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As of March 30, 2023, there are 4776 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 427 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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Financial Audit: Bureau of the Fiscal Service's FY 2022 Schedules of the General Fund

GAO-23-104786
Anne Sit-Williams
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6 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Bureau of the Fiscal Service The Commissioner of Fiscal Service should develop (1) reporting criteria for CIHO and funds held outside of Treasury and (2) a methodology for full-CARS reporters to report CIHO to CARS. (Recommendation 1)
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Bureau of the Fiscal Service The Commissioner of Fiscal Service should design and implement controls to identify and close TASs established during the annual fiscal year-end rollover process that do not subsequently have corresponding appropriations supporting the period of availability. (Recommendation 2)
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Bureau of the Fiscal Service The Commissioner of Fiscal Service should develop and implement a mechanism to reasonably assure that postpayment voucher transactions recorded in the Schedules of the General Fund general ledgers are readily traceable to the cancellation schedules and the returned or canceled payments that are credited to federal entities. (Recommendation 3)
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Bureau of the Fiscal Service The Commissioner of Fiscal Service should enhance the methodology for classifying cash activity, sufficient to support accurate reporting of line items on the Schedules of the General Fund, to include all transaction types as well as adequate review procedures. (Recommendation 4)
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Bureau of the Fiscal Service The Commissioner of Fiscal Service should enhance the design and implementation of the oversight policy and the FAAs to effectively monitor the financial agents. (Recommendation 5)
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Bureau of the Fiscal Service The Commissioner of Fiscal Service should design and implement policies and procedures to effectively monitor the fiscal agents. (Recommendation 6)
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IT Management: VA Needs to Improve CIO Oversight of Procurements

GAO-23-105719
Carol C. Harris
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of VA should direct the Chief Information Officer and Chief Acquisition Officer to implement automated controls into relevant contracting systems to help ensure that IT and IT-related assets and activities are appropriately identified for VA's FITARA approval process. (Recommendation 1)
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Animal Use in Research: NIH Should Strengthen Oversight of Projects It Funds at Foreign Facilities

GAO-23-105736
Latesha Love-Grayer, Steve Morris
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
National Institutes of Health The Director of NIH should take steps—such as conducting site visits to foreign facilities that perform NIH-funded animal research or requiring third-party verification—to provide reasonable assurance that award recipients' annual self-reported project information is reliable and adequate to ensure the humane care and use of laboratory animals. (Recommendation 1)
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Power Marketing Administrations: Additional Steps Are Needed to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks

GAO-23-106224
Frank Rusco
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7 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Southeastern Power Administration The Administrator of the Southeastern Power Administration should direct staff to develop a climate change vulnerability assessment that identifies critical assets, infrastructure systems, and programs vulnerable to climate change. (Recommendation 1)
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Southeastern Power Administration The Administrator of the Southeastern Power Administration should direct staff to develop a resilience plan that identifies and prioritizes climate resilience measures needed to address climate-related risks. (Recommendation 2)
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Southeastern Power Administration The Administrator of the Southeastern Power Administration should direct staff to establish a plan to routinely reassess its vulnerability assessment and resilience plan to incorporate updated information about climate science and implemented resilience measures. (Recommendation 3)
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Western Area Power Administration The Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration should direct staff to develop a climate change vulnerability assessment that identifies critical assets, infrastructure systems, and programs vulnerable to climate change. (Recommendation 4)
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Western Area Power Administration The Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration should direct staff to develop a resilience plan that identifies and prioritizes climate resilience measures needed to address climate-related risks. (Recommendation 5)
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Western Area Power Administration The Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration should direct staff to establish a plan to routinely reassess its vulnerability assessment and resilience plan to incorporate updated information about climate science and implemented resilience measures. (Recommendation 6)
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Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should take steps to determine the need for future assessments of the effects of climate change on federal hydropower and on the marketing of power from federal facilities. (Recommendation 7)
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Immigrant Investor Program: Opportunities Exist to Improve Fraud and National Security Risk Monitoring

GAO-23-106452
Rebecca S. Gambler
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services The Director of USCIS should systematically collect and track data on the types and characteristics of EB-5 program fraud. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services The Director of USCIS should develop and implement a process to collect and assess data on reasons for EB-5 petition and application denials and Regional Center terminations, including whether fraud or national security was a factor in the action. (Recommendation 2)
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Agencies Should Track Progress Toward Ambitious Federal Goals

GAO-23-105300
Heather Krause
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Transportation The Secretary of Transportation should coordinate with DOE and USDA to develop and incorporate into the Grand Challenge Roadmap performance measures that enable the agencies to evaluate their actions and the effect of policy on SAF production and communicate the extent to which SAF is poised to contribute to larger aviation greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should coordinate with DOT and USDA to develop and incorporate into the Grand Challenge Roadmap performance measures that enable the agencies to evaluate their actions and the effect of policy on SAF production and communicate the extent to which SAF is poised to contribute to larger aviation greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Agriculture The Secretary of Agriculture should coordinate with DOT and DOE to develop and incorporate into the Grand Challenge Roadmap performance measures that enable the agencies to evaluate their actions and the effect of policy on SAF production and communicate the extent to which SAF is poised to contribute to larger aviation greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. (Recommendation 3)
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