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1408 Privacy protection and confidentiality
1409 DEAP benefits policy
1410 Procedures for unregulated energy vendors
1411 Verification of the authenticity of energy vendors
1412 Training and technical assistance
1413 Audits of local administering agencies
1414 Each of these sections is addressed in the current LIHEAP State Plan, under attachment VIII, LIHEAP Program Integrity Plan. While all of these issues have been addressed by Delaware, they are not all operational. Many of the areas will require research and in some instances, funding in order to complete. In addition, HHS has established a special committee to address Program Integrity in LIHEAP and we are waiting for their recommendations to move forward on some of the areas included in the Program Integrity Plan (PIP). HHS has informed us that they are attempting to make some of these areas universally accessible for States via the federal government. Delaware is not totally relying on the PIP group to address all of these areas, as we’ve already begun to address and implement some of the measures as described in our PIP.