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As of April 18, 2024, there are 5095 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 434 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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Foreign Investment in the U.S.: Efforts to Mitigate National Security Risks Can Be Strengthened

GAO-24-107358
Kimberly Gianopoulos
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5 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to document a committee-wide process for considering and making timely decisions on enforcement actions related to mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to document a committee-wide process for periodically assessing the relevance of mitigation agreements and amending, phasing out, or terminating them when appropriate. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should document Treasury's objectives for increasing its staff for monitoring and enforcing compliance with CFIUS mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should, once the targeted staffing increase is completed, analyze its CFIUS monitoring and enforcement staffing in accordance with federal workforce planning guidance, to determine the extent to which the targeted increase enables Treasury to achieve its documented objectives. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as CFIUS's chair, should work with member agencies to establish a committee-wide process to regularly discuss and coordinate the staffing levels needed to address the projected increase in workload associated with monitoring and enforcing CFIUS mitigation agreements. (Recommendation 5)
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Public Health Preparedness: Mpox Response Highlights Need for HHS to Address Recurring Challenges

GAO-24-106276
Mary Denigan-Macauley
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should develop and implement a coordinated, department-wide after-action program that encourages collaboration between HHS's component agencies, including integrating the existing public health emergency after-action programs of these component agencies. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should develop and implement a coordinated, department-wide after-action program that includes relevant external stakeholders involved in each public health emergency response—such as other federal agencies, jurisdictions, and nongovernmental partners—when identifying challenges and associated solutions. (Recommendation 2)
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Cybersecurity: Implementation of Executive Order Requirements is Essential to Address Key Actions

GAO-24-106343
Marisol Cruz Cain
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5 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should direct the Director of CISA to issue, in a timely manner, its list of software and software product categories that are considered critical software. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Director of the CISA, should direct the Cyber Safety Review Board to document steps taken or planned to implement the recommendations provided to the President for improving the board's operations. (Recommendation 2)
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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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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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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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Military Health Care: DOD Should Improve Its Process for Clinical Adverse Actions against Providers

GAO-24-106107
Sharon M. Silas
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Defense Health Agency The Director of DHA should modify its monitoring reports or audit tools to capture information needed to effectively assess adherence to certain requirements, such as notification to other health care entities of a provider's summary suspension and state licensing board reporting. (Recommendation 1)
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