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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Action Needed to Improve Preparedness for Product Examination Disruptions

GAO-23-105445
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3 Open Recommendations
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Consumer Product Safety Commission The Chairman of CPSC should fully develop and implement actionable steps and set specific milestones for complying with section 2001(c)(2)(B) and (E) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, related to examining a sample of de minimis shipments and establishing performance metrics related to de minimis shipments. (Recommendation 3)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission The Chairman of CPSC should finalize the agency's continuity of operations plan, including conducting and incorporating an underlying risk assessment consistent with Federal Continuity Directive 1. The risk assessment should incorporate port-specific factors that could affect the agency's import surveillance function. (Recommendation 1)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Consumer Product Safety Commission The Chairman of CPSC should perform the required analysis identified in Federal Continuity Directives 1 and 2 to support and determine the designation of essential functions within the agency. (Recommendation 2)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Actions Needed to Improve Processes for Addressing Product Defect Cases

GAO-21-56
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5 Open Recommendations
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Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC's Assistant Executive Director of the Office of Compliance and Field Operations should explore measures of recall effectiveness to use in addition to correction rate, which could provide for a more comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of recalls. (Recommendation 5)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC's Assistant Executive Director of the Office of Compliance and Field Operations should develop procedures for how compliance officers should determine how many recall effectiveness checks to assign to recalls based on risk factors, such as product volume and injuries. (Recommendation 3)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC's Assistant Executive Director of the Office of Compliance and Field Operations should establish a policy or procedure that sets forth specific steps CPSC staff should take to manage timeliness for product defect cases with varying characteristics. As CPSC develops this policy or procedure, CPSC should consider whether updates or revisions are needed to existing timeliness goals to make them more useful for the purpose of managing the timeliness of cases with varying characteristics. (Recommendation 1)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC's Assistant Executive Director of the Office of Compliance and Field Operations should systematically track the global submission of recalling firms' monthly progress reports to better identify and address firms' noncompliance with the submission requirements and to improve CPSC's ability to monitor the status of product recalls. (Recommendation 4)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC's Assistant Executive Director of the Office of Compliance and Field Operations should develop and follow a documented policy or procedure for prioritizing resources based on case-specific factors, such as the potential risk to consumer safety associated with a product. This policy or procedure should include specific steps staff should take to prioritize resources to cases based on factors such as likelihood and severity of harm or number of injuries related to the product hazard. (Recommendation 2)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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