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As of May 29, 2024, there are 5148 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 411 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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Foreign Assistance: USAID Should Strengthen Risk Management in Conflict Zones

GAO-24-106192
Latesha Love-Grayer
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8 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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Higher Education: Education Could Improve Information on Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

GAO-24-105614
Elizabeth Curda
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Education The Secretary of Education should encourage state and local educational agencies to disseminate resources to assist IEP teams in informing students with disabilities who are considering postsecondary education about the importance of self-advocacy in obtaining accommodations in college. (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 Education The Secretary of Education should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights provides DSO staff a way to receive electronic notification of newly issued guidance and other information related to accommodations for students with disabilities in higher education, similar to its existing notifications on other education-related topics. (Recommendation 2)
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Medicaid: Managed Care Plans’ Prior Authorization Decisions for Children Need Additional Oversight

GAO-24-106532
Michelle Rosenberg
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should communicate in writing expectations for how states are to monitor the appropriateness of managed care plans' prior authorization decisions and take steps to confirm whether states are meeting those expectations. Such communication should include expectations related to monitoring prior authorization decisions of EPSDT services for children. (Recommendation 1)
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should clearly define whether managed care plans can require prior authorization for EPSDT services when the state does not have such requirements. This should include defining the term "non-quantitative treatment limits" as it relates to managed care plans providing medically necessary services to children in a manner no more restrictive than that used in the state Medicaid program. (Recommendation 2)
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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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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3 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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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations—in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Navy Personnel Command Career Management Department—removes the rules that allow junior sailors to count as filling positions of senior sailors in the Navy's fill and fit metrics, including when having to provide such data in certain reports to Congress pursuant to section 597 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations—in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Navy Personnel Command Career Management Department—reviews all business rules and source system data that inform the calculations for fill and fit metrics and aligns them across relevant documents for consistency to ensure the quality of data it uses to monitor ship readiness. (Recommendation 3)
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