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Navy Frigate: Unstable Design Has Stalled Construction and Compromised Delivery Schedules
GAO-24-106546
May 29, 2024
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5 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the frigate program's functional design review practices and metrics be restructured to measure progress that reflects the quality rather than the quantity of design deliverables received from the shipbuilder. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the restructured functional design review practices and metrics established under recommendation 1 be used to assess whether the functional design is complete prior to beginning construction of the second frigate (FFG 63). (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the detail design for any given grand module of lead and follow-on frigates be completed prior to beginning construction of that grand module, consistent with leading ship design practices. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy, as part of the planned revision of the frigate Test and Evaluation Master Plan, should ensure that the plan incorporates additional land-based testing activities for the propulsion system and machinery centralized control system and schedules those activities on a timeline that realistically accounts for anticipated lead ship delivery delays. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy, prior to acquiring an 11th frigate, should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition review the frigate program's acquisition strategy to identify opportunities to incorporate leading practices for product development and update that strategy, as appropriate. (Recommendation 5)
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Military Justice: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms
GAO-24-106165
May 02, 2024
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35 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Navy Judge Advocate General develops a process to systematically collect information on the reasons Navy military justice litigators separate from service, such as by adapting its existing service-wide exit survey process to include a mechanism for identifying litigators, and considers including such information in the Navy's annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 27)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Navy Judge Advocate General formally evaluates Navy policies and procedures governing the use of litigators to help ensure their efficient and effective use. (Recommendation 11)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, in conjunction with the Commanding General, Training and Education Command develops a process to systematically collect information on the reasons Marine Corps military justice litigators separate from service, such as by adapting its existing judge advocate exit survey process to include a mechanism for identifying litigators, and considers including such information in the Marine Corps' annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 28)
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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 the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Commandant of the Marine Corps formally evaluates Marine Corps policies and procedures governing the use of litigators to help ensure their efficient and effective use. (Recommendation 12)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Navy Judge Advocate General collects and maintains staffing data on actual Navy staff assigned to litigation positions compared to authorized positions and considers including such information in the Navy's annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 31)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Navy Judge Advocate General issues guidance requiring periodic evaluation of professional experience standards for Navy military justice litigation positions. (Recommendation 15)
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Navy Shipbuilding: Increased Use of Leading Design Practices Could Improve Timeliness of Deliveries
GAO-24-105503
May 02, 2024
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11 Open Recommendations
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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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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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Military Justice: Quality Data Needed to Improve Oversight of Navy and Marine Corps Disciplinary Measures
GAO-24-106652
Apr 18, 2024
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2 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Chief of Naval Operations establishes a time frame for automating the Navy's process to collect and maintain quality nonjudicial punishment data in its personnel database and then implements this automated process. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Commandant of the Marine Corps establishes a time frame for automating the Marine Corps' process to collect and maintain quality nonjudicial punishment data in its personnel database and then implements this automated process. (Recommendation 2)
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