We are pleased to present the Compendium of Unimplemented Office of Inspector General Recommendations (Compendium). The Compendium consolidates significant1 unimplemented monetary and nonmonetary recommendations addressed to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to provide information to interested parties about outstanding recommendations that, if implemented, have the potential to result in cost savings and improvements to program efficiency and effectiveness. These recommendations resulted from our audits and evaluations that were performed pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. Our recommendations require one of, or a combination of, three types of actions: legislative, regulatory, or administrative. Some issues involve more than one type of action. OIG performs routine follow-up with HHS and its operating and staff divisions to determine the status of actions being taken in response to our recommendations. This publication includes information about selected recommendations that had not been fully implemented as of September 30, 2009.

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