Review and update existing USP Canaan post orders to: (a) clarify expectations for Correctional Officers to conduct and document "frequent irregular rounds" in general population housing units, including when there are significant disruptions to normal operations, and (b) require supervisory review of round documentation to ensure rounds are being conducted.

When possible, place single-celled inmates who meet the BOP's increased suicide risk criteria with a cellmate if it is anticipated that inmate movement will be limited for an extended period in USP Canaan general population housing units. Further, facilitate for those inmates the same access to mental health treatment as would be available to similarly situated inmates housed in the Special Housing Unit.

Take corrective action, which should include retraining and increased supervision, to ensure that USP Canaan Front Lobby Officers, Screening Site Officers, and other relevant institution personnel consistently follow BOP policy to: (a) appropriately screen all items before they enter the institution, (b) conduct employee random pat searches, and (c) conduct visitor random pat searches.

Ensure that USP Canaan continues to improve the detection and removal of contraband in housing units and takes steps to ensure that employees remain vigilant to detect and deter the introduction of contraband.

Work with Union City to help ensure the equipment purchased using 2022 grant funds has been operationalized as expected and determine if additional actions or technical assistance is needed and appropriate under the grant.

Work with Union City to ensure that Union City prepares and submits progress reports with complete information, including relevant qualitative data, to enable the COPS Office to provide meaningful oversight.

Require Union City to develop and implement controls to ensure grant expenditure records area accurate and complete.

Coordinate with Union City to remedy $923,950 in unsupported equipment purchases.

Coordinate with Union City to remedy the unsupported equipment costs of $772,858.

Require Union City to improve its procurement manual to (1) include steps to help ensure all grant related procurements comply with the Uniform Guidance and (2) ensure the retention of necessary and sufficient records to support that grant procurements are executed in accordance with the Uniform Guidance and state and local requirements

Require Union City to revise its procurement procedures to (1) document contractor debarment and suspension checks and (2) include and implement standards of conduct covering conflicts of interest as required by the Uniform Guidance.

Ensure Union City develops and implements a compliant property management system for grant-funded equipment and a policy to complete physical inspections at least once every 2 years to safeguard equipment as defined by the DOJ Grants Financial Guide.

Evaluate NIJ's process for overseeing cooperative agreements, including the outcomes and lessons learned from this award, and develop and implement formalized guidance or a framework for NIJ award managers and scientists to follow for meeting its responsibility to have substantial involvement in cooperative agreements.

Request Purdue to provide a breakdown of how funds were used for each performance area, as specified in the award special condition, including those funds expended on the human subjects work that was terminated; and, following the submission of that report, assess the reasonability of the $1.9 million spent by Purdue and its subrecipients on the goals that were not completed.

Evaluate NIJ's implementation of the special condition requirement to ensure that awardees provide appropriately detailed information about how award funds were used by purpose area to allow NIJ to monitor award accomplishments and assess the reasonability of how funds were used to support award outcomes.

Develop and distribute policies and procedures that incorporate controls to identify, report, and mitigate risks and challenges associated with DOJ-funded research that includes providing technology to offenders at various stages of the criminal justice process.

Ensure Purdue develops and implements appropriate internal controls to submit Grant Award Modifications, as required, and verify compliance with award requirements that are assigned to and executed by subrecipients.

Ensure Purdue develops and implements policies and procedures related to requirements to maintain documentation in support of performance achievements and metrics contained in federal award performance reporting.

Ensure Purdue develops and implements comprehensive policies and procedures to ensure appropriate subrecipient oversight, including defined Principal Investigators roles and responsibilities.

Remedy the $49,398 in unallowable questioned costs related to conducting human subject work during periods where such work was not allowed.

Remedy the $13,700 in unallowable questioned costs related to unapproved subrecipient budget categories.

Remedy the $33,667 in unallowable questioned costs associated with the excess inventory.

Remedy $91,263 in funds to be put to better use.

Take appropriate steps to ensure that BJA staff and grantees receive appropriate guidance and direction related to subrecipient/contractor classifications.

Review the instances of approvals of unallowable costs and take appropriate steps to ensure that BJA personnel are aware of and recipients receive accurate guidance related to unallowable costs.

Require Newburyport to develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure performance reporting is limited to the work performed under the relevant award, as required.

Ensure Newburyport submits its FY 2023 and FY 2024 single audit reports and require Newburyport to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure the timely completion and submission of future single audit reports to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse

Require Newburyport to develop and implement policies and procedures related to subrecipient/contractor classifications.

Require Newburyport to develop and implement adequate policies and procedures for subrecipient management, to include assessing subrecipient risk, subrecipient monitoring, relevant special conditions, and reviewing subrecipient expenditures for allowability, appropriateness, and support.

Remedy $388,037 in unallowable costs, which consists of $233,850 in unallowable research partner costs, $139,619 in unallowable subrecipient costs, $5,750 in unallowable other direct costs, and $8,818 in unallowable supply costs