptance memorandums reflect an assessment of qualitative and quantitative cybersecurity risks, as applicable. | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 38 | 2025 Audit of the CFPB's Information Security Program 2025-audit-cfpbs-information-security-program | 6 | No | Evaluate options to perform ongoing information continuous monitoring activities commensurate with the current threat environment. | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 39 | 2025 Evaluation of the Farm Credit Administration’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act 2025-evaluation-farm-credit-administrations-compliance-federal-information-security | 2 | No | Not publicly released. Reach out to FCA OIG for more information. | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 40 | 2025 Evaluation of the Farm Credit Administration’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act 2025-evaluation-farm-credit-administrations-compliance-federal-information-security | 3 | No | Not publicly released. Reach out to FCA OIG for more information. | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 41 | A 3-Year Exposure of Privacy Act-Protected Data Revealed USPTO Mismanagement in Safeguarding the Sensitive PII of Trademark Filers 3-year-exposure-privacy-act-protected-data-revealed-uspto-mismanagement-safeguarding | 8 | Yes | 8. We recommend that the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office update USPTO policy to meet the federal minimum standard of 2 years and 6 months of log retention. | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | 42 | A 3-Year Exposure of Privacy Act-Protected Data Revealed USPTO Mismanagement in Safeguarding the Sensitive PII of Trademark Filers 3-year-exposure-privacy-act-protected-data-revealed-uspto-mismanagement-safeguarding | 10 | Yes | 10. We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration direct the Office of Privacy and Open Government Director to implement compensating controls and redundant procedures for receiving incidents reported to the Department Chief Privacy Officer. | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 43 | 7(a) Loan Approval for Borrowers with Unresolved COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Compliance Issues 7a-loan-approval-borrowers-unresolved-covid-19-pandemic-loan-compliance-issues | 1 | Yes | Review and appropriately resolve hold codes related to the 5,044 7(a) loans to determine impact on 7(a) eligibility and seek remedy or repayment of all 7(a) loans deemed ineligible. | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 44 | Access of Executive Branch Personnel Records access-executive-branch-personnel-records | 2 | No | Develop and implement effective processes immediately to ensure that counterintelligence evaluations are conducted in accordance with 10 CFR 709 and the exemptions reflected in SEAD 4, Executive Order 13467, and Executive Order 12968. | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 45 | The Accuracy of Veteran Readiness and Employment Claims Cannot Be Assessed Because of Insufficient Documentation accuracy-veteran-readiness-and-employment-claims-cannot-be-assessed-because | 01 | No | Veteran Readiness and Employment should coordinate with VAs Office of General Counsel to assess the eligibility decision process and ensure all legal and regulatory requirements are accounted for and confirmed by the appropriate staff. If necessary, Veteran Readiness and Employment should update the process to conform with the general counsels interpretation of legal requirements. | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | 46 | The Accuracy of Veteran Readiness and Employment Claims Cannot Be Assessed Because of Insufficient Documentation accuracy-veteran-readiness-and-employment-claims-cannot-be-assessed-because | 02 | No | Veteran Readiness and Employment should develop a standard documentation method for verifying eligibility periods, deferrals, extensions, and final eligibility decisions and train appropriate staff, including vocational rehabilitation counselors, on how to properly document eligibility decisions. | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 47 | The Accuracy of Veteran Readiness and Employment Claims Cannot Be Assessed Because of Insufficient Documentation accuracy-veteran-readiness-and-employment-claims-cannot-be-assessed-because | 03 | No | Veteran Readiness and Employment should develop a quality assurance review process to monitor the accuracy of eligibility decisions. | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | 48 | The Accuracy of Veteran Readiness and Employment Claims Cannot Be Assessed Because of Insufficient Documentation accuracy-veteran-readiness-and-employment-claims-cannot-be-assessed-because | 04 | No | Veteran Readiness and Employment should coordinate with VAs Office of General Counsel to assess the entitlement requirements and whether those used to confirm and document entitlement decisions are compliant with laws and regulatory requirements. If changes are needed, Veteran Readiness and Employment should update the manual and train appropriate staff accordingly. | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 49 | The Accuracy of Veteran Readiness and Employment Claims Cannot Be Assessed Because of Insufficient Documentation accuracy-veteran-readiness-and-employment-claims-cannot-be-assessed-because | 05 | No | Veteran Readiness and Employment should develop additional controls to ensure official entitlement decisions in the narrative report are documented in a manner that is clear and would allow for effective oversight from both internal and external entities, such as containing clear documentation of the assessment of employability factors and additional evidence used to substantiate the claim. | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | 50 | The Accuracy of Veteran Readiness and Employment Claims Cannot Be Assessed Because of Insufficient Documentation accuracy-veteran-readiness-and-employment-claims-cannot-be-assessed-because | 3 | No | Veteran Readiness and Employment should develop a quality assurance review