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Single Audits: Interior and Treasury Need to Improve Their Oversight of COVID-19 Relief Funds Provided to Tribal Entities
GAO-25-106741
Nov 07, 2024
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should develop and implement procedures to identify tribal recipients that did not submit required single audit reports when due and follow up with those recipients. (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 Interior The Secretary of the Interior should develop and implement procedures for tracking the implementation of corrective action plans, including tracking repeat single audit findings, to ensure that tribal recipients take appropriate and timely action to correct single audit findings. (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 develop and implement procedures to use metrics to improve the effectiveness of Treasury's process for following up on audit findings, including developing baselines and targets, tracking the implementation of corrective action plans, and sharing the metrics with OCA's Chief Operating Officer. (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.

DOD Financial Management: Action Needed to Enhance Workforce Planning
GAO-25-105286
Oct 10, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to coordinate with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Secretaries of the military departments (Army, Air Force, and Navy) and the Director of DFAS to develop a strategy for identifying the specific functions performed by contractors supporting the financial management workforce to help identify workforce needs and to help inform future competency and capability assessments. (Recommendation 1)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOD did not agree with the recommendation and stated the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)) does not dictate nor require a specific number of full-time equivalent contract personnel, with specific skillsets, for each separate contract. That determination is made by the respective contractor and based off the desired outcome the requirement owner is seeking within the scope of the contract. However, we maintain that OUSD(C), the military departments, and DFAS should know what specific financial management functions contractor personnel are performing and what skills are required to perform these functions in order to conduct a comprehensive workforce needs assessment. Therefore, our recommendation was modified to clarify our intent and allow DOD the necessary latitude to implement it in a way that helps improve its financial management workforce, which is particularly important as DOD works to remediate audit issues and work toward obtaining a clean opinion on its financial statements. We will follow-up with DOD on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to coordinate with the Director of Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS) and the Secretaries of the military departments and develop written procedures for succession planning for their financial management workforce. (Recommendation 2)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOD agreed with this recommendation, but requested it be directed to the Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS), which is responsible for developing and implementing written succession planning procedures. We will follow-up with DOD on actions to address this recommendation.

Financial Management: DOD Has Identified Benefits of Financial Statement Audits and Could Expand Its Monitoring
GAO-24-106890
Sep 24, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) considers opportunities to collect and share additional information on financial and operational outcomes and lessons learned resulting from audit remediation efforts. (Recommendation 1)
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DOD concurred with this recommendation. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Older Americans Act: Agencies Should Take Steps to Better Manage Fraud Risks
GAO-24-107391
Sep 17, 2024
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Administration for Community Living The Administrator of ACL should designate an entity to design and oversee fraud risk management activities in its Older Americans Act programs. This should include documenting the roles, responsibilities, and authorities for those leading fraud risk management activities. (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.
Administration for Community Living The Administrator of ACL should establish a policy for regular fraud risk assessments in its Older Americans Act programs that aligns with the leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. (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.
Administration for Community Living The Administrator of ACL should identify inherent fraud risks in its Older Americans Act programs. (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.
Administration for Community Living The Administrator of ACL should assess the likelihood and impact of inherent fraud risks in its Older Americans Act programs. (Recommendation 4)
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Administration for Community Living The Administrator of ACL should determine a fraud risk tolerance for its Older Americans Act programs. (Recommendation 5)
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Administration for Community Living The Administrator of ACL should examine the suitability of existing fraud controls and prioritize residual fraud risks in its Older Americans Act programs. (Recommendation 6)
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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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