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As of May 30, 2024, there are 5146 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 411 of these are priority recommendations, those that we believe warrant priority attention. Learn more about our priority designation on our Recommendations page.

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Drug Control: DEA Should Improve Its Religious Exemptions Petition Process for Psilocybin (Mushrooms) and Other Controlled Substances

GAO-24-106630
Triana McNeil
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should more clearly communicate the types of information that Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners should provide to allow DEA to evaluate petitions for religious sincerity. (Recommendation 1)
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Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should more clearly communicate the standards and relevant factors to Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners in making a determination related to religious sincerity. (Recommendation 2)
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Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should establish timeframes for DEA to make determinations on completed religious exemption petitions to provide Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners with DEA's final determinations. (Recommendation 3)
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Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should provide Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners with information for petitioners to be able to receive updates on the agency's progress related to exemption reviews. (Recommendation 4)
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National Nuclear Security Administration: Actions to Recruit and Retain Federal Staff Could Be Improved

GAO-24-106167
Allison Bawden
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
National Nuclear Security Administration The Director of the NNSA Office of Human Resources should collaborate with relevant stakeholders—including program, functional, mission-enabling, and field offices—to develop a continuing process for systematically analyzing and sharing information agencywide on challenges recruiting and retaining staff. (Recommendation 1)
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National Nuclear Security Administration The Director of the NNSA Office of Human Resources should regularly assess the results of NNSA's recruitment and retention actions using outcome-based performance measures. (Recommendation 2)
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National Nuclear Security Administration The Director of the NNSA Office of Learning and Career Management should establish a process to monitor offices' progress implementing actions to address the results of their Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results. (Recommendation 3)
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National Nuclear Security Administration: Improvements Needed for Overseeing Contractor Workforce Recruitment and Retention Efforts

GAO-24-106861
Allison Bawden
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
National Nuclear Security Administration The Associate Administrator for NNSA's Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services should track the time it takes to review official human resources requests and use that information to determine if changes in its process are needed. (Recommendation 1)
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National Nuclear Security Administration The Associate Administrator for NNSA's Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services should fully assess and identify the information it needs to oversee M&O contractors' recruitment and retention efforts, including whether collecting additional information could inform its oversight efforts. (Recommendation 2)
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U.S. Postal Service: Inspection Service Should Document Its Law Enforcement Workforce Decision-Making Processes

GAO-24-106497
David Marroni, Derrick Collins
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure the Chief Postal Inspector documents the Inspection Service's processes for determining the size and location of the postal inspector workforce across divisions, including factors that should be considered, and document the results of those processes. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure the Chief Postal Inspector fully documents the Inspection Service's processes for determining the size and location of the postal police workforce, including factors that should be considered. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure the Chief Postal Inspector sets a time frame for completing a security force assessment to determine the size and location of the postal police workforce. (Recommendation 3)
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Navy Frigate: Unstable Design Has Stalled Construction and Compromised Delivery Schedules

GAO-24-106546
Shelby S. Oakley
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5 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the frigate program's functional design review practices and metrics be restructured to measure progress that reflects the quality rather than the quantity of design deliverables received from the shipbuilder. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the restructured functional design review practices and metrics established under recommendation 1 be used to assess whether the functional design is complete prior to beginning construction of the second frigate (FFG 63). (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the detail design for any given grand module of lead and follow-on frigates be completed prior to beginning construction of that grand module, consistent with leading ship design practices. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy, as part of the planned revision of the frigate Test and Evaluation Master Plan, should ensure that the plan incorporates additional land-based testing activities for the propulsion system and machinery centralized control system and schedules those activities on a timeline that realistically accounts for anticipated lead ship delivery delays. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy, prior to acquiring an 11th frigate, should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition review the frigate program's acquisition strategy to identify opportunities to incorporate leading practices for product development and update that strategy, as appropriate. (Recommendation 5)
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VA Health Care: Additional Assessments of Mileage Reimbursement Data and Veterans' Travel Costs Needed

GAO-24-106816
Sharon M. Silas
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Veterans Affairs The Under Secretary for Health should collect and assess information on subpopulations of veterans' use of the mileage reimbursement benefit and identify options, as appropriate, to help improve access to care for underserved veterans. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Veterans Affairs The Under Secretary for Health should collect additional information on veterans' travel costs and assess costs by demographic, geographic, or other subpopulations to inform evidence-based decisions about transportation programs' resources. This additional information could include fuel costs and the cost of vehicle maintenance, accessories, parts, and tires. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Veterans Affairs The Under Secretary for Health should finalize and implement an outreach plan for improving veterans' awareness of aspects of the mileage reimbursement benefit. The plan should include outcome-oriented performance measures and appropriate communication methods, based on factors such as the intended audience. (Recommendation 3)
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