Indian Health Services' Resolution of Audit Recommendations, A-07-06-03077

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Office of Inspector General D.C. 20201 Washington, TO: Charles W. Grim, D.D.S., M.H.S.A. Director Indian Health Service H FROM: y~e~ut~Inspector General for Audit Services SUBJECT: Indian Health Service's Resolution of Audit Recommendations (A-07-06-03077) Attached is our final report examining the Indian Health Service's (IHS) resolution of audit recommendations. Pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-50, section 8.a(2), and other authorities, IHS is responsible for resolving Federal and non-Federal audit report recommendations related to its activities, grantees, and contractors within 6 months after formal receipt of the reports. Monthly stewardship reports that the Office of Inspector General prepares and forwards to IHS show the status of those recommendations. Our review covered the 9,493 audit recommendations identified in stewardship reports for calendar years (CY) 2003-2005. Our objectives were to determine whether IHS had (1) resolved all audit recommendations as of December 3 1,2005, and (2) resolved audit recommendations in a timely manner during CYs 2003-2005. As of December 3 1,2005, IHS had not resolved 6,653 audit recommendations, of which 94 percent were past due for resolution. During CYs 2003-2005, IHS resolved 2,840 of the 9,493 audit recommendations that were outstanding during this period. However, it did not resolve 2,727 of the 2,840 recommendations within the required ...