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As of June 1, 2024, there are 5143 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 418 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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Coast Guard: Aircraft Fleet and Aviation Workforce Assessments Needed

GAO-24-106374
Heather Macleod
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should assess the number of helicopters the Coast Guard requires to meet its mission demands, as part of a fleet mix analysis. (Recommendation 4)
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DHS concurred with this recommendation. In response to our report, DHS noted that Coast Guard already determined that it requires a minimum of 127 helicopters. However, as noted in our report, the Coast Guard's determination is based on flight hours and did not consider, for example, how having a smaller fleet size would affect its ability to sustain surge operations. We maintain that Coast Guard can benefit from further analysis to determine the number of helicopters needed. We will continue monitoring Coast Guard's efforts to address this recommendation.
United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should assess and determine the aviation workforce levels it requires to meet its mission needs. (Recommendation 5)
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DHS concurred with this recommendation. In response to our report, DHS noted that Coast Guard will begin the process to determine the aviation workforce needed for all air stations in May 2024. We will continue monitoring Coast Guard's efforts to address this recommendation.

College Athletics: Education Should Improve Its Title IX Enforcement Efforts

GAO-24-105994
Melissa Emrey-Arras
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Office for Civil Rights regularly analyzes available Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act data and expands its use of the data for oversight activities, consistent with available resources. (Recommendation 1)
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Education agreed with this recommendation and stated that it will continue reviewing EADA data in support of enforcement activities, as appropriate, dependent on available staff and other resources. Education provided an example in which it recently relied on EADA data to resolve a case. We agree that EADA data can be helpful in resolving specific cases. However, the intent of our recommendation is for Education to periodically analyze EADA data for more proactive and broader oversight activities, such as the examples we provide in our report. We continue to believe that Education should
Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Office for Civil Rights establishes agency timeliness goals for reviewing monitoring reports and for responding to colleges during monitoring of Title IX athletics cases. (Recommendation 2)
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Education neither agreed nor disagreed with this recommendation, stating that it has already implemented it. Specifically, Education cited a provision in its performance plans for investigative staff that staff should routinely determine compliance with respect to submitted monitoring reports within 90 days of receipt, on average. We acknowledge Education's performance standards for investigative staff, but these are not the same as having overall agency timeliness goals and performance. To implement this recommendation, Education should establish overall agency timeliness goals for reviewing
Department of Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Office for Civil Rights requires staff to consistently record due dates in the case management system for responding to colleges' monitoring reports in Title IX athletics cases. Management should use information from the case management system to evaluate response times against established timeliness goals. (Recommendation 3)
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Education agreed with this recommendation and said that it would routinely record due dates in the case management system for responding to colleges' Title IX athletics monitoring reports. In addition, Education stated it will also periodically review information from the case management system to evaluate response time frames, as appropriate. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.

Indian Health Service: Opportunities Exist to Improve Clinician Screening Adherence and Oversight

GAO-24-106230
Michelle Rosenberg
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Indian Health Service The Director of IHS should develop a single, authoritative source that clearly defines the procedures and steps to meet national credentialing and privileging requirements. (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.
Indian Health Service The Director of IHS should develop and implement a process to review and update the single, authoritative source of credentialing and privileging requirements, once developed, to ensure that it is updated in a timely manner to reflect any changes in those requirements. (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.
Indian Health Service The Director of IHS should implement regular monitoring of areas' and facilities' adherence to IHS's credentialing and privileging requirements by headquarters officials. Such monitoring could include, headquarter officials conducting audits or reviews of a sample of credentialing and privileging files, and regular reviews of audits conducted by area offices and facilities. (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.

Roadside Safety: DOT Should Update Public Awareness Materials on Move Over Laws

GAO-24-106216
Elizabeth (Biza) Repko
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The NHTSA Administrator should update NHTSA's public awareness materials on states' Move Over laws, such as banners and other graphics, to more fully reflect the range of vehicles that states' laws cover, such as highway maintenance or construction, utility, trash, and disabled vehicles. (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.

