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As of May 2, 2024, there are 5125 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 413 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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Navy Shipbuilding: Increased Use of Leading Design Practices Could Improve Timeliness of Deliveries

GAO-24-105503
Shelby S. Oakley
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11 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Congress Congress should consider updating statutory certification and production readiness review reporting requirements for Navy shipbuilding programs under section 8669c of title 10 United States Code, to require certification of the completion of basic and functional design in 3D modeling and the positioning and routing of all major distributive systems prior to the start of construction (consistent with leading industry practices in ship design). (Matter for Consideration 1)
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Congress Congress should consider requiring, as part of section 8669c of title 10, United States Code, that the Navy certify that detail design will be completed for each block of a ship's construction before beginning construction of that block. (Matter for Consideration 2)
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Congress Congress should consider requiring, as part of section 8669c of title 10, United States Code, that the Navy report on the degree of vendor-furnished information completeness supporting the overall maturity and stability of a ship's design before beginning construction. (Matter for Consideration 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that each shipbuilding program reevaluates validated requirements in capability development documents before the start of construction for individual ships and periodically during ship construction to confirm their continued relevance and identify any appropriate changes. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that shipbuilding programs complete functional design for new ships before awarding detail design and construction contracts. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the design teams for new ship designs include user representation, such as current or recent operators and engineers from the Navy's fleet, to provide consistent, direct user input in the design review process and inform decision-making. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should develop a robust digital ship design library to enhance the Navy's ability to leverage existing designs and expedite design and construction. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should—in coordination with Navy shipbuilders—evaluate opportunities to accelerate the receipt of reliable vendor-furnished information to support earlier design maturity for new ships. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should evaluate the response timelines for reviewing and approving design products and the sufficiency of the Navy's resources supporting design review and decision-making processes to identify any opportunities to shorten design review timelines. (Recommendation 6)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should establish—and regularly update, as needed— guidance outlining the information and evaluation methodology used to certify the completion of basic and functional design prior to a ship's construction start for any major shipbuilding program, to include the Navy's explanation of what design activities and outputs must be accomplished to meet the statutory requirement for completion of a ship's basic and functional design. (Recommendation 7)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should evaluate opportunities to increase the use of modern design tools, including digital twinning and virtual or augmented reality. (Recommendation 8)
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Public Health Preparedness: HHS Should Address Strategic National Stockpile Coordination Challenges

GAO-24-106260
Mary Denigan-Macauley
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response should work with CDC to clearly define ASPR's and CDC's roles and responsibilities related to the SNS in a formal document and share that document with jurisdictions. (Recommendation 1)
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response should develop standard operating procedures, outlining how and when guidance documents, such as those for requesting and receiving SNS assets, are updated. Consistent with GAO's Standards for Internal Control, these standard operating procedures should include internal review processes, opportunities for stakeholder feedback, and timeframes for updating. (Recommendation 2)
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response should formally designate an entity—such as the Office of SLTT Preparedness—to regularly engage with Tribes and relevant stakeholders to (1) assess the unique challenges, such as infrastructure and geography, that could affect the delivery of SNS assets to Tribes during future emergencies and (2) develop options for how to address those challenges. (Recommendation 3)
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Military Justice: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms

GAO-24-106165
Brenda S. Farrell
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6 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General develops and implements a strategy to communicate the establishment of and service leadership support for the military justice career path. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps develops and implements a strategy to communicate the establishment of and service leadership support for the military justice career path. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the Air Force Judge Advocate General develops and implements a strategy to communicate the establishment of and service leadership support for the military justice career path. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should issue guidance to require the inclusion of judge advocates with relevant professional experience, such as a participant in the Army's military justice career path, on judge advocate promotion boards. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), in conjunction with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, issues guidance to require the inclusion of judge advocates with relevant professional experience, such as a judge advocate with significant military justice experience, on Marine Corps unrestricted officer promotion boards. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should issue guidance to require the inclusion of judge advocates with relevant professional experience, such as a participant in the Air Force's military justice career path, on judge advocate promotion boards. (Recommendation 6)
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