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Climate Resilience: Congressional Action Needed to Enhance Climate Economics Information and to Limit Federal Fiscal Exposure
GAO-24-106937
Sep 26, 2024
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Congress Congress should consider establishing a federal organizational arrangement to prioritize climate resilience projects for investment. Such an organizational arrangement could be designed for success by authorizing the key elements we identified in this report as a system, including (1) a national climate resilience strategic plan, (2) a national climate information system, (3) expanding the use of climate economics information, (4) a consistent approach for climate resilience investments, and (5) a community-driven climate migration pilot program. (Matter 1)
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Congress Congress should consider designating a federal entity to develop a national climate resilience strategic plan that will guide the nation's efforts to adapt to a changing climate. The plan should, among other things, (1) define federal priorities related to adaptation and climate resilience; (2) clarify roles, responsibilities, and working relationships among federal, tribal, state, territorial, and local governments; (3) identify mechanisms to increase the capacity of federal, tribal, state, territorial, and local agencies to incorporate information about current and potential climate change impacts into government decision-making; (4) address how resources will be made available to implement the plan; and (5) build on and integrate ongoing federal planning efforts related to adaptation and climate resilience. (Matter 2)
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Congress Congress should consider establishing and maintaining a national climate information system that is periodically updated to help federal, tribal, state, territorial, local, and private sector decision-makers access and use the best available climate information. (Matter 3)
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Congress Congress should consider designating a federal entity to develop and support agency use of information on the potential economic costs of climate change to the federal government and craft appropriate responses. (Matter 4)
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Federal Programs: OMB Needs a Structure to Govern and a Plan to Develop a Comprehensive Inventory
GAO-24-107656
Sep 25, 2024
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should fully develop a data governance structure for the federal program inventory consistent with the six activities identified by our past work. (Recommendation 1)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should publicly articulate OMB's plans for fully implementing the federal program inventory, and continue to involve key stakeholders and leverage the systematic approach identified in our past work in the planning efforts. The plans should identify the actions, resources, and time frames needed to fully implement an inventory of all federal programs. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Contractors: Actions Needed to Improve Quality of Performance and Integrity Data
GAO-24-106911
Sep 25, 2024
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to reiterate integrity reporting requirements and identify available resources to help ensure that agency personnel have the guidance they need to comprehensively report and verify the accuracy of integrity information. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to coordinate with the components to identify and assess underlying causes of integrity information underreporting. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to take steps, such as policy updates, based on its assessment of underlying causes for integrity information underreporting, to ensure that agency personnel have information and awareness of integrity reporting requirements. (Recommendation 3)
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General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration should ensure that when the Office of Government-wide Policy updates its guidance, that it includes input from agency contracting personnel to ensure awareness of integrity reporting requirements and available resources for verifying the information. (Recommendation 4)
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Federal Contracting: Timely Actions Needed to Address Risks Posed by Consultants Working for China
GAO-24-106932
Sep 19, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to take steps—including establishing milestones—to ensure the DAR Council develops DFARS updates responsive to NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020 Section 847, in a timely manner while also following applicable legal rulemaking procedures. (Recommendation 1)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of the Office of Management and Budget should ensure that the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy takes steps—including establishing milestones—to ensure the FAR Council finalizes FAR updates responsive to the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisitions Act, in a timely manner while also following applicable legal rulemaking procedures. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to take steps—including establishing milestones—to ensure the DAR Council develops DFARS updates responsive to NDAA for Fiscal Year 2024 Section 812, in a timely manner while also following applicable legal rulemaking procedures. (Recommendation 3)
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