115 S2178 IS: Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2017 U.S. Senate 2017-11-30 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II115th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 2178IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESNovember 30, 2017Ms. Heitkamp (for herself and Mrs. Ernst) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsA BILLTo require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to make open recommendations of Inspectors General publicly available, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2017.

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Inspector General open recommendations database

Section 11(c) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5)

Open recommendations database

(A)

Definitions

In this paragraph— (i)the term designated Federal entity has the meaning given the term in section 8G(a)(2); and (ii)the term open recommendation means a recommendation— (I)issued by an Inspector General of an establishment or designated Federal entity and made publicly available; and (II)that has not been adopted or implemented by the establishment or designated Federal entity during the 1-year period following the date on which the recommendation was issued. (B)

Establishment of database

The Council shall establish and operate a publicly available database that— (i)is accessible via the website of the Council; and (ii)includes the information on open recommendations submitted by each Inspector General of an establishment or designated Federal entity under subparagraph (C). (C)

Contents

Not later than 1 year after the first semiannual reporting deadline described in section 5(a) that occurs after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and not less frequently than every 6 months thereafter, each Inspector General of an establishment or designated Federal entity shall submit to the Council, in a manner determined by the Council, the status and disposition of each open recommendation of the establishment or designated Federal entity, which shall include— (i)the number of recommendations issued by the Inspector General for the fiscal year; (ii)the number of recommendations described in clause (i) that are open recommendations; (iii)the title of each report in which an open recommendation was issued; (iv)the assigned number of each open recommendation, as designated within a report described in clause (iii); (v)a short description of each open recommendation; (vi)the date on which each open recommendation was submitted in final form to the head of the establishment or designated Federal entity; (vii)the current status of each open recommendation, such as whether the recommendation remains open or has been partially implemented, or if the establishment or designated Federal entity has expressed that the recommendation is expected to be implemented soon; (viii)if available, any comments of the Inspector General relating to why the recommendation remains open; (ix)if available, any response from the establishment or designated Federal entity relating to why the recommendation remains open; and (x)any other information as determined by the Council..