Evaluate existing electronic devices used for inmate screening to identify whether they are functioning as intended, and, if necessary, implement any needed adjustments or upgrades.

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Document the delineation of the roles and responsibilities of USTP personnel and its contractors in requesting, approving, and documenting debtor audit extensions.

Re-evaluate aged seized digital assets to consider whether risks of misstatement related to accurate valuation, existence, and ownership of assets have been adequately addressed considering the evolving nature of digital asset seizures. Based on the results of the evaluation, design and implement processes, procedures, and controls to appropriately account for aged digital assets. (New)

Assess reconciliation, financial reporting review, and other monitoring controls to increase the precision with which period end financial reporting is performed, including the identification and investigation of significant variances for all financial statements. (New)

Determine whether a secure enclosure in which an inmate's movement is significantly restricted due to its size is considered a restraint and, if so, update its policies to make this clear.

Amend its policies to address secure enclosures, including the appropriate use(s) of a secure enclosure, the physical dimensions of an appropriate secure enclosure, the approvals required for using secure enclosures as temporary holding cells, how inmates should be monitored and treated while confined in secure enclosures, and how long an inmate may be kept in a secure enclosure.

Remedy the $301,222 in unsupported questioned costs for Grant Number 2019-VM-BX-00014.

Remedy the remaining balance of Grant Number 2019-VM-BX-0014 totaling $191,690 in funds to be put to better use.

In coordination with the BOP and USMS: (a) evaluate what use-of-force requirements and restrictions should apply to custodial situations, and (b) ensure these requirements are incorporated into DOJ, BOP, and USMS policies.

Evaluate components' determination on the applicability of DOJ's 2021 Restraint and "No Knock" Guidance and 2022 Use-of-Force Policy to task force officers and contractors acting in a law enforcement capacity to ensure that legal and operational risks are adequately mitigated.

Involve all participating federal components in a review of its KPIs, revise those KPIs that need clarification, include disincentives where appropriate, retain supporting documentation on the development of the performance measures, and work with Leidos to modify the contract.

Implement procedures to conduct periodic assessments to determine how current KPIs could be modified and whether new KPIs should be added to adequately address the government's need.

Work with Leidos to ensure its monthly status reports accurately summarize its performance,
technical progress, and challenges, as required.

Implement procedures to ensure federal components review and identify inaccuracies and
incompleteness in Leidos' monthly status reports.

Remedy $76,929 in unsupported costs charged to the subawards.

1. The BOP should implement a process for assigning a cellmate following suicide watch or psychological observation, with criteria for exceptions based on the particular individual or security considerations.

2. The BOP should establish procedures to ensure inmates at high risk for suicide and for whom a cellmate is recommended will continue to have a cellmate until the recommendation is changed or rescinded, including establishing a contingency plan for cellmate re-assignment, with criteria for exceptions based on the particular individual or security considerations.

3. The BOP should evaluate its current process for obtaining and documenting approval for social or legal visits while an inmate is on suicide watch or psychological observation, which allows for institution-specific variations in the process, and provide guidance on standard components that each institution should include in its process to mitigate security issues that can arise when an inmate is on suicide watch or psychological observation.

4. The BOP should evaluate its methods of accounting for inmate whereabouts and wellbeing and make changes as may be appropriate to improve those methods through policy, training, or other measures.

5. BOP policy should clarify what is required of a Lieutenant when conducting a round.

6. The BOP should continue to develop and implement plans to address staffing shortages at its prisons.

8. The BOP should enhance existing policies regarding institutional security camera systems to ensure they specifically state that such systems must have the capacity to record video and that BOP institutions must conduct regular security camera system functionality checks.