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As of April 27, 2024, there are 5078 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 418 of these are priority recommendations, those that we believe warrant priority attention. Learn more about our priority designation on our Recommendations page.

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Central America: USAID Should Strengthen Staffing and Fraud Risk Management for Initiative Addressing Migration to the U.S.

GAO-24-106232
Latesha Love-Grayer
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
U.S. Agency for International Development The Administrator of USAID should ensure that agencywide guidance requires the regular provision of, and tracking of participation in, mandatory fraud awareness training for USAID staff involved in administering foreign assistance as well as for representatives of all partner organizations implementing the assistance. (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.

Civilian Harm: DOD Should Take Actions to Enhance Its Plan for Mitigation and Response Efforts

GAO-24-106257
Diana Maurer
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy establishes performance goals and measures for evaluating the effect that implementing the action plan has on improving the mitigation and response to civilian harm. (Recommendation 1)
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DOD did not concur with this recommendation. We continue to believe, however, that performance goals and measures could help DOD ensure officials at all levels understand what constitutes improvement, enhance DOD's ability to monitor progress implementing the action plan, and ensure that improvements endure. DOD is providing significant personnel and financial resources to implement the action plan, and it is important for DOD to assess whether those resources and DOD's efforts are having the desired effect. When we confirm what actions DOD has taken in response to this recommendation, we will
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Joint Staff and combatant commands, conducts an assessment to clarify how to mitigate and respond to civilian harm resulting from nonkinetic activities. (Recommendation 2)
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DOD partially concurred with this recommendation. In its response, DOD stated that a further assessment is not required at this time, but cited actions it will take to address this recommendation. We continue to believe that a dedicated assessment that clarifies how to mitigate and respond to civilian harm from nonkinetic activities could help the department. When we confirm what actions DOD has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Defense Contracts: Better Monitoring Could Improve DOD's Management of Award Lead Times

GAO-24-106528
Mona Sehgal
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, in coordination with key DOD components, assess how existing procurement data can be leveraged to regularly monitor PALT across DOD to identify issues that may require action through policy or guidance, or management attention at the component level. (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 Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, in coordination with key DOD components, determine if the PALT Tracker is necessary to supplement existing procurement data to regularly monitor high-dollar-value acquisitions. (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 Should the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting determine that the PALT Tracker is necessary to supplement existing procurement data, then the Secretary of Defense should take steps to improve the completeness of PALT Tracker data, such as ensuring components adopt the application programming interface to enable automatic data transfer. (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.

Medicaid Managed Care: Additional Federal Action Needed to Fully Leverage New Appeals and Grievances Data

GAO-24-106627
Michelle Rosenberg
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should require states to report on the outcomes of Medicaid managed care appeals (e.g., the extent to which they were decided in favor of enrollees) and number of denials. (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.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should implement its planned actions for analyzing the Medicaid managed care appeals and grievances data, using it for oversight, and making it publicly available. (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.

Grants: AmeriCorps Should Take Multiple Actions to Better Manage Fraud Risks

GAO-24-106564
Seto J. Bagdoyan
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10 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should establish a process to plan regular fraud risk assessments in its grant programs that align with leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. (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.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should require future fraud risk assessments in its grant programs to identify specific inherent fraud risks. (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.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should assess the likelihood and impact of inherent fraud risks as part of future fraud risk assessments. (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.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should align the fraud risk tolerance in future fraud risk assessments with the agency's risk appetite statement. (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.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should fully consider the effect of existing antifraud controls in mitigating the likelihood and impact of inherent fraud risks as part of future fraud risk assessments. (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.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should update the agency's fraud risk profile with information from elements of a fraud risk assessment process that align with the leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. (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.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should develop, document, and communicate an antifraud strategy for its grant programs based on a fraud risk profile that aligns with leading practices for fraud risk management. (Recommendation 7)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should require grantees to take its fraud awareness training. (Recommendation 8)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should include the benefits and costs of collecting data on volunteers and all subgrants as it explores the feasibility of antifraud data analytics. (Recommendation 9)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
AmeriCorps The Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps should include the anticipated effects of its systems modernization efforts as it explores the feasibility of antifraud data analytics. (Recommendation 10)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Ukraine: DOD Should Improve Data for Both Defense Article Delivery and End-Use Monitoring

GAO-24-106289
Chelsa L. Kenney
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should develop new or update existing written guidance to document the roles and responsibilities of the organizational entities established for its defense article delivery process in Ukraine. (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 clarify the definition of delivery to be used to populate the DOD system of record for PDA. (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.
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