This page contains information about recommendations that remain open because the OIG determined that the the Department had not fully implemented corrective actions. The OIG reports the funds put to better use, questioned costs, restitution, funds returned to the Department, and penalties and court costs associated with all recommendations in its Semiannual Reports to Congress.
Open Recommendations
Refine the policies and procedures of the control governing manual review of census data prior to submissions to allow for a narrower degree of precision required to detect and correct errors or discrepancies between LBNL and Redwood in a timely manner
Enhance and implement existing polices and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatements presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.
We recommend that the Director, Office of Finance and Accounting, and the Office of Science’s Designated Financial Officer enhance and implement existing policies and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatement presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.
Enhance and implement existing polices and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatements presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.
We recommend that the Director, Office of Finance and Accounting, and the Office of Science’s Designated Financial Officer enhance and implement existing policies and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatement presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.
We recommend that the Manager, PPPO:7. Enhance communication down and across the entity's reporting line to readily obtain and provide evidence necessary to support the internal controls systems and demonstrate that "stale" undelivered order balances are still valid as of the year-end financial reporting date.
We recommend that the Manager, PPPO:7. Enhance communication down and across the entity's reporting line to readily obtain and provide evidence necessary to support the internal controls systems and demonstrate that "stale" undelivered order balances are still valid as of the year-end financial reporting date.
Update the vulnerability remediation process to ensure vulnerabilities are appropriately monitored and patches are applied in a timely manner.
Enhance operational vulnerability management procedures to ensure vulnerabilities that cannot be patched, such as configuration weaknesses and unsupported software, are investigated and resolved in a timely manner.
Enhance operational vulnerability management procedures to ensure vulnerabilities that cannot be patched, such as configuration weaknesses and unsupported software, are investigated and resolved in a timely manner.