Budget justification writer must resolve whether the RIA would survive OIRA

Situation

In a cabinet agency defending a budget increase, performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems is the evidence after an IG draft that will go public Thursday. Budget justification writer has to pick Pay or continue or Recoup for this Government Budget and Performance close using performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems.

Decision

Budget justification writer in a cabinet agency defending a budget increase must choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold using performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems after an IG draft that will go public Thursday.

Hypotheses to test

• Performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems reads as Pay or continue once an IG draft that will go public Thursday is lined up to the same Government population.
• Performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems is closer to Recoup after an IG draft that will go public Thursday; Pay or continue would over-claim this Budget and Performance extract.
• Deny is still live in performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems for budget justification writer in a cabinet agency defending a budget increase.
• Performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems is missing the fact budget justification writer needs after an IG draft that will go public Thursday; stop this Government close.

Analysis required

• Test a single-case exception versus a control gap in a cabinet agency defending a budget increase.
• Check notice and appeal timing around an IG draft that will go public Thursday.
• Trace the audit trail budget justification writer would produce for oversight.
• For this Government Budget and Performance file, read performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems against an IG draft that will go public Thursday and write the one fact that would move the RIA would survive for budget justification writer.

Recommendation

Choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold on this Government / Budget and Performance packet (performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems after an IG draft that will go public Thursday). If performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems cannot force a Government label under Budget and Performance, stop. If performance-measure set that cannot be produced from systems after an IG draft that will go public Thursday cannot support Pay or continue versus Recoup on this Government Budget and Performance close, budget justification writer must do not pay, recoup, or deny beyond the eligibility record.