Skip to main content

Recommendations Database

Jump To:

As of June 15, 2024, there are 5142 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 456 of these are priority recommendations, those that we believe warrant priority attention. Learn more about our priority designation on our Recommendations page.

Search for open recommendations by agency, topic, subject, or keyword/phrase below, or view all open recommendations by agency.

Clear All Filters
61 - 80 of 5142 Recommendations, including 456 Priority Recommendations

Veterans Affairs: Actions Needed to Improve Access to Care in the U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States

GAO-24-106364
Sharon M. Silas
Show
5 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Veterans Affairs The VA Under Secretary for Health should clearly communicate in writing appropriate uses for the new capabilities within its VHA Support Service Center databases to generate utilization and timeliness of care data by veteran location. (Recommendation 2)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of VA should assess whether it is feasible and advisable to expand travel reimbursement eligibility for any condition among service-connected disabled veterans in the U.S. territories, and as appropriate or consistent with that analysis, amend its regulations to do so. (Recommendation 3)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of VA should ensure that the Director of VAPIHCS, in collaboration with DOD, identify and implement additional opportunities to share resources and solutions to address shared challenges affecting the implementation of their resource sharing agreements in the Pacific. (Recommendation 4)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Veterans Affairs The VA Under Secretary for Health, in coordination with the Executive Directors of the VA Office of Procurement, Acquisition, and Logistics, and the VHA Procurement and Logistics Office, should clarify in writing the appropriate processes, in line with VHA's Supply Chain Management Operations Directive, for VA Caribbean Healthcare System officials to communicate challenges receiving medical services or devices. (Recommendation 5)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of DOD should ensure that the Directors of the Defense Health Networks Indo-Pacific and Pacific Rim, in collaboration with VA, identify and implement additional opportunities to share resources and solutions to address shared challenges affecting the implementation of their resource sharing agreements in the Pacific. (Recommendation 6)
Open

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

Military Justice: Increased Oversight, Data Collection, and Analysis Could Aid Assessment of Racial Disparities

GAO-24-106386
Cathleen A. Berrick
Show
6 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop and implement a process to centrally collect and maintain accessible data—including race and ethnicity data—on administrative sanctions, all investigations including commander-directed investigations, appeals, and service members selected to serve on court-martial panels, to facilitate centralized visibility over, and, as necessary, the assessment and reporting of these data. (Recommendation 1)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should develop and implement a process to centrally collect and maintain accessible data—including race and ethnicity data—on administrative sanctions, all investigations including commander-directed investigations, appeals, and service members selected to serve on court-martial panels to facilitate centralized visibility over, and, as necessary, the assessment and reporting of these data. (Recommendation 2)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should develop and implement a process to centrally collect and maintain accessible data—including race and ethnicity data—on all investigations including commander-directed investigations, appeals, and service members selected to serve on court-martial panels to facilitate centralized visibility over, and, as necessary, the assessment and reporting of these data. (Recommendation 3)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness designates a department-level office as the oversight entity responsible for coordinating the military departments' assessments of racial and ethnic disparities in military justice and discipline processes. (Recommendation 4)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the department-level office designated to oversee coordination of the military departments' racial disparity assessments coordinates with the military departments to establish standard terminology and reporting categories, analyses, and reporting format and content to be used in future assessments of racial disparities in military justice and discipline processes. (Recommendation 5)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that a department-level office is designated to coordinate with the military departments to comprehensively assess the military justice and discipline process to identify all areas where racial and ethnic disparities may exist, including in the selection of court-martial panels and sentencing, and the corresponding analyses to be conducted. (Recommendation 6)
Open

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

Decarbonization: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Department of Energy's Management of Risks to Carbon Capture Projects

GAO-24-106489
Frank Rusco
Show
2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Energy The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management should take actions to more clearly document project risk treatment strategies consistent with the project management principles identified in its Guide to Financial Assistance. (Recommendation 1)
Open

When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Energy The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management should take steps to ensure that the office adheres to guidance and only selects projects that are deemed to be technically acceptable, as required by its Merit Review Guide for Financial Assistance. (Recommendation 2)
Open

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

Financial Management: Additional Steps Needed to Improve ICE's Budget Projections and Execution

GAO-24-106550
Jeff Arkin
Show
7 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Director of ICE should ensure that ICE's Program Analysis and Evaluation division periodically assesses ICE's budget models. (Recommendation 1)
Open

DHS concurred with this recommendation and stated that ICE will standardize and document its process for reviewing its budget models. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of DHS should ensure that DHS reviews ICE's budget models in accordance with its policies. (Recommendation 2)
Open

DHS concurred with this recommendation and stated that it will review all of ICE's budget models by 2026. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Director of ICE should ensure that OBPP verifies that ICE program offices follow ICE's policy to have spend plans in place at the beginning of the fiscal year. (Recommendation 3)
Open

DHS concurred with this recommendation and stated that ICE will develop a process to ensure ICE program offices have spend plans in place at the beginning of each fiscal year. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Director of ICE should clarify ICE's policies and guidance on spend plan updates to specify under what conditions program office spend plans should be updated. (Recommendation 4)
Open

DHS concurred with this recommendation and stated that ICE is updating its guidance to clarify when program offices should update their spend plans. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Director of ICE should ensure that OBPP verifies that ICE program offices follow ICE's policy on updating spend plans. (Recommendation 5)
Open

DHS concurred with this recommendation and stated that ICE will document responsibilities and timelines for reviewing and approving spend plans. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Director of ICE should ensure that OBBP verifies that the ICE-wide and program office spend plans are updated to be consistent with each other. (Recommendation 6)
Open

DHS concurred with this recommendation and stated that ICE will update its guidance to document the criteria for updating and approving spend plans. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Director of ICE should implement changes to the PER briefing documents to include information that communicates to Congress potential reprogramming and transfers as the need for them becomes apparent to ICE. (Recommendation 7)
Open

DHS concurred with this recommendation and stated that ICE is working with Congress to change how it presents information in its briefing documents. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Note: the list of open recommendations for the last report may continue on the next page.

Have a Question about a Recommendation?

For questions about a specific recommendation, contact the person or office listed with the recommendation. For general information about recommendations, contact GAO's Audit Policy and Quality Assurance office at (202) 512-6100 or apqa@gao.gov.