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Cyber Workforce: Evidence-Based Decision Needed for the Future of OPM’s Dashboard
GAO-26-108098
Mar 27, 2026
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1 Open Recommendations
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management should collect and analyze information on Dashboard use, solicit agency feedback on Dashboard limitations, determine the costs, and make an evidence-based decision to either terminate the Dashboard or continue offering it to agencies with needed improvements. (Recommendation 1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission: Updating Assessments of Staff Procedures Could Improve Key Agency Operations
GAO-26-107823
Mar 27, 2026
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6 Open Recommendations
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chairman of SEC should ensure that the Director of the Division of Enforcement test the operating effectiveness of internal supervisory controls using specific, measurable testing standards. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chairman of SEC should ensure that the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance document policies for delegating control activities to second-level reviewers and provide guidance for second-level reviewers to perform their responsibilities during filing reviews. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chairman of SEC should ensure that the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance establish and document one or more controls for supervisors to check how staff conduct filing reviews and test the design and operating effectiveness of the control(s) for the section 961 assessment. (Recommendation 3)
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chairman of SEC should ensure that the Directors of the Division of Enforcement and Office of Credit Ratings update their respective written plans for assessing staff procedures to include all recommended elements of the Reference Guide for Compliance with Section 961 of the Dodd-Frank Act. (Recommendation 4)
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chairman of SEC should ensure that the Directors of the Division of Enforcement, Division of Corporation Finance, and Office of Credit Ratings update their written plans for assessing staff procedures to include an evaluation of their respective staff procedure development frameworks. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chairman of SEC should ensure that the Directors of the Division of Enforcement, Division of Corporation Finance, and Office of Credit Ratings evaluate their respective staff procedure development frameworks for the section 961 assessment. (Recommendation 6)
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Federal Programs: OMB Needs to Continue Developing a Complete and Useful Inventory
GAO-26-107551
Mar 05, 2026
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17 Open Recommendations
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that OMB's plans to implement the inventory address requirements to identify and include all program types to ensure the inventory is complete. (Recommendation 1)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that OMB's plans to implement the inventory address requirements to archive and preserve the information included in the program inventory and make the archived information publicly available as an open government data asset. (Recommendation 2)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that OMB's plans to implement the inventory address requirements to provide definitions for each program type. This should include guidance to help agencies consistently implement the definitions, including what constitutes an active program for inclusion in the inventory. (Recommendation 3)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that OMB's plans to implement the inventory address requirements to identify the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated for each program in the inventory. (Recommendation 4)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that OMB's plans to implement the inventory address requirements to provide the statutes that authorize each program in the inventory. (Recommendation 5)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that OMB's plans to implement the inventory address requirements to identify any major regulations related to each program in the inventory or clearly state that there are not any. (Recommendation 6)
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Weather Modification: NOAA Should Strengthen Oversight to Ensure Reliable Information
GAO-26-108013
Feb 23, 2026
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should direct the Administrator of NOAA to establish written agency guidance for its internal review of and confirmation that all weather modification reports submitted to NOAA contain the legally required information per 15 C.F.R. part 908. (Recommendation 1)
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Administrator of NOAA should improve its instructions on how to complete the reporting forms for a range of weather modification activities, to include emerging solar geoengineering activities. For example, this could include clarifying how to describe the target area for solar geoengineering research or operations. (Recommendation 2)
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Administrator of NOAA should implement a process to regularly and directly inform the operators, as well as state and local agencies, about NOAA's role in weather modification oversight, the applicability of the Act to different activities, and where to find required reporting forms. (Recommendation 3)
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