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  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    $601,578
    Remedy $601,578 in unsupported personnel expenditures.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    $4,848
    Remedy $4,848 in unallowable pre-award personnel and fringe expenditures.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Ensure AVP implements written policies and procedures to ensure personnel expenditures charged to its federal grants are based on records that accurately reflect work performed and support a reasonable allocation or distribution of costs among specific activities or cost objectives when recipients work on multiple grant programs or cost activities.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    $78,667
    Remedy $78,667 in unsupported fringe benefits expenditures.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Ensure AVP implements written policies and procedures to ensure fringe benefit expenditures are accurate and calculated correctly.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    $67,831
    Remedy $67,831 in unsupported other direct costs.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Ensure AVP implements written policies and procedures to ensure program costs are approved by OVW, allocable to the grant, and supported with adequate documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with its purchasing procedures and the federal grant requirements.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Prisons
    Develop a comprehensive strategic plan for transitioning to a fully digital security camera system that, among other things:a. identifies enhancements needed to address camera functionality and coverage deficiencies, b. provides cost projections and the BOP appropriations account to fund the upgrades, andc. includes an estimated timeline for completion of the work.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Ensure all identified series either have Notification Preference Forms on file or maintain complete information on the status of efforts to acquire the forms.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    The Department should modify existing policy concerning a DOJ attorney's participation in a criminal or civil investigation or prosecution in which a former client is a witness, subject, target, defendant, or party, to ensure that any such participation does not cause a reasonable person to question that attorney's impartiality.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    The Department should consider what requirements, guidance, and/or training should be provided to any incoming Department attorneys entering service regarding their handling of potential conflicts arising from their representation of clients arising from their representation of clients prior to joining DOJ.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Ensure that it regularly monitors and updates the Department's HR policies, to include: (a) converting interim policy to permanent policy within 1 year, as applicable; and (b) deconflicting policies that contradict or supersede other policies.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Prioritize its efforts to consolidate the Department's HR policies in a centralized location accessible to components and incorporate the relevant policies into DOJ Order 1200.1, as appropriate.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Reassess its policies to more precisely describe for FBI employees when they are required to promptly contact and coordinate with applicable state and local law enforcement and social service agencies after receiving allegations of crimes against children that potentially fall under state jurisdiction, even when the allegations also potentially fall within the FBI's jurisdiction.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Clarify its policies as to what type of file FBI employees should use to retain documentation received during Pre-Assessment activities that continue for more than 5 days.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Train FBI employees on the policies discussed in the first three recommendations and any changes made to them.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Prisons
    The BOP should ensure that alarms on all exterior building doors in FPCs and SPCs are in working condition and should take appropriate measures to prevent them from being susceptible to tampering.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Prisons
    The BOP should ensure that all existing video cameras in FPCs and SPCs are in working condition.
  • Resolved
    Federal Bureau of Prisons
    The BOP should install video cameras on all exterior building doors at FPCs and SPCs, so that BOP Control Officers can observe the doors while Camp Officers are occupied with performing their duties, such as inmate counts.
  • Resolved
    Drug Enforcement Administration
    Examine ways to implement the use of secure, internal network connections to transfer data between LIMS and other work systems with the goal of implementing a more secure method of data transfer than relying on external storage devices.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Require the Chicago PD to perform an in-depth review of its equitable sharing financial
    activity and either: (1) provide detailed documentation to support its existing FY 2019 and
    FY 2020 ESAC submissions, or (2) submit amended ESACs along with detailed documentation
    to support the balance and expenditure figures reported.
  • On Hold/Pending with OIG
    Other Component
    [Description omitted; CSOSA has determined that this recommendation contains information that is limited official use or classified.]
  • On Hold/Pending with OIG
    Other Component
    [Description omitted; CSOSA has determined that this recommendation contains information that is limited official use or classified.]
  • On Hold/Pending with OIG
    Other Component
    [Description omitted; CSOSA has determined that this recommendation contains information that is limited official use or classified.]
  • On Hold/Pending with OIG
    Other Component
    [Description omitted; CSOSA has determined that this recommendation contains information that is limited official use or classified.]
  • Resolved
    United States Marshals Service
    Clarify officer safety-related training requirements for operational personnel, including Task Force Officers, and ensure that the requirements are clearly established in policy.
  • Resolved
    United States Marshals Service
    Ensure that the Training Division provides consistent and prompt assistance to those districts that do not have an assigned Tactical Training Officer.
  • Resolved
    United States Marshals Service
    Ensure that all Tactical Training Officers receive skills sustainment training.
  • Resolved
    United States Marshals Service
    Ensure that the new After-Action Review policy is implemented so that all critical incidents stemming from operations led by and/or involving U.S. Marshals Service personnel are reviewed for lessons learned and used to update and adjust officer safety-related training.
  • Resolved
    United States Marshals Service
    Consider including other Department of Justice law enforcement components in operational reviews of critical incidents, including but not limited to the new After-Action Review process, to allow for mutual awareness and improvements to officer safety-related training across components.