MANAGEMENT DECISIONS ON AUDIT REPORTS

NOT IMPLEMENTED WITHIN ONE YEAR

AS OF MARCH 31, 2006

Report Number/
Date Issued

Report Title

Management Improvements

Status of Final Action

Recommended

Implemented

ATF

 


OIG-01-077

06/06/01



ATF’s Investigative Case and Time Data Needs Improvement



7



6



The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) completed corrective actions. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) closed this audit report on April 6, 2006

04-06

11/18/03

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Headquarters Network Infrastructure Pursuant to the Federal Information Security Management Act Fiscal Year 2003

15

14

The ATF is establishing and implementing procedures to segment the Headquarters network infrastructure.

04-22

06/07/04

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2003

2

0

The OIG will assess the status of ATF’s corrective actions during the annual financial statement audit testing.

05-15

03/24/05

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2004

6

1

The OIG will assess the status of ATF’s corrective actions during the annual financial statement audit testing.

BOP

 


03-25

07/15/03



Select Application Controls Review of the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Sentry Database System



7



6



The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is configuring the SENTRY workstations to ensure that users with system authorization are restricted to only those areas that they have been authorized to access.

04-16

03/09/04

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Release Preparation and Transitional Reentry Programs

13

6

The BOP is strengthening its inmate release preparation and reentry programs to provide inmates the appropriate programs and necessary skills to successfully reenter their communities.

CRM

 


GR-40-04-008

08/27/04



Use of Equitable Sharing Revenues by the Villa Rica, Georgia Police Department



9



1



The Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (AFMLS) is working with the grantee to address the audit recommendations and to remedy the cost exceptions.

GR-50-04-009

09/24/04

Equitable Sharing Activities of the Marion County Justice Agency Marion County, Indiana

11

2

The AFMLS is coordinating with the grantee to address the audit recommendations and cost exceptions.

GR-70-05-007

01/12/05

Use of Equitable Sharing Assets by the Police Department of the City of Albany, New York

7

2

The AFMLS is working with the grantee to rectify the weaknesses identified by the OIG, remedy the cost exceptions, and compile the requisite supporting documentation.

DEA

 


03-35

09/30/03



The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act



7



5



The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is implementing s system to collect, analyze and report performance data. In addition, the DEA is developing procedures and controls for verifying the performance data.

04-17

03/16/04

Follow-up Audit of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Laboratory Operations

15

10

The DEA is implementing several initiatives to address security issues at the DEA forensic laboratories.

04-36

09/23/04

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Management of Enterprise Architecture and Information Technology Investments

7

4

The DEA is establishing a project management team to manage the Enterprise Architecture and its plan to apply the Government Accountability Office’s Maturity Model criteria and the metrics within the model.

EOUSA

 


02-11

03/29/02



Independent Evaluation Pursuant to the GISRA FY 2001 - The Executive Office for United States Attorneys Justice Consolidated Office

Network II



10



9



The Executive Office for United States Attorneys is implementing a centralized audit log review system. The audit can be closed upon completion of the system.

FBI

 


01-31

09/29/01



Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarter’s Information Systems Control Environment Fiscal Year 2000



29

  


13



The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is implementing various corrective actions to address the weaknesses identified by the OIG.

03-09

12/13/02

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Management of Information Technology Investments

30

27

The FBI is implementing measures designed to strengthen its investment management and the IT-related strategic planning and performance measurement activities.

03-37

09/30/03

Federal Bureau of Investigation Casework and Human Resource Allocation

7

5

The F BI is replacing the Automated Case Support (ACS) system with the Virtual Case File (VCF) system. All case related information will be migrated from the ACS into the VCF and made available to all authorized users.

04-04

11/13/03

Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters’ Information Systems Control Environment Fiscal Year 2002

12

5

The FBI is implementing various corrective actions to rectify weaknesses noted by the OIG.

04-18

03/31/04

Federal Bureau of Investigation Legal Attache Program

6

1

The FBI is implementing several corrective measures to strengthen its Legal Attache Program.

04-19

04/01/04

Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

3

1

The FBI will complete corrective actions once it receives final decisions from the Federal Communications Commission relating to recommended changes for the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.

04-37

09/24/04

Controls Over Accountable Property at the Baltimore Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

5

3

The FBI is conducting additional audits of field offices and providing additional training for the field divisions to address any noted deficiencies.

05-08

02/23/05

Federal Bureau of Investigation Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2004

12

10

The OIG will reassess the status of the open recommendations during the annual financial statement audit testing.

GR-30-04-005

07/13/04

Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities Baltimore City Police Department Crime Laboratory

8

0

The FBI is coordinating with the Baltimore City Police Department to address the deficiencies identified by the OIG.

GR-40-04-006

06/09/04

Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Division of Forensic Sciences Laboratory, Decatur, Georgia

4

3

The FBI is verifying that DNA profiles uploaded to the National DNA Index System include additional results obtained during additional testing.



JMD

 


01-01

11/06/00



Departmental Critical Infrastructure Protection 



4



1



The Justice Management Division (JMD) is compiling documentation related to the development of the Department’s mission essential inventory (MEI) and the completion of the related vulnerability assessments and remediation plans.