process to monitor the accuracy of eligibility decisions. | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | 51 | ACF Cannot Ensure That All Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect Have Court Representation acf-cannot-ensure-all-child-victims-abuse-and-neglect-have-court-representation | 6722 | No | ACF should conduct oversight activities to identify States that may not appoint a GAL to every child victim who undergoes a judicial proceeding, seeking statutory authority as necessary. | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 52 | ACF Cannot Ensure That All Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect Have Court Representation acf-cannot-ensure-all-child-victims-abuse-and-neglect-have-court-representation | 6723 | No | ACF should proactively provide technical assistance to States that face challenges in appointing a GAL for every child victim. | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | 53 | ACF Cannot Ensure That All Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect Have Court Representation acf-cannot-ensure-all-child-victims-abuse-and-neglect-have-court-representation | 6724 | No | ACF should proactively identify and address obstacles that States face in reporting complete and accurate GAL data. | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | 54 | ACF Should Improve Oversight of Head Start To Better Protect Children's Safety acf-should-improve-oversight-head-start-better-protect-childrens-safety | 22-E-BL-037.01 | No | ACF should improve Head Start grant recipients' self-reporting of incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, and unauthorized release through better guidance and stronger consequences for failure to report. | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | 55 | ACF Should Improve Oversight of Head Start To Better Protect Children's Safety acf-should-improve-oversight-head-start-better-protect-childrens-safety | 22-E-BL-037.03 | No | ACF shpould improve data-sharing with States about incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, and unauthorized release in Head Start centers. | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | 56 | ACF Should Improve Oversight of Head Start To Better Protect Children's Safety acf-should-improve-oversight-head-start-better-protect-childrens-safety | 22-E-BL-037.04 | No | ACF should disseminate information about innovative practices that OHS regional offices have developed to better identify and prevent incidents that threaten children's safety. | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | 57 | ACF Used Contractor Personnel To Perform Inherently Governmental Functions and Paid Millions in Potentially Unallowable Costs acf-used-contractor-personnel-perform-inherently-governmental-functions-and-paid | 25-A-12-051.01 | No | We recommend that the Administration for Children and Families update its policies and procedures for awarding contracts for other than full and open competition in emergency situations to incorporate FAR requirements for time-and-materials contracts. | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 58 | ACF Used Contractor Personnel To Perform Inherently Governmental Functions and Paid Millions in Potentially Unallowable Costs acf-used-contractor-personnel-perform-inherently-governmental-functions-and-paid | 25-A-12-051.02 | No | We recommend that the Administration for Children and Families provide training to program officials and contracting staff as appropriate that covers requirements for: o administering nonpersonal services contracts for professional support services, o specifying that contracts must not be used for the performance of inherently governmental functions, o providing written consent for the use of subcontractors, o reviewing and approving invoices, and o maintaining documentation to support costs for services performed | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 59 | ACF Used Contractor Personnel To Perform Inherently Governmental Functions and Paid Millions in Potentially Unallowable Costs acf-used-contractor-personnel-perform-inherently-governmental-functions-and-paid | 25-A-12-051.03 | No | We recommend that the Administration for Children and Families update its policies and procedures for receipt and oversight of deliverables and to incorporate Federal requirements related to the: (1) review, approval, and monitoring of invoices and (2) use of CLINs to properly account for and pay contractor expenditures. | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | 60 | ACF Used Contractor Personnel To Perform Inherently Governmental Functions and Paid Millions in Potentially Unallowable Costs acf-used-contractor-personnel-perform-inherently-governmental-functions-and-paid | 25-A-12-051.04 | No | We recommend that the Administration for Children and Families review potentially unallowable costs and obtain supporting documentation or take appropriate action to recoup from Deloitte any improperly paid amounts for the following: o $2,022,468 for invoices that did not identify CLINs to track expenses, o $1,362,621 in overtime charges, o $1,226,649 of labor charges for invoices that did not include specific dates when each employee performed work, o $244,174 in nonlabor costs that were not supported by receipts, and o $112,945 of unsupported subcontractor charges | 4968857 | 0 |
