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Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Identified Foreign Risks, but Some Due Diligence Programs Lack Clear Procedures

GAO-25-107402
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the SBIR/STTR program office, the Office of the Chief Security Officer, and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis develop and document agreed-upon procedures for requesting analytical support and sharing information—including classified information, as applicable—to support due diligence reviews. (Recommendation 2)
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IT Portfolio Management: OMB and Agencies Are Not Fully Addressing Selected Statutory Requirements

GAO-25-107041
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should direct the department CIO, in conjunction with the project manager, to conduct high-risk IT investment reviews, as prescribed by FITARA. (Recommendation 19)
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IT Portfolio Management: OMB and Agencies Are Not Fully Addressing Selected Statutory Requirements

GAO-25-107041
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should direct the department CIO to work with OMB to ensure that annual reviews of their IT portfolio are conducted in conjunction with the Federal CIO and the Chief Operating Officer or Deputy Secretary (or equivalent), as prescribed by FITARA. (Recommendation 17)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should direct the department CIO to work with OMB to ensure that its high-risk IT investment reviews include the extent to which these causes can be addressed (e.g., action items and due dates) and the probability of future successes (e.g., outcomes), as prescribed by FITARA. (Recommendation 20)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should direct the department CIO to ensure that the Federal CIO is consulted in performing high-risk IT investment reviews, as prescribed by FITARA. (Recommendation 18)
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H-2A Visa Program: Agencies Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Oversight and Enforcement

GAO-25-106389
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Department of Homeland Security The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services should establish a schedule, including milestones, for complete end-to-end electronic processing of H-2A visa program petitions. (Recommendation 1)
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Federal Research Centers: DHS Actions Could Reduce the Potential for Unnecessary Overlap among Its R&D Projects

GAO-25-106394
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Department of Homeland Security The DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology should update the list of R&D activities on at least a quarterly basis, as statutorily required, and disseminate the updated list to relevant DHS entities, including DHS components. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Homeland Security The DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology should amend its policies and procedures to require FFRDC PMO to include a comprehensive analysis of open-ended responses to FFRDC user surveys in the Annual Assessments to gain a more complete understanding of user feedback when assessing FFRDC performance. (Recommendation 6)
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Department of Homeland Security The DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology should ensure that FFRDC PMO conducts and documents an analysis of the risk of nonresponse bias based on the response rate of the initial outreach efforts for each fiscal year's set of user feedback surveys. Should the analysis indicate a risk of nonresponse bias which would influence FFRDC PMO's understanding of FFRDC performance, FFRDC PMO should take additional steps to increase their response rate. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Homeland Security The DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology should amend policies and procedures to require that S&T review proposed FFRDC projects for unnecessary overlap with R&D activities funded and developed by DHS components that have their own R&D appropriations. (Recommendation 2)
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