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As of May 16, 2024, there are 5119 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 413 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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Military Justice: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms

GAO-24-106165
Brenda S. Farrell
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, in conjunction with the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, collects and maintains staffing data on actual Marine Corps staff assigned to litigation positions compared to authorized positions and considers including such information in the Marine Corps' annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 32)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the Air Force Judge Advocate General collects and maintains staffing data on actual staff assigned to litigation positions compared to authorized positions and considers including such information in the Air Force's annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 33)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretaries of the Military Departments collaborate to develop a standardized suite of performance measures that measure the effectiveness of the military justice career path in achieving desired outcomes. (Recommendation 34)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretaries of the Military Departments collaborate to develop and implement an evaluation plan that employs performance measures to systematically evaluate the extent of the effectiveness of the military justice career paths and consider including such information in their annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce reports to Congress. (Recommendation 35)
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NASA Cybersecurity: Plan Needed to Update Spacecraft Acquisition Policies and Standards

GAO-24-106624
William Russell, Kevin Walsh
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
National Aeronautics and Space Administration The NASA Administrator should ensure that the Chief Engineer, the Chief Information Officer, and the Principal Advisor for Enterprise Protection develop an implementation plan with time frames to update its spacecraft acquisition policies and standards to incorporate essential controls required to protect against cyber threats. (Recommendation 1)
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Foreign Assistance: USAID Should Strengthen Risk Management in Conflict Zones

GAO-24-106192
Latesha Love-Grayer
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9 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that BHA conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its responses in Nigeria, Somalia, and Ukraine and develops response-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 1)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that CPS conducts a comprehensive assessment of fraud risks relevant to its program in Ukraine and develops a program-specific fraud risk profile based on that assessment. (Recommendation 2)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Nigeria mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 3)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Somalia mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 4)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Ukraine mission conducts comprehensive assessments of fraud risks relevant to its programs and develops program-specific fraud risk profiles based on those assessments. (Recommendation 5)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the USAID Somalia mission develops a risk-based process for conducting financial reviews. (Recommendation 6)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the Assistant to the Administrator of the Bureau for Planning, Learning, and Resource Management updates its third-party monitoring guidance to incorporate methods for detecting fiduciary, counterterrorism- or sanctions-related, and security risks into third-party monitoring contracts. (Recommendation 7)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should ensure that the Assistant to the Administrator of the Bureau for Planning, Learning, and Resource Management creates guidance based on a review of available remote monitoring tools for USAID missions to detect fiduciary, counterterrorism- or sanctions-related, and security risks in nonpermissive environments. (Recommendation 8)
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U.S. Agency for International Development The USAID Administrator should develop a mechanism for systematically sharing lessons learned among conflict-affected missions related to the management of risks that are common across conflict zones. (Recommendation 9)
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IT Modernization: Census Bureau Needs Reliable Cost and Schedule Estimates

GAO-24-105979
Kevin Walsh
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5 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should direct the Director of the Census Bureau to ensure that the CEDSCI program consistently documents user stories to ensure bidirectional traceability with requirements. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should direct the Director of the Census Bureau to ensure that the CEDSCI program develops reliable cost estimates using best practices described in GAO's Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide, in particular those practices related to the comprehensive and credible characteristics. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should direct the Director of the Census Bureau to ensure that the CEDSCI program develops its schedule using the best practices described in GAO's Schedule Assessment Guide. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should direct the Director of the Census Bureau to ensure that the OCIO incorporates key elements, such as time frames, into its DevSecOps strategy and finalizes it in a timely manner. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should direct the Director of the Census Bureau to ensure that the American Community Survey program develops a plan, including time frames, for the steps they intend to take to determine the most appropriate methods to protect respondent privacy in the publicly available data releases. (Recommendation 5)
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Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability and Management of Ship Crewing Data

GAO-24-105811
Diana Maurer
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet amend guidance to require documentation of the review process—to include the factors they consider—when determining whether enlisted crewing target levels should be adjusted. (Recommendation 1)
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