| 61 | 61 | ACF Used Contractor Personnel To Perform Inherently Governmental Functions and Paid Millions in Potentially Unallowable Costs acf-used-contractor-personnel-perform-inherently-governmental-functions-and-paid | 25-A-12-051.05 | No | We recommend that the Administration for Children and Families review and correct potential Antideficiency Act violations by deobligating and obligating funds to appropriate CLINs used and report an Antideficiency Act violation if the violation cannot be corrected. | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 62 | ACF Used Contractor Personnel To Perform Inherently Governmental Functions and Paid Millions in Potentially Unallowable Costs acf-used-contractor-personnel-perform-inherently-governmental-functions-and-paid | 25-A-12-051.06 | No | We recommend that the Administration for Children and Families develop and implement policies and procedures: o requiring contracts to include FAR clauses related to overtime requirements in contracts o for tracking and verifying that all contractor staff (including subcontractors) assigned to work on a contract complete required trainings before performing any work under the contract (or within the allowed time). | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | 63 | Acquisition and Procurement: Company Has Opportunities to More Effectively Ensure That It Awards Contracts in Its Best Interest acquisition-and-procurement-company-has-opportunities-more-effectively-ensure-it | 1 | No | Develop and implement a process to assess ongoing solicitations for compliance with the company’s procurement manual. | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | 64 | Acquisition and Procurement: Company Has Opportunities to More Effectively Ensure That It Awards Contracts in Its Best Interest acquisition-and-procurement-company-has-opportunities-more-effectively-ensure-it | 2 | No | Develop and implement additional guidance to help COs determine when to require end users to provide more detailed cost estimates, in line with leading practices, and consider adjusting its policies accordingly. | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | 65 | Acquisition and Procurement: Company Has Opportunities to More Effectively Ensure That It Awards Contracts in Its Best Interest acquisition-and-procurement-company-has-opportunities-more-effectively-ensure-it | 3 | No | Implement a companywide process to consistently collect and analyze key pre-award data elements, such as those we raised for the company’s consideration in our April 2024 report, as necessary to identify indicators of fraud. | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | 66 | Acquisition and Procurement: Company Has Opportunities to More Effectively Ensure That It Awards Contracts in Its Best Interest acquisition-and-procurement-company-has-opportunities-more-effectively-ensure-it | 4 | No | Develop and implement mandatory, recurring fraud training for employees involved in the pre-award phase. At a minimum, this training should include how to detect indicators of the fraud schemes that most commonly occur during this phase. | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | 67 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-142 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management update Administrative Circular OA-14 and implement the necessary updates to align procurement procedures with current federal acquisition regulation and agency practices. | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | 68 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-143 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management update standard policies and procedures to clearly convey the documentation required to be maintained in the contract file in order to support the solicitation phase. | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | 69 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-144 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management develop and implement standard checklist guidance to be included in the contract file that lists the required solicitation documentation, identifies if the documentation was applicable to the solicitation, and indicates the section in which the supporting documents are located. | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 70 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-145 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management update standard policies and procedures to clearly convey the documentation required to be maintained in the contract file in order to support the award and administration phase. | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | 71 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-146 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management develop and implement standard checklist guidance to be included in the contract file that lists the required award and administration documentation, identifies if the documentation was applicable to the award, and indicates the section in which the supporting documents are located. | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | 72 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-149 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management establish a checklist or other control process to ensure that the required conflict of interest statement is presented to vendors. | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | 73 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-1411 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management establish standard procedures for identifying and tracking contracts that have been physically completed. | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | 74 | The Acquisition Management Function at the Railroad Retirement Board Was Not Fully Adequate or Effective acquisition-management-function-railroad-retirement-board-was-not-fully-adequate-or | 19-1413 | No | We recommend that the Office of Administration/Division of Acquisition Management review the established control process used to transmit information to the Federal Procurement Data System and update the process in order to report information more accurately. | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | 75 | Actions Are Being Taken to Reduce Risks to Employees Whose Names Are Required to Be Included on Internal Revenue Service Correspondence actions-are-being-taken-reduce-risks-employees-whose-names-are-required-be-included | 1 | No | On November 29, 2022, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration recommended that the Director and Deputy Director, Submission Processing, Wage and Investment Division, protect the identity of IRS employees signing manually generated tax processing correspondence by removing their first name and replacing it with the employee’s title, Mr., Ms., or a gender-neutral