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Federal Workforce: Selected Agencies Need to Improve Employee Name Change Process
GAO-25-107045
Aug 14, 2025
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6 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of Veterans Affairs should develop comprehensive documentation that clearly guides employees through all steps of the name change process. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Social Security Administration The Commissioner of Social Security should develop comprehensive documentation that clearly guides employees through all steps of the name change process. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of Veterans Affairs should create a specific mechanism for collecting employee feedback to improve employees' experiences with the whole name change process. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should create a specific mechanism for collecting employee feedback to improve employees' experiences with the whole name change process. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Social Security Administration The Commissioner of Social Security should create a specific mechanism for collecting employee feedback to improve employees' experiences with the whole name change process. (Recommendation 5)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of State The Secretary of State should create a specific mechanism for collecting employee feedback to improve employees' experiences with the whole name change process. (Recommendation 6)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Customer Experience: OMB Can Better Assess the Improvement Efforts of High Impact Service Providers
GAO-25-107652
Jul 28, 2025
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should, in consultation with federal agencies, establish goals for federal customer experience and service delivery activities. These should include quantitative targets and time frames for the expected level of improvements, and related performance measures. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Labor Organization Oversight: Department of Labor Should Enhance Enforcement and Assistance Processes
GAO-25-107297
Jun 17, 2025
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7 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure the Director of OLMS establishes written criteria investigators can apply when determining whether to require an amended financial disclosure report following a compliance audit. (Recommendation 1)
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OLMS agreed with this recommendation. The agency said it would seek information from the field regarding those instances where investigators request an amended report to identify the justification leading to the requests. OLMS will then evaluate the factors and justification that investigators and managers will consider to help determine when to require an amended report and will place a stronger emphasis on this area during agency training. In addition, OLMS plans to develop written considerations that are balanced and adaptable, and recognize the unique characteristics of each union's structure and audit findings. They will also need to consider additional OLMS staffing and resources needed to provide unions with compliance assistance to complete their amended reports. We await further progress on these efforts.
Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure the Director of OLMS assesses whether voluntary compliance results in labor organizations taking corrective action after violations are identified during a compliance audit. For example, OLMS could regularly follow up on a sample of violations to help estimate how often voluntary compliance results in an actual change of behavior. (Recommendation 2)
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OLMS agreed with this recommendation. The agency said it will work to develop a method to obtain a representative sample of violations to help estimate how often voluntary compliance results in an actual change in behavior. This analysis will also help OLMS know if the new performance indicator is an effective indicator of compliance and use of OLMS resources. We will monitor the progress of these efforts.
Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure the Director of OLMS establishes documented procedures to track labor organizations that OLMS officials determine merit follow up based on past violations identified during a compliance audit. (Recommendation 3)
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OLMS agreed with this recommendation. The agency recognizes the importance of establishing a consistent procedure to document when an investigation uncovers a violation warranting follow up action. OLMS plans to develop a method to track and assess these case-based determinations and actions. We await the completion of these efforts.
Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure the Director of OLMS develops a mechanism to cite related compliance assistance publications in compliance audit closing letters. (Recommendation 4)
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OLMS agreed with this recommendation. The agency will take steps to revise the training and closing letter language guide to include prompts for documentation and distribution of relevant compliance assistance publications that correspond to violations and other issues found during investigations. The agency believes these changes will help investigators and serve as a reference to union officials and their successors. We await the completion of these efforts.
Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure the Director of OLMS establishes a systematic process to regularly review and update as needed its compliance assistance publications. For example, OLMS could use information on common violations identified in its compliance audits to assess whether there are any gaps in topics covered by its publications. (Recommendation 5)
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OLMS agreed with this recommendation. The agency noted that it established a Compliance Assistance Workgroup to review available OLMS compliance assistance publications to ensure they are current, relevant and available. The workgroup will work with others to develop a systematic process to regularly update compliance assistance publications to include a review of compliance audit violations and closing letters. We await further progress on these efforts.
Department of Labor The Secretary of Labor should ensure the Director of OLMS establishes a systematic process to collect and track feedback from compliance assistance sessions, ensuring feedback is used for program improvement across all regions. (Recommendation 6)
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OLMS agreed with this recommendation. The agency noted that it created a standardized evaluation form that will ask compliance assistance attendees to provide feedback on the design, presentation and value of the session. OLMS Compliance Assistance Workgroup will then develop a systematic process to ensure feedback collected on evaluation forms is tracked, analyzed and, when appropriate, used to improve OLMS presentations and practices. We await further progress on these efforts.

Federal Remote Work: OPM Guidance Could Help Relevant Agencies Evaluate Effects on Agency Performance
GAO-25-107363
Jun 17, 2025
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management should issue guidance for agencies to assess the benefits and costs when offering remote work positions, including its effects on the mission and outcomes of the agency, employee recruitment and retention, and operational costs. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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