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Emergency Alerts: NOAA Should Take Additional Actions to Help Ensure Tsunami Alerts Reach Those at Risk
GAO-23-105961
May 16, 2023
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2 Open Recommendations
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The NOAA Administrator should assess the extent to which NOAA Weather Radio coverage extends to populated areas at risk of tsunamis, and publicly communicate the results of the assessment. (Recommendation 1)
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The NOAA Administrator, in collaboration with FCC and FEMA, should clarify and document the agencies' responsibilities and a decision-making process for determining how to use IPAWS to deliver tsunami alerts to EAS. (Recommendation 2)
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Broadband Speed: FCC Should Improve Its Communication of Advanced Telecommunications Capability Assessments
GAO-23-105655
Apr 25, 2023
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1 Open Recommendations
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Federal Communications Commission FCC's chair should provide consistent communication in its reporting of how it determines whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed and when updating the related metrics it uses to assess broadband speeds and deployment. For example, FCC could report to the public the scope and steps of its research and analysis, the data and analysis used to support its assertions, and the rationale for why it agrees or disagrees with stakeholder comments it receives. (Recommendation 1)
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Affordable Broadband: FCC Could Improve Performance Goals and Measures, Consumer Outreach, and Fraud Risk Management
GAO-23-105399
Jan 25, 2023
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9 Open Recommendations
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Federal Communications Commission The Chair of FCC should ensure that ACP performance goals and measures align with key attributes of effective performance goals and measures. (Recommendation 1)
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Federal Communications Commission The Chair of FCC should revise the language translation process (for both "in-house" and contracted translations, as appropriate) for developing ACP non-English outreach materials to include the following steps: (1) develop a plan for designing and producing translated products; (2) incorporate review and quality assurance steps into the translation process and document completion of these steps during each process; (3) develop and test the products with others who represent the intended audience; and (4) update and finalize the products based on development and testing results. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Communications Commission The Chair of FCC should develop a consumer outreach plan, which aligns with leading practices for consumer outreach planning, to educate eligible consumers about ACP. (Recommendation 3)
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Federal Communications Commission The Office of the Managing Director should develop and implement a process, with clearly defined responsibilities and sources of information on fraud risks, for conducting fraud risk assessments for ACP at regular intervals and when there are changes to the program or operating environment. (Recommendation 4)
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Federal Communications Commission The Office of the Managing Director should develop and implement an antifraud strategy for ACP that aligns with leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. These practices include documenting and communicating the program's activities for preventing, detecting, and responding to fraud and establishing roles and responsibilities of those involved in fraud risk management activities. (Recommendation 5)
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Federal Communications Commission The Office of the Managing Director should develop and implement processes to monitor antifraud controls related to preventing duplicate subscribers in ACP. (Recommendation 6)
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Broadband Funding: Stronger Management of Performance and Fraud Risk Needed for Tribal and Public-Private Partnership Grants
GAO-23-105426
Jan 24, 2023
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration For TBCP, the Administrator of NTIA should establish performance goals and measures for all of the program's purposes—funding broadband use and adoption projects as well as funding broadband infrastructure deployment projects. (Recommendation 1)
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration For TBCP, the Administrator of NTIA should ensure the performance goal is quantifiable and measurable by defining broadband reliability and affordability. (Recommendation 2)
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration For TBCP, the Administrator of NTIA should designate a dedicated entity to lead fraud risk management activities for the program. (Recommendation 3)
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration For TBCP, the Administrator of NTIA should ensure that the dedicated entity identifies inherent fraud risks in the program. (Recommendation 4)
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration For TBCP, the Administrator of NTIA should ensure that the dedicated entity assesses the likelihood and impact of inherent fraud risks in the program. (Recommendation 5)
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration For TBCP, the Administrator of NTIA should ensure that the dedicated entity determines fraud risk tolerance for the program. (Recommendation 6)
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