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United Nations Renovations: Budget and Schedule Status of Selected Projects Are Mixed, and State Could Strengthen Oversight
GAO-26-107577
Apr 29, 2026
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) develops guidance that outlines how it should oversee large-scale UN capital projects. Such guidance could include identifying indicators or triggers that should be monitored or steps that should be taken.
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

National Nuclear Security Administration: Agency Should Improve Cost Growth Notification Process
GAO-25-107767
Sep 30, 2025
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3 Open Recommendations
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National Nuclear Security Administration The Administrator of NNSA should direct CEPE to establish a deadline and finalize its efforts to establish templates and implement a process for reporting timely cost growth notifications. (Recommendation 1)
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DOE and NNSA concurred with this recommendation. When we receive information regarding actions taken, we will update the recommendation status.
National Nuclear Security Administration The Administrator of NNSA should direct CEPE to establish a deadline and finalize its efforts to establish guidance on performing a root cause analysis that also traces to the required elements under the cost growth notification provision. (Recommendation 2)
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DOE and NNSA concurred with this recommendation. When we receive information regarding actions taken, we will update the recommendation status.
National Nuclear Security Administration The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Administrator of NNSA, should communicate to the relevant congressional committees suggested changes to the cost growth notification provision. (Recommendation 3)
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DOE and NNSA concurred with this recommendation. When we receive information regarding actions taken, we will update the recommendation status.

Federal Spending Transparency: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Procurement Data Quality
GAO-25-107469
Sep 25, 2025
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, in collaboration with the Administrator of GSA, specifies and notifies all agencies required under the FAR to complete and submit procurement data quality reports. (Recommendation 1)
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At the time of our report, OMB did not comment on the draft report. We will follow-up with OMB on actions to address this recommendation.
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, in coordination with the Administrator of GSA, defines the roles and responsibilities for both OMB and GSA related to collecting and tracking agencies' procurement data quality reports. (Recommendation 2)
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At the time of our report, OMB did not comment on the draft report. We will follow-up with OMB on actions to address this recommendation.
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy designs and implements procedures to monitor procurement data quality reports to help ensure that agencies address reporting requirements, including submitting reports timely. (Recommendation 3)
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At the time of our report, OMB did not comment on the draft report. We will follow-up with OMB on actions to address this recommendation.
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy updates and consolidates the office's guidance for improving federal procurement data quality to help ensure that all reporting requirements, information, and references included are current and streamlined. (Recommendation 4)
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At the time of our report, OMB did not comment on the draft report. We will follow-up with OMB on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that the Office of Acquisition Management develops a sampling methodology, in consultation with appropriate experts, to help ensure that DOE's procurement data quality sampling procedures are statistically valid and meet OMB guidance. (Recommendation 5)
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In its comments on our draft report, DOE agreed with this recommendation and cited actions it will take to address it. We will follow-up with DOE on actions to address this recommendation.
Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of Veterans Affairs should ensure that the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction develops procedures that require the documentation and implementation of root cause analyses and corrective action plans for FPDS data elements with recurring low accuracy rates. (Recommendation 8)
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In its comments on our draft report, VA agreed with this recommendation and cited actions it will take to address it. We will follow-up with VA on actions to address this recommendation.

Medicaid Demonstrations: Action Needed to Address New Cost Concerns
GAO-25-107445
Sep 16, 2025
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should revise the agency's section 1115 budget neutrality policy to stop treating costs for populations or services that could not have otherwise been covered under existing Medicaid authorities as hypothetical when setting demonstration spending limits. Instead, CMS should require the costs of those populations or services to be offset by other reductions in demonstration spending.
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At the time of our report, CMS indicated that the agency would consider our recommendation while implementing a new statutory requirement, effective January 2027, that the Office of the Actuary certify Medicaid demonstrations as budget neutral before CMS approval. As of March 2026, CMS officials indicated that the agency is working on implementation. They noted that the statute now includes language defining what could be considered as spending absent the demonstration when setting spending limits, which CMS interprets as a new definition of hypothetical spending. CMS noted that they would be providing additional guidance to states on the implementation of the new provision. When CMS issues the guidance, we will reassess the status of the recommendation.
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