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Research Security: NIH Action Needed to Strengthen Foreign Interference Risk Management
GAO-27-107848
Oct 16, 2026
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1 Open Recommendations
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National Institutes of Health The Director of NIH should conduct and document, at regular intervals and in accordance with GAO's Fraud Risk Framework, a fraud risk assessment tailored to NIH's extramural research program that considers risks related to foreign interference. (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.

Artificial Intelligence: Actions and Opportunities to Implement Responsible Use in DOD
GAO-27-107837
Oct 14, 2026
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer develops and issues a charter for the Responsible AI Working Council that outlines roles and responsibilities and that includes the CDAO's Responsible AI Division (or equivalent office) and DOD components and that specifies the frequency of council meetings. (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.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer addresses the Responsible AI Division's workforce needs. (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.
Congress Congress should consider directing DOD to implement our open recommendations on collaboration and the AI workforce, including to (1) define the roles and responsibilities of DOD organizations and components collaborating on AI activities and (2) address AI workforce challenges across the department by assigning responsibility and establishing a timeline for completing steps to fully define and identify DOD's AI workforce.
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Precision Navigation Systems: Challenges Remain with Fielding New Capabilities
GAO-27-107676
Oct 07, 2026
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretary of the Army assesses where consolidation of its GPS modernization and complementary PNT efforts would help ensure better strategic alignment with DOD and the other services, and develop a plan to consolidate them, similar to the manner in which the Air Force and Navy aviation M-code and multi-PNT receivers along with the MGUE Inc 1 and Inc 2 programs were consolidated into the Air Force's M-code Aviation Receiver Joint Program Office. (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.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretary of the Navy assesses where consolidation of its GPS modernization and complementary PNT efforts would help ensure better strategic alignment with DOD and the other services, and develop a plan to consolidate them, similar to the manner in which the Air Force and Navy aviation M-code and multi-PNT receivers along with the MGUE Inc 1 and Inc 2 programs were consolidated into the Air Force's M-code Aviation Receiver Joint Program Office. (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 Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretary of the Air Force assesses where consolidation of the Air Force and Space Force's PNT modernization efforts would help ensure better strategic alignment with DOD and the other services through its GPS modernization and complementary PNT efforts and develop a plan to consolidate them, similar to the manner in which the Air Force and Navy aviation M-code and multi-PNT receivers along with the MGUE Inc 1 and Inc 2 programs were consolidated into the Air Force's M-code Aviation Receiver Joint Program Office. (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.

Artificial Intelligence Acquisitions: Agencies Should Collect and Apply Lessons Learned to Improve Future Procurements
GAO-26-107859
Apr 13, 2026
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment updates the department's policies to establish processes and require officials to systematically collect lessons learned from AI acquisitions—including best practices involving contract clauses—and submit them to the GSA-managed repository to enable sharing and application by other agencies. (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.
Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Under Secretary for Management updates the department's policies to establish processes and require officials to systematically collect lessons learned from AI acquisitions—including best practices involving contract clauses—and submit them to the GSA-managed repository to enable sharing and application by other agencies. (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.
General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration should ensure that the Chief Acquisition Officer updates the agency's policies to establish processes and require officials to systematically collect lessons learned from AI acquisitions—including best practices involving contract clauses—and submit them to the GSA-managed repository to enable sharing and application by other agencies. (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.
Department of Veterans Affairs The Secretary of Veterans Affairs should ensure that the Principal Executive Director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction updates the department's policies to establish processes and require officials to systematically collect lessons learned from AI acquisitions—including best practices involving contract clauses—and submit them to the GSA-managed repository to enable sharing and application by other agencies. (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.
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