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Bureau of Indian Education: Improved Oversight of Schools' COVID-19 Spending is Needed
GAO-24-105451
Mar 27, 2024
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4 Open Recommendations
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Bureau of Indian Education The Director of BIE should establish controls to ensure that staff consistently follow agency standard procedures when schools and other BIE grantees do not submit timely single audit reports. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Bureau of Indian Education The Director of BIE should establish controls to ensure staff document their monitoring of high-risk schools' COVID spending and consistently report whether schools followed agency requirements for using these funds. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Bureau of Indian Education The Director of BIE should update its strategic workforce plan to build its capacity to conduct all annual fiscal reviews of schools that are designated as high risk, as required by its policy. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Bureau of Indian Education The Director of BIE should work with BIA to establish controls to ensure that BIE staff responsible for monitoring purchase card activity at BIE-operated schools consistently use Interior's required monitoring tool and procedures. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Grants: AmeriCorps Should Take Multiple Actions to Better Manage Fraud Risks
GAO-24-106564
Mar 13, 2024
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AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should develop, document, and communicate an antifraud strategy for its grant programs based on a fraud risk profile that aligns with leading practices for fraud risk management. (Recommendation 7)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should require grantees to take its fraud awareness training. (Recommendation 8)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should include the benefits and costs of collecting data on volunteers and all subgrants as it explores the feasibility of antifraud data analytics. (Recommendation 9)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should include the anticipated effects of its systems modernization efforts as it explores the feasibility of antifraud data analytics. (Recommendation 10)
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AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should establish a process to plan regular fraud risk assessments in its grant programs that align with leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should require future fraud risk assessments in its grant programs to identify specific inherent fraud risks. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Environmental Cleanup: DOD Should Communicate Future Costs for Red Hill Remediation and Closure
GAO-24-106185
Feb 14, 2024
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1 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should expand the information available to Congress regarding the agency's fiscal exposure related to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility by clearly identifying anticipated costs for defueling, remediating, and closing Red Hill in supplemental reports or other budget materials, updating the information as more is learned. (Recommendation 1)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOD agreed with this recommendation and discussed planned implementation steps. Specifically, as planned site assessments are completed and closure and remediation plans receive regulatory approval, estimable cost projections will be incorporated and communicated through the normal budget process. The action that DOD described, if implemented effectively, would address our recommendation.

COVID-19 Relief: Treasury Could Improve Its Administration and Oversight of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
GAO-24-106027
Dec 14, 2023
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should comprehensively assess staffing needs for the Contact Center to ensure that it is able to respond timely to SLFRF recipient requests for assistance and with information that meets their needs. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should update and implement the agency's documented policies and procedures for monitoring recipients' use of SLFRF awards to reflect lessons learned from reviewing recipients' project and expenditure reports. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should conduct timely systematic reviews of SLFRF recipients' single audit reports and document the results of those reviews. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should issue timely management decisions related to SLFRF findings in accordance with OMB's single audit guidance. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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