Gas Pipeline Safety: Better Data and Planning Would Improve Implementation of Regulatory Changes

GAO-24-106690
Elizabeth (Biza) Repko
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration The Administrator of PHMSA should, as PHMSA considers possible changes to the potential impact radius calculation, evaluate what additional data are needed from operators to better understand the actual impact of pipeline incidents. (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.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration The Administrator of PHMSA should develop an implementation plan for the remaining activities for the 2022 final rule that includes clear objectives, timelines, and an outreach strategy. (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.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration The Administrator of PHMSA should update the 2019 and 2022 Gas Transmission Final Rule Implementation web pages to increase accessibility to rule implementation information. (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.

Nuclear Power Plants: NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of Climate Change

GAO-24-106326
Frank Rusco
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Chair of the NRC should direct NRC staff to assess whether its licensing and oversight processes adequately address the potential for increased risks to nuclear power plants from climate change. (Recommendation 1)
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In its response to our draft report, NRC stated that this recommendation is consistent with actions that are either underway or under development. NRC stated that the NRC staff plans to review the recently released Fifth National Climate Assessment under NRC's Process for the Ongoing Assessment of Natural Hazard Information and will determine how the updated information can best inform the oversight of existing licensed power plants. In addition, the National Climate Assessment review may inform actions and guidance related to the licensing of new and existing facilities.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Chair of the NRC should direct NRC staff to develop, finalize, and implement a plan to address any gaps identified in its assessment of existing processes. (Recommendation 2)
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In response to our draft report, NRC stated that this recommendation is consistent with actions that are either underway or under development. NRC stated that based on the review of the Fifth National Climate Assessment conducted to implement recommendation 1, NRC will develop a plan for gaps identified, if specific gaps are found.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Chair of the NRC should direct NRC staff to develop and finalize guidance on incorporating climate projections data into relevant processes, including what sources of climate projections data to use and when and how to use climate projections data. (Recommendation 3)
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In response to our draft report, NRC stated that this recommendation is consistent with actions that are either underway or under development. Specifically, NRC stated that it has programs for the development and maintenance of guidance for both the staff and the regulated community, which include where consideration of climate projection data might be important. NRC further stated that it will decide how best to make use of the Fifth National Climate Assessment and other climate change-related resources through NRC's Process for the Ongoing Assessment of Natural Hazard Information.

Ukraine: Status of Foreign Assistance

GAO-24-106884
Latesha Love-Grayer
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance and the Comptroller implement improvements to financial systems of record to separately, more systematically, and comprehensively track the allocation, obligation, and disbursement of foreign assistance funding provided in response to the crisis in Ukraine, to include base funds allocated to areas outside of Ukraine and exclude supplemental funds that were not allocated in response to the Ukraine crisis. (Recommendation 1)
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State concurred with our recommendation. As of March 2024, State was considering ways to automate and improve its tracking of foreign assistance in response to the crisis in Ukraine. For example, State is actively designing a custom financial report that should provide allocation, obligation, and expenditure data.

Driver Assistance Technologies: NHTSA Should Take Action to Enhance Consumer Understanding of Capabilities and Limitations

GAO-24-106255
Andrew Von Ah
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should communicate to the public on NHTSA's website for vehicle rating information the test conditions and performance criteria NHTSA uses to determine if a vehicle's crash avoidance technologies qualify for a checkmark on the website. (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.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should provide more information on NHTSA's public website about partial driving automation systems to clarify the scope of intended use and the driver's responsibility to monitor the system and the driving environment while such a system is engaged. (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.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should finalize NHTSA's roadmap for NCAP as soon as possible and include updated and realistic near-term and long-term time frames for changes to NCAP. (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.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should communicate progress on meeting time frames established in its roadmap for recommending four additional crash avoidance technologies and provide updated milestones and reasons for delays as needed. (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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