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Management Information Report - Railroad Retirement Board's Actions in Response to Pandemic Funding
The Bureau of Fiscal Operations should reconcile the obligations as reported to USAspending.gov and the weekly outlay report to determine the correct total for Coronavirus Disease 2019 obligations charged to the $5 million technology appropriation.
The Railroad Retirement Board's Executive Committee should establish a group tasked with hiring decisions for appropriated funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. This group should use documented and reliable procedures that are based on accurate and reliable data sources to determine hiring and staffing levels using appropriated funders from the American Rescue Plan Act.
The Railroad Retirement Board's Executive Committee should reconsider and revise its plans concerning hiring based on the American Rescue Plan Act appropriation because adequate supporting documentation had not been prepared.
Audit of DoD Implementation of the DoD Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccine Distribution Plan
Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Defense Health Agency Director, with input from the Military Departments, the National Guard Bureau, and other stakeholders, review challenges and difficulties encountered during the distribution and administration of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine, compile a report detailing the issues, and determine if corrective actions are necessary to support future pandemic response planning. At a minimum, the review should include the following challenges and difficulties: * Determining the vaccine-eligible population at each military treatment facility; * Reporting vaccine administration data; * Communicating vaccination tier eligibility; * Coordinating tier movement between military treatment facilities; * Allocating vaccine to overseas locations; and * Vaccinating local nationals who work alongside U.S. personnel at overseas locations.
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs form and lead a working group consisting of DoD Components and address the issues identified by the Defense Health Agency.
Management Advisory Regarding Results from Research for Future Audits and Evaluations Related to the Effects of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on DoD Operations
Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD work with DoD Components to implement procedures to ensure award amounts funded under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act are appropriately recorded and reported with the accurate Disaster Emergency Fund Codes through the respective reporting systems.
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD work with the Navy and the Marine Corps to ensure that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act obligation and disbursement transactions processed through their accounting systems and journal vouchers are properly reported in USASpending.gov.
Rec. 3.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD develop procedures to confirm that DoD Components have appropriately implemented the policies DoD prescribed for coding Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act fund transactions.
Rec. 3.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD issue funding authorization documents that include a Disaster Emergency Fund Code value to ensure all DoD budget and accounting systems have a consistent basis to record and report funding and execution by Disaster Emergency Fund Code, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-18-08.
Audit of the Reimbursement for Department of Defense Mission Assignments for Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic Response in the U.S. Northern Command Area of Responsibility
Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy Comptroller (Program/Budget), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, DoD, in coordination with DoD Component comptrollers, initiate a review of all COVID-19 pandemic response mission assignments to ensure reimbursement requests for costs incurred are submitted in accordance with DoD policy.
Rec. 2.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Army Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignments 4480DR-NY-DOD-10, 4480DR-NY-DOD-11, 4480DR-NY-DOD-12, and 4481DR-WA-DOD-02 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.
Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Director of the Office of Budget Fiscal Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignments 4482DR-CA-DOD-01, 4482DR-CA-DOD-02, and 4488DR-NJ-DOD-04 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.
Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller), immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignment 4480DR-NY-DOD-10 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.
Rec. 2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the United States Marine Corps immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for 4482DR-CA-DOD-01, 4482DR-CA-DOD-02, and 4488DR-NJ-DOD-04 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.
Rec. 2.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the National Guard Bureau immediately require tasked units to review costs incurred for mission assignments 4480DR-NY-DOD-05, 4481DR-WA-DOD-05, 4482DR-CA-DOD-07, and 4491DR-MD-DOD-01 as of July 31, 2020, for completeness and accuracy, as well as any additional costs incurred and identified after July 31, 2020, and submit reimbursement requests for those costs with required documentation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with DoD policy.
Rec. 3.a.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Army Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, an Army-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.
Rec. 3.a.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director, Army Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the Army-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.
Rec. 3.b.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Director of the Office of Budget Fiscal Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, a Navy-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.
Rec. 3.b.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Director of the Office of Budget Fiscal Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the Navy-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.
Rec. 3.d.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the United States Marine Corps, in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, a Marine Corps-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.
Rec. 3.d.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the United States Marine Corps train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the Marine Corps-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.
Rec. 3.e.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units a National Guard-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billing to ensure compliance with DoD policy.
Rec. 3.e.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Comptroller of the National Guard Bureau train tasked-unit personnel on how to navigate the National Guard-specific desk manuals and apply the procedures appropriately.
Rec. 3.c.1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller), in coordination with the Financial Management Augmentation Team, develop and provide to tasked units, an Air Force-specific desk manual for mission assignments that includes, at a minimum, step-by-step procedures for initial set-up, real-time cost input, cost tracking, cost reporting, and submitting partial and final billings to ensure compliance with DoD policy.
