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As of June 13, 2024, there are 5146 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 454 of these are priority recommendations, those that we believe warrant priority attention. Learn more about our priority designation on our Recommendations page.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Improved Oversight Processes Needed to Help Agencies Address Program Deficiencies

GAO-24-105874
Dawn Locke
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Chair of the EEOC should ensure that the Office of Federal Operations improves or automates existing tracking processes for monitoring agencies' timely completion of Management Directive 715 reports. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Chair of the EEOC should ensure that the Office of Federal Operations enhances its ability to compile and analyze information gathered from its Technical Assistance reviews. For example, EEOC could automate existing features to analyze deficiencies contained in agency Management Directive 715 reports to help it identify EEO trends. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Chair of the EEOC should ensure that the Office of Federal Operations requires staff to record the information obtained through Technical Assistance reviews, including all deficiencies, using the same tracking tool consistently. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Chair of the EEOC should ensure that the Office of Federal Operations develops and implements criteria and guidelines for invoking its public notification procedures related to agency noncompliance as stated in Management Directive 110. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

DHS Hiring: Additional Actions Needed to Enhance Vetting Processes Across the Department

GAO-24-106153
Christopher P. Currie
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Homeland Security The DHS Chief Human Capital Officer should clearly disclose data limitations and associated assumptions it made when compiling time-to-hire data from components when reporting to OPM. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Homeland Security The DHS Chief Security Officer should ensure that the IT vetting system that is under development includes enhanced capabilities, such as being able to track information for DHS priority positions and distinguish between different types of reciprocity. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Homeland Security The DHS Under Secretary for Management should ensure that component personnel tasked with implementing hiring and vetting are included in working groups and other applicable forums regarding human capital and personnel security so that practices that support faster entry on duty determinations can be regularly shared. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Homeland Security The DHS Under Secretary for Management should develop a candidate experience framework for personnel vetting that implements the DHS-wide customer experience strategy and is aligned with Trusted Workforce 2.0 objectives and other federal guidance. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

State Department: Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Should Better Track Its Performance

GAO-24-106238
Dr. Nagla’a El-Hodiri
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for CSO requires a target for each of the bureau's performance indicators. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for CSO fully documents CSO's performance management process, such as steps used in the annual strategic review, including the annual assessments of targets and data reliability. (Recommendation 2)
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Drones: Actions Needed to Better Support Remote Identification in the National Airspace

GAO-24-106158
Heather Krause
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Federal Aviation Administration The Administrator of FAA should develop resources to help tribal, state, and local law enforcement use Remote ID. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Federal Aviation Administration The Administrator of FAA should develop a plan and timeline for deploying FAA's interface in collaboration with DHS and DOJ. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should develop a plan and timeline for deploying its Remote ID app in collaboration with FAA and DOJ. (Recommendation 3)
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Federal Aviation Administration The Administrator of FAA should identify a path forward for how to provide real-time, networked data about the location and status of drones. This could include identifying and assessing short-term and long-term options and clarifying roles and responsibilities. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Veterans Health Care: Opportunities Exist to Improve Assessment of Network Adequacy for Mental Health

GAO-24-106410
Alyssa M. Hundrup
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Veterans Affairs The Undersecretary for Health should assess the risks associated with VA's methodology for calculating specialty care network adequacy and revise its approach accordingly. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Veterans Affairs The Undersecretary for Health should ensure that VA facility staff systematically capture the reasons for community care appointment scheduling challenges and use this information to help address those challenges. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

DOD Financial Management: Additional Steps Needed to Guide Future Systems Transitions

GAO-24-106313
Asif A. Khan, Vijay A. D'Souza
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the USD(C)/CFO, the DAI program, and other DOD components, as appropriate, revise the DAI standard operating procedures to include all costs when developing future DAI cost estimates. This cost estimate should document all life-cycle costs, including costs associated with bringing new user components into the DAI system. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the USD(C)/CFO, the Marine Corps, and other DOD components, as appropriate, include all remaining effort in the schedule for the remaining tasks associated with the Marine Corps' full transition to DAI, which appropriately accounts for program complexity. This schedule should document all remaining effort needed to complete the Marine Corps' stabilization phase and transition to normal operations in DAI if the Marine Corps does not meet its planned completion date. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the USD(C)/CFO, the DAI program, and other DOD components, as appropriate, develop schedule estimates for future user components migrating to DAI that include all new user components' efforts, activities, and complex financial transactions, and that identify DAI's capability to process those transactions. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the USD(C)/CFO, the DAI program, and other DOD components, as appropriate, establish performance metrics for new user components that address all elements described by the leading practices discussed in this report. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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