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Export Promotion: Commerce Should Improve Workforce Planning and Management of Its Global Markets Unit

GAO-23-105369
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that there is a workforce plan that comprehensively and strategically considers GM's entire overseas and domestic workforce and describes leadership action to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. (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.
Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the Director General of Global Markets fully documents how to use the staffing models and the process for updating the models, including changes to the variables and weights. (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.
Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the Director General of Global Markets takes steps to address staffing vacancies in the Office of Global Talent Management. (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.
Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the Director General Global Markets regularly reviews the allocation of Foreign Commercial Service Officers and U.S. Field staff, including the justifications of positions that continue to exceed modeled projections for domestic and overseas posts. (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.

2020 Census: A More Complete Lessons Learned Process for Cost and Schedule Would Help the Next Decennial

GAO-23-105819
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Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the Director of the Census Bureau document and take steps during the 2030 Census to evaluate the Bureau's comprehensive lessons-learned process. (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.
Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that the Director of the Census Bureau include steps in its 2030 schedule management plans for learning lessons from systematic ex-post evaluation of the Bureau's extensive decennial and related schedule data. (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.

Commerce Working Capital Fund: Policy and Performance Measure Enhancements Could Help Strengthen Management

GAO-23-104624
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of Commerce Commerce's Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for Administration should coordinate with OSFM and WCF service providers to create and document a process to regularly review the results of WCF performance measures. (Recommendation 4)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
In its comments on our report, Commerce agreed with this recommendation and stated that it plans to coordinate with Working Capital Fund service providers and customers to regularly review and communicate the results of performance measures. When we confirm what actions Commerce has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Commerce Commerce's Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for Administration should document a policy for managing the WCF's balances—including the end-of-year unobligated and obligated balances—that describes how fund managers should evaluate, use, and maintain the balances over time. (Recommendation 2)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
In its comments on our report, Commerce agreed with this recommendation and stated that it plans to document a policy for managing the Working Capital Fund's (WCF) balances in the next WCF Handbook. When we confirm what actions Commerce has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Commerce Commerce's Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for Administration should create performance measures and a process for evaluating the WCF's overall management, such as measuring the billing error rates or the reliability of cost information. These performance measures should be aligned with Commerce's strategic goals to help determine if the WCF is operating effectively. (Recommendation 3)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
In its comments on our report, Commerce agreed with this recommendation and stated that it plans to create new performance measures to evaluate the Working Capital Fund's overall management. When we confirm what actions Commerce has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Commerce Commerce's Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for Administration should document in the WCF Handbook the process, including roles and responsibilities, for determining and reviewing whether activities should be funded through the WCF or through another account, such as Commerce's Salaries and Expenses appropriation account. (Recommendation 1)
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 Actions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned.
In its comments on our report, Commerce agreed with this recommendation and stated that it plans to document this process in the next Working Capital Fund Handbook. When we confirm what actions Commerce has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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