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DOD Financial Management: Greater Accountability Needed over Contractor-Acquired Property
GAO-25-106868
Jul 28, 2025
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that OUSD (A&S) develops written monitoring procedures to help ensure that DCMA is following existing policies for conducting PMSAs. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that OUSD (A&S) evaluates the NAVSEA guidance to determine whether it provides for the sufficient level of contractor oversight. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that OUSD (A&S) updates its policy for the identification of CAP assets classified as ST/STE or over the capitalization threshold to clarify when these assets are to be scheduled for delivery by the contracting officer and recorded in an APSR. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Energy: Inspector General’s Budget Estimates for Audits of Certain Contractors’ Costs Need Improvement
GAO-25-107199
Jul 24, 2025
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Department of Energy The Inspector General of the Department of Energy should develop life cycle cost estimates of all relevant alternatives for ensuring completion of incurred cost audits to provide the OIG and decision-makers a better understanding of the most cost-effective approaches and anticipated long-term costs of the program. (Recommendation 1)
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National Institutes of Health: Monitoring of External Research Can Be Improved
GAO-25-107362
May 29, 2025
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National Institutes of Health The Director of NIH should identify the contributing factors to delinquent final financial and progress reports and address these factors in revised guidance. (Recommendation 1)
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National Institutes of Health The Director of NIH should analyze how NIH institutes, centers, and offices use offsets, extensions, and budget restructuring to manage unused balances for projects at the end of the funding period and develop an informational resource on the benefits and risks of each method. (Recommendation 2)
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National Institutes of Health The Director of NIH should require that its institutes, centers, and offices track award recipients' unused balances across their respective award portfolios. (Recommendation 3)
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Defense Contract Audit Agency: Formal Assessment Needed to Determine Future Use of Independent Public Accountants
GAO-25-107558
May 19, 2025
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Defense Contract Audit Agency formally assesses the future use of independent public accountants and communicates its plans to Congress. (Recommendation 1)
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