title, in accordance with Chief Counsel Notice N(30)000-317. | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 76 | Actions Are Being Taken to Reduce Risks to Employees Whose Names Are Required to Be Included on Internal Revenue Service Correspondence actions-are-being-taken-reduce-risks-employees-whose-names-are-required-be-included | 2 | No | The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should ensure that all tax processing correspondence is revised to remove the signing IRS employee’s first name and replace it with the employee’s title. | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | 77 | Actions Are Needed to Address Inaccurate, Incomplete, and Inconsistent Taxpayer Assistance Center Information Provided to Taxpayers actions-are-needed-address-inaccurate-incomplete-and-inconsistent-taxpayer-assistance | 4 | No | The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should assess and implement, if possible, the capability to provide taxpayers with the option to transfer to the appointment line versus having to hang up and call a different number. | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | 78 | Actions Are Needed to Reduce the Risk of Fraudulent Use of Employer Identification Numbers and to Improve the Effectiveness of the Application Process actions-are-needed-reduce-risk-fraudulent-use-employer-identification-numbers-and | 3 | No | The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should correct programming to reject EIN applications when an EIN has previously been assigned to the same sole proprietor and to reject applications when IRS data indicate that the sole proprietor is deceased. | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | 79 | Actions Are Needed to Reduce the Risk of Fraudulent Use of Employer Identification Numbers and to Improve the Effectiveness of the Application Process actions-are-needed-reduce-risk-fraudulent-use-employer-identification-numbers-and | 9 | No | The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should develop programming to reject estate applications if the decedent TIN is not that of a deceased individual. | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | 80 | Actions Have Been Taken to Implement Taxpayer First Act Provisions Related to the IRS Independent Office of Appeals; However, Some Improvements Are Still Needed actions-have-been-taken-implement-taxpayer-first-act-provisions-related-irs | 1 | No | The Chief, Appeals, should establish a process with the appropriate Business Operating Divisions (BOD) to identify, track, and update forms, letters, publications, notices, websites, and social media that still require the new IRS Independent Office of Appeals name. | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | 81 | Actions Need to Be Taken to Address Taxpayer Assistance Center Safety and Security Weaknesses actions-need-be-taken-address-taxpayer-assistance-center-safety-and-security-weaknesses | 3 | No | The Chief, Facilities Management and Security Services, should revise procedures to include specific criteria on ************************ at TACs. | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | 82 | Actions Need to Be Taken to Improve the Data Loss Prevention Solution and Reduce the Risk of Data Exfiltration actions-need-be-taken-improve-data-loss-prevention-solution-and-reduce-risk-data | 2 | No | The Chief Information Officer, in conjunction with the Chief Operating Officer, should revise the DLP rules to be more restrictive to help prevent intentional data exfiltration. | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | 83 | Actions Need to Be Taken to Improve Services Provided at Taxpayer Assistance Centers actions-need-be-taken-improve-services-provided-taxpayer-assistance-centers | 1 | No | The Chief, Taxpayer Services, should ensure that taxpayers without scheduled appointments are provided an opportunity to wait for an available TAC assistor on a first-come, first-served basis. | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | 84 | Actions Need to Be Taken to Improve Services Provided at Taxpayer Assistance Centers actions-need-be-taken-improve-services-provided-taxpayer-assistance-centers | 4 | No | The Chief, Taxpayer Services, should ensure that TAC managers enforce procedures for providing CSS cards at TACs. | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | 85 | Actions Need to Be Taken to Improve Services Provided at Taxpayer Assistance Centers actions-need-be-taken-improve-services-provided-taxpayer-assistance-centers | 5 | No | The Chief, Taxpayer Services, should Ensure that TAC managers enforce procedures for wearing name tags at TACs. | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | 86 | Actions Need to Be Taken to Improve Services Provided at Taxpayer Assistance Centers actions-need-be-taken-improve-services-provided-taxpayer-assistance-centers | 6 | No | The Chief, Taxpayer Services should ensure that TAC managers enforce procedures for treating non-English speaking customers properly at TACs. | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | 87 | Actions Were Not Taken to Timely Strengthen Practitioner Priority Service Telephone Line Authentication Controls actions-were-not-taken-timely-strengthen-practitioner-priority-service-telephone-line | 2 | No | The Deputy Commissioner should establish a Service-wide process where representatives from key functional areas including CFAM, RAAS and Accounts Management officials are responsible for expeditiously reviewing and addressing emerging/ongoing fraud schemes where advanced analytics and matching to IRS sourced information proactively identifies a scam. | 47698849 | 0 |