Rec. 3.c.2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Deputy for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) train taskeDODIG-unit personnel on how to navigate the Air Force-specific desk manual and apply the procedures appropriately.
Audit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Use of Undefinitized Contract Actions for the Conversion of Alternate Care Sites in Response to the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic
Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Director of Contracting complete an after-action review following the completion of the coronavirus disease-2019 mission to identify best practices and areas of improvement when issuing undefinitized contract actions, including establishing attainable definitization schedules and definitizing contract actions within those schedules, to reduce the risk of complications occurring during future emergency situations.
Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Director of Contracting issue guidance requiring contracting officers to document the reason definitization schedules were not met in the contracting files.
Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Director of Contracting issue a memorandum directing contracting offers to differentiate the profit associated with undefinitized contract actions dependent on the contractor's decreased cost risks involved in completing work in an undefinitized status, and the incentive to definitize contracts based on Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement guidance.
Audit of the Impact of Coronavirus Disease–2019 on Basic Training
Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the implementation of COVID-19 guidance at basic training centers.
Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the implementation of COVID-19 guidance at basic training centers.
Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the implementation of COVID-19 guidance at basic training centers.
Rec. 1: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the implementation of COVID-19 guidance at basic training centers.
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of Marine Corps Training and Education Command and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with screening and testing of recruits and training personnel, including procedures for timely testing and delivery of results.
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of Marine Corps Training and Education Command and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with screening and testing of recruits and training personnel, including procedures for timely testing and delivery of results.
Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the use of personal protective equipment necessary for basic training, including defining social distancing requirements with additional emphasis on the use of masks for indoor and outdoor environments.
Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the use of cleaning supplies necessary for basic training.
Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the use of cleaning supplies necessary for basic training.
Rec. 4: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the Marine Corps Training and Education Command; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command develop procedures to ensure compliance with the use of cleaning supplies necessary for basic training.
Rec. 5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command assess manpower requirements for training personnel to ensure compliance with COVID-19 procedures required by DoD guidance and take appropriate action based on that assessment.
Rec. 5: The DoD OIG recommended that the Commanders of the Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Service Training Command; and Air Education and Training Command assess manpower requirements for training personnel to ensure compliance with COVID-19 procedures required by DoD guidance and take appropriate action based on that assessment.
Evaluation of Access to Department of Defense Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic
Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security revise the "DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza" to update the planning assumptions in the DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza to include the use of telework for essential and non-essential personnel and to align the DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza with the DoD Telework Policy, Enclosure 3, Section 3(i)(2).
Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security revise the "DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza" to require DoD Components to update their Pandemic Plans to include the revised assumptions regarding telework for essential and non-essential personnel and the resources required to support the teleworking workforce.
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, establish management oversight procedures to verify that DoD Components have performed the testing, training, and exercise requirements of the DoD Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza and the DoD Telework Policy. The oversight procedures should assess the ability of DoD Components to support Government-wide mandated telework, including the results from tests of network and communications systems and telework exercises with personnel.
Audit of Maintaining Cybersecurity in the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Telework Environment
Recommendation is CUI
Rec. 1.b: Recommendation is CUI
Recommendation is CUI
Recommendation is CUI
Rec. 3: The DoD OIG recommended that the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel develop, implement, and enforce a plan to verify that DoD personnel complete telework agreement and the required DoD telework training before teleworking.
Recommendation is CUI
Recommendation is CUI
Recommendation is CUI
Rec. 7: The DoD OIG recommended that the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel, and Services verify that DoD personnel completed telework agreements and the required DoD telework training before teleworking.
Management Information Report - Interim Review of Railroad Retirement Board CARES Act Benefit Payments During the Pandemic
The Office of Inspector General recommended that the Office of Programs allocate resources for the Railroad Retirement Board’s Unemployment and Programs Support Division – Sickness and Unemployment Benefit Section to work on fraud referrals as provided in the Adjudication Instruction Manual, Part 16, and as instructed by the Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations.
The Office of Inspector General recommended that the Executive Committee commit additional resources necessary to ensure the implementation of an automated debt recovery process for CARES Act payments.
Evaluation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Response to the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic
Rec. 1.a-c: The DoD OIG recommend that the Armed Forces Retirement Home Chief Operating Officer: a. Update the Comprehensive COVID Testing for AFRH' plan to include procedures for testing residents and healthcare personnel following an outbreak, as well as cleaning and disinfecting between individuals tests; b. Formalize the "Comprehensive COVID Testing for AFRH" plan; and c. Formalize the "Widespread Infectious Disease Emergency Operations Plan" to ensure continuity of operations during this ongoing and future pandemics.
Rec. 2: The DoD OIG recommended that the Armed Forces Retirement Home Facility Administrators at Gulfport, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. formalize their respective facility's draft plan for the COVID-19 and quarantine units.