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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
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Weather Modification: NOAA Should Strengthen Oversight to Ensure Reliable Information
GAO-26-108013
Feb 23, 2026
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Shared Services: Adoption Challenges Underscore the Need for Consistent Leadership
GAO-26-108014
Feb 03, 2026
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that agency IAPs prepared in cooperation with QSMOs are reviewed and approved by all respective parties as described in OMB Memorandum M-19-16. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions OMB has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the civilian Chief Financial Officers Act agencies to fill the roles of Senior Accountable Points of Contact for shared services as required under OMB Memorandum M-19-16. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions OMB has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration The Administrator of General Services should, in coordination with the Director of OMB, appoint the Shared Services Governance Board (SSGB) co-chair and direct that individual to assume executive leadership responsibilities under OMB Memorandum M-19-16. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions GSA has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration The Administrator of General Services should, in coordination with the four QSMOs, establish and implement a revised plan and time frame for collecting data outlined in its performance management framework, including cost data. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions GSA has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Awards: Selected Programs Did Not Fully Include Identified Practices to Enhance Oversight and Fraud Prevention
GAO-26-107444
Jan 05, 2026
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12 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce should ensure that consideration of the use of recovery audits of potential overpayments for the CHIPS for America Fund is documented. (Recommendation 1)
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In its comments on our draft report, Commerce did not agree with the recommendation and stated that it periodically considers whether the agency should perform recovery audits across the agency and noted that it has not identified any areas department-wide or otherwise where it might be cost effective to conduct recovery audits. However, Commerce did not provide evidence showing that it documents this periodic consideration in its policies and procedures, which could help better Commerce's position to effectively identify and recover overpayments within the CHIPS program. We will follow-up with Commerce on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that procedures to conduct regular fraud risk assessments that are tailored to H2Hubs are established. (Recommendation 2)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOE agreed with this recommendation and cited actions it will take to address it. We will follow-up with DOE on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that a program-specific risk profile for H2Hubs is documented. (Recommendation 3)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOE agreed with this recommendation and cited actions it will take to address it. We will follow-up with DOE on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that an antifraud strategy for H2Hubs is documented. (Recommendation 4)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOE agreed with this recommendation and cited actions it will take to address it. We will follow-up with DOE on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that procedures to collaborate with stakeholders by sharing information on fraud risks and sharing lessons learned related to fraud control activities for H2Hubs are documented. (Recommendation 5)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOE agreed with this recommendation and cited actions it will take to address it. We will follow-up with DOE on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that procedures to monitor fraud risk management activities for H2Hubs are documented. (Recommendation 6)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOE agreed with this recommendation and cited actions it will take to address it. We will follow-up with DOE on actions to address this recommendation.
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