| 88 | 88 | Active Directory Oversight Needs Improvement and Criminal Investigation Computer Rooms Lack Minimum Security Controls active-directory-oversight-needs-improvement-and-criminal-investigation-computer | 3 | No | The Chief, CI, with assistance from the Chief Information Officer, should complete a cost analysis to 1) determine the efficacy of relocating CI assets in each of the field offices to existing IRS computer rooms versus upgrading the CI computer rooms to ensure that assets are protected in accordance with Federal and IRM security requirements and 2) implement the most cost-effective solution. | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | 89 | Additional Actions Are Needed to Further Reduce Undeliverable Mail additional-actions-are-needed-further-reduce-undeliverable-mail | 1 | No | The Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement should develop Service-wide processes and procedures to ensure that all operating divisions suppress the issuance of nonstatutory notices to taxpayers that have a UD mail indicator on their account; suppress the issuance of correspondence when a taxpayer's address of record is an IRS campus; and research and update taxpayer addresses for which the USPS returns undeliverable mail with a yellow label that provides a more current address. | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | 90 | Additional Actions Are Needed to Further Reduce Undeliverable Mail additional-actions-are-needed-further-reduce-undeliverable-mail | 2 | No | The Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, should install and use hygiene software to perfect taxpayer addresses on the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) RTS system. | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | 91 | Additional Actions Are Needed to Improve and Secure the Income Verification Express Service Program additional-actions-are-needed-improve-and-secure-income-verification-express-service | 8 | No | Complete a usage study and document a decision regarding if the IRS will mandate that participants use the TFA IVES system. | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | 92 | Additional Actions Are Needed to Make the Worker Misclassification Initiative With the Department of Labor a Success additional-actions-are-needed-make-worker-misclassification-initiative-department-labor | 1 | No | The Commissioner, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, should evaluate whether provisions of the MOU require amendment, revision, or termination and ensure that the duties and responsibilities of the IRS, as outlined in the MOU, are executed as required. | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | 93 | Additional Actions Are Needed to Reduce Accounts Management Function Inventories to Below Pre‑Pandemic Levels additional-actions-are-needed-reduce-accounts-management-function-inventories-below | 10 | No | Coordinate with the Information Technology organization to explore adding Taxpayer Relations inventories into the CII, so that all Accounts Management inventory is located in the same inventory management system. | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | 94 | Additional Controls Are Needed to Improve the Reliability of Grant and Per Diem Program Data additional-controls-are-needed-improve-reliability-grant-and-diem-program-data | 01 | No | Establish policies and procedures for Grant and Per Diem liaisons to obtain reliable discharge information from grantees when veterans exit from the Grant and Per Diem Program. | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 95 | Additional Controls Are Needed to Improve the Reliability of Grant and Per Diem Program Data additional-controls-are-needed-improve-reliability-grant-and-diem-program-data | 02 | No | Implement controls, including enhanced medical facility and grantee guidance and training, to ensure grantee files and VA medical record documentation of veteran housing outcomes are consistent with Homeless Operations, Management, and Evaluation System data definitions and support the data in the Homeless Operations, Management, and Evaluation System. | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | 96 | Additional Controls Are Needed to Improve the Reliability of Grant and Per Diem Program Data additional-controls-are-needed-improve-reliability-grant-and-diem-program-data | 03 | No | Implement controls, such as quality reviews, to ensure Homeless Operations, Management, and Evaluation System outcome data are supported by and consistent with veteran medical records and grantee files. | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | 97 | Additional Details To Supplement 2015 and 2014 (Restated) Financial Statement Audit additional-details-supplement-2015-and-2014-restated-financial-statement-audit | 2016-FO-0003-006-E | No | Contact all other HUD program offices to determine whether any other programs authorize or are aware of grantees holding funds in advance of their immediate disbursement needs and determine financial statement impact on and compliance with Treasury cash management requirements of any found. | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | 98 | Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed additional-oversight-remote-patient-monitoring-medicare-needed | 24-E-02-045.01 | No | CMS should implement additional safeguards to ensure that remote patient monitoring is used and billed appropriately in Medicare. | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | 99 | Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed additional-oversight-remote-patient-monitoring-medicare-needed | 24-E-02-045.02 | No | CMS should require that remote patient monitoring be ordered and that information about the ordering provider be included on claims and encounter data for remote patient monitoring. | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | 100 | Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed additional-oversight-remote-patient-monitoring-medicare-needed | 24-E-02-045.03 | No | CMS should develop methods to identify what health data are being monitored. | 0 | 0 |
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CREATE TABLE ig_recommendations (
report_id TEXT REFERENCES ig_reports(report_id),
rec_number TEXT,
significant TEXT,
text TEXT,
questioned_costs INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
funds_for_better_use INTEGER DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE INDEX idx_ig_rec_report ON ig_recommendations(report_id);
CREATE INDEX idx_ig_rec_sig ON ig_recommendations(significant);