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As of May 16, 2024, there are 5141 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 413 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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141 - 160 of 5141 Recommendations, including 413 Priority Recommendations

Cybersecurity: Implementation of Executive Order Requirements is Essential to Address Key Actions

GAO-24-106343
Marisol Cruz Cain
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should demonstrate that the office has conducted, with pertinent federal agencies, cost analyses for the implementation of recommendations related to the sharing of threat information, as defined in the order. (Recommendation 3)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should demonstrate that the office has coordinated with pertinent federal agencies regarding resourcing needs for the implementation of an endpoint detection and response capability, as defined in the order. (Recommendation 4)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should demonstrate that the office has coordinated with pertinent federal agencies regarding resourcing needs for logging, log retention, and log management capabilities, as defined in the order. (Recommendation 5)
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Electronic Health Records: DOD Has Deployed New System but Challenges Remain

GAO-24-106187
Carol C. Harris
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Federal EHR Modernization Office to identify and address specific barriers to maximizing integration at the FHCC, consistent with the FHCC executive agreement. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Defense Health Agency Health Informatics organization in conjunction with the Program Executive Officer of Defense Healthcare Management Systems to establish MHS GENESIS user satisfaction targets (i.e., goals) and ensure that the system demonstrates improvement toward meeting those targets. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Program Executive Officer of Defense Healthcare Management Systems to develop and implement a plan to provide an alternative to the MHS GENESIS dental module. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of Veterans Affairs should direct the Federal EHR Modernization Office to identify and address specific barriers to maximizing integration at the FHCC, consistent with the FHCC executive agreement. (Recommendation 4)
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Military Justice: Quality Data Needed to Improve Oversight of Navy and Marine Corps Disciplinary Measures

GAO-24-106652
Brenda S. Farrell
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Chief of Naval Operations establishes a time frame for automating the Navy's process to collect and maintain quality nonjudicial punishment data in its personnel database and then implements this automated process. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Commandant of the Marine Corps establishes a time frame for automating the Marine Corps' process to collect and maintain quality nonjudicial punishment data in its personnel database and then implements this automated process. (Recommendation 2)
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Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments

GAO-24-105833
Rebecca Shea, Jared B. Smith
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Office of Management and Budget The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in collaboration with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, should develop guidance on the collection of Office of Inspector General (OIG) data to support fraud estimation. The guidance should (1) identify and establish consistent data elements and terminology for use across OIGs; (2) include a timeline for implementation and key milestones; and (3) leverage existing data systems and processes, as appropriate. (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 the Office of Management and Budget, with input from executive branch agencies, should develop guidance on the collection of executive agency data to support fraud estimation. The guidance should (1) identify and establish consistent data elements and terminology for use across agencies; (2) include a timeline for implementation and key milestones; and (3) leverage existing data systems and processes, as appropriate. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, should establish an effort to evaluate and identify methods to expand government-wide fraud estimation to support fraud risk management. This effort should (1) initially prioritize program areas at increased risk of fraud; (2) be responsive to changes in the availability or quality of data; and (3) leverage data-analytics capabilities, such as within the Office of Payment Integrity, which includes the Do Not Pay program. (Recommendation 3)
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Counternarcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and Assessment of Its Activities

GAO-24-106281
Chelsa L. Kenney
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy updates standard operating procedures for the C2IE data system to specify the quality control measures that should be reviewed and to assign responsibility for verifying that the information is accurate and consistent across combatant commands. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy works with INDOPACOM, SOUTHCOM, and NORTHCOM to develop up-to-date agreements that clarify and define their and their task forces' respective roles and responsibilities in the overlapping operation area. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy identifies measurable outcomes for each of DOD's CN/CTOC strategic objectives that can be used to assess progress toward the objective. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy develops a plan to assess DOD-wide progress toward its CN/CTOC strategic objectives. (Recommendation 4)
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United Nations: State Department Should Better Assess Its Efforts to Increase Employment of Americans at UN Agencies

GAO-24-106127
Nagla’a El-Hodiri
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs assesses the actions contained in the "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations" to determine the extent to which they will contribute to the goal of encouraging U.S. employment in the UN system. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs identifies any actions, in addition to those in its "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations," to mitigate long-standing challenges to U.S. employment at UN organizations and takes steps to implement them. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs creates performance indicators for measuring progress of all actions contained in the "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations." (Recommendation 3)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs develops targets for all performance indicators related to actions contained in the "Strategy for Encouraging U.S. Citizens to Pursue Careers with International Organizations." (Recommendation 4)
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