02-01

11/01/01

Departmental Critical Infrastructure Protection Planning for the Protection of Physical Infrastructure

3

0

JMD is working with the Departmental components to complete physical MEIs, vulnerability assessments and remedial plans.

02-12

03/29/02

Independent Evaluation Pursuant to Government Information Security Reform Act Fiscal Year 2001 - The Rockville and Dallas Data Centers

18

10

JMD is implementing corrective actions in the areas of software change management, segregation of duties, and password management.

02-21

06/10/02

Summary of the Independent Evaluation Pursuant to the Government Information Security Reform Act Fiscal Year 2001

7

0

JMD is implementing various initiatives to strengthen the Department’s IT security management and oversight activities.

02-26

07/25/02

Offices, Boards and Divisions Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2001

9

6

The OIG will evaluate the status of the open recommendations during the annual financial statement audit testing.

02-31

08/01/02

The Department of Justice’s Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers

13

11

JMD is compiling documentation pertaining to the Departmental components completion of physical inventory requirements and implementing procedures for the review and follow-up on the semiannual loss report.

04-05

11/13/03

Department Critical Infrastructure Protection Implementing Plans to Protect Cyber-based Infrastructure

26

16

JMD is working with the Departmental components to implement the management improvements recommended by the OIG.

OJP

 


02-15

03/29/02




Office of Justice Programs State and Local Domestic Preparedness Grant Programs



6



5



The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has completed most of the corrective actions; however, OJP is still redressing the questioned costs.

03-21

06/20/03

Office of Justice Programs Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2002

6

5

The OIG will reassess the status of the open recommendation during the annual financial statement audit testing.

04-34

09/14/04

Office of Justice Programs Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2003

7

6

The OIG will close this audit report when annual financial statement audit testing substantiates that all corrective measures have been implemented.

OJP/COPS

 


03-27

08/07/03



Streamlining of Administrative Activities and Federal Financial Assistance Functions in the Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services



8



3



OJP and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services are working together to rectify the deficiencies identified by the OIG.

USMS

 


03-26

07/30/03



United States Marshal Service Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2002



15



6



The OIG will assess the United States Marshals Service’s (USMS) progress in implementing corrective actions during the annual financial statement audit testing.

04-11

12/31/03

The United States Marshals Service’s Warrant Information Network and Marshals Network Pursuant to the Federal Information Security Management Act Fiscal Year 2003

26

21

The USMS has partially completed the encryption of passwords on the Marshals Network (MNET) roters. Since the Justice Unified Telecommunications Network (JUTNET) will provide for network password encryption, the USMS is deferrig encryption on the remaining MNET routers until JUTNET is implemented. The deployment of JUTNET has been delayed until late fiscal year 2006.

04-14

02/18/04

United States Marshals Service’s Prisoner Medical Care

17

13

The USMS secured funding from the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee for the proposed national managed care contract and is proceeding with contract negotiations.

04-29

08/06/04

Review of the United States Marshals Service’s Prisoner Tracking System

23

19

The USMS is converting the 94 USMS District offices to the new version of the Prisoner Tracking System (PTS). The conversion should be completed by the end of FY 2006. The USMS is also establishing segregation of duties for the maintenance of the PTS system.

04-33

09/09/04

United States Marshals Service Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2003

8

4

The OIG will ascertain the status of the USMS’s corrective actions during the annual financial statement audit testing.

05-13

03/22/05

United States Marshals Service Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2004

12

7

The OIG will assess the USMS’s implementation of corrective actions during the annual financial statement audit testing.

Multi-Component

 


01-12

03/21/01



Federal Cost Recovery and Program Monitoring in the Equitable Sharing Program



3



2



The Department is conducting a comprehensive cost recovery study to assess the Asset Forfeiture Program’s costs and cost recovery practices.

04-13

02/25/04

U.S. Department of Justice Annual Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2003

6

3

The OIG will determine the status of the Department’s corrective actions during the annual financial statement audit testing.

05-04

12/17/04

The Department of Justice Office of the Federal Detention Trustee

11

3

The Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is implementing several initiatives to clearly define the office’s role, mission and functions and to address various detention problems.

GR-50-98-012

04/02/98

Use of Department of Justice Funds by the Calumet Park, Illinois Police Department

4

0

OJP, COPS and the Criminal Division are working with the grantee to address the audit recommendations and remedy the cost exceptions.

COPS

 


Various



62 COPS Grantees



437



183



The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is working with the grantees to remedy the actual cost exceptions and compile the required documentation related to redeployment, retention, planning and supplanting.

Various

21 Single Audit Act Reports

65

23

COPS and OJP are working with the grantees to address the audit recommendations and remedy the cost exceptions.

OJP

 


Various



37 OJP Grantees 


322



127



OJP is coordinating with the grantees to address the audit recommendations and cost exceptions.

Various


37 Single Audit Act Reports

148

58

OJP is working with the grantees to rectify the weaknesses identified by the OIG and remedy the cost exceptions.