# HHSOIG - A-04-20-02027 - 24-A-04-007.04
> **Open** recommendation · 2023-10-24
**Report:** CDC's Internal Control Weaknesses Led to Its Initial COVID-19 Test Kit Failure, but CDC Ultimately Created a Working Test Kit ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/39427))
**OIG report number:** A-04-20-02027
**Recommendation number:** 24-A-04-007.04
## Text
We recommend that CDC re-evaluate the IMS structure at all levels of CDC's response framework and integrate positions or roles and responsibilities that provide effective oversight of a response effort, including a laboratory-based response effort.
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