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Service Member Reemployment Rights: Enhanced Education and Additional Training Could Improve Investigations
GAO-26-108197
Jun 16, 2026
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Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure that VETS reviews its existing resources on USERRA and identifies and implements options to streamline or modify them to help individuals better understand their potential eligibility under USERRA before filing a complaint as well as the evidence needed to show that an employer action constitutes a USERRA violation. (Recommendation 1)
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VETS agreed with this recommendations. VETS officials outlined steps they plan to take to improve claimants' ability to obtain information about their eligibility before filing a claim, such as redeveloping and modernizing the USERRA elaws Advisor. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.
Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure that VETS's national office assesses investigator training needs and takes steps to address those needs, including soliciting input from investigators. (Recommendation 2)
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VETS agreed with this recommendations. VETS officials outlined steps they plan to take to address investigator training needs, such as continuing to solicit input from investigators who attend training courses and taking steps to address proposed improvements, as appropriate. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.

Service Member Rights: Intelligence Community Guidance Could Better Address Reemployment Protections
GAO-26-108133
May 21, 2026
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of the DIA includes within DIA's guidance all five of the IC reemployment provisions, as required by sections 4315 and 4325 of title 38, U.S. Code. (Recommendation 1)
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DIA concurred with this recommendation and cited planned actions to address it. When we confirm what actions DIA has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of the NRO includes within NRO's guidance all five of the IC reemployment provisions as required by sections 4315 and 4325 of title 38, U.S. Code. (Recommendation 2)
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NRO concurred with this recommendation and cited planned actions to address it. When we confirm what actions NRO has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of the NSA includes within NSA's guidance all five of the IC reemployment provisions as required by sections 4315 and 4325 of title 38, U.S. Code. (Recommendation 3)
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NSA concurred with this recommendation and cited planned actions to address it. When we confirm what actions NSA has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Justice The Attorney General should ensure that the Director of the FBI includes within FBI's guidance all five of the IC reemployment provisions as required by sections 4315 and 4325 of title 38, U.S. Code. (Recommendation 4)
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FBI concurred with this recommendation and indicated planned actions to address it. When we confirm what actions FBI has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Agencies Should Assess Risk of Ending Foreign Worker Program
GAO-26-108239
May 13, 2026
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Department of the Interior The Secretary of the Interior should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs, or other appropriate office, in collaboration with the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security, the CNMI government, and other U.S. agencies, as appropriate, conducts a study to identify, analyze, and determine options for responding to the potential risks to the CNMI workforce and economy associated with the end of the CNMI CW-1 nonimmigrant visa program.
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Personnel Vetting: Leadership Attention Needed to Prioritize System Development and Achieve Reforms
GAO-26-108838
Feb 24, 2026
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency aligns DCSA's schedule for the National Background Investigation Services program with the "well-constructed" characteristic as defined in GAO's guides for scheduling and Agile software development by addressing those scheduling best practices that were partially met, including establishing a valid critical path. (Recommendation 1)
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We will continue to follow up on the status of this recommendation.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency aligns DCSA's schedule for the National Background Investigation Services program with the "credible" characteristic as defined in GAO's guides for scheduling and Agile software development by addressing those scheduling best practices that were partially or minimally met, including conducting a schedule risk analysis. (Recommendation 2)
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We will continue to follow up on the status of this recommendation.
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