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Internet of Things: Federal Actions Needed to Address Legislative Requirements

GAO-25-107179
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management should direct the CIO to establish a plan and time frame for completing the covered IoT inventory, as directed by OMB. (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.

IT Portfolio Management: OMB and Agencies Are Not Fully Addressing Selected Statutory Requirements

GAO-25-107041
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management should direct its agency CIO to ensure they conduct a review in conjunction with the investment's program manager and in consultation with the Federal CIO, for major IT investments that have been designated as high risk for four consecutive quarters, as prescribed by FITARA, including identifying (1) the root causes of the high level of risk of the investment; (2) the extent to which these causes can be addressed (e.g., action items and due dates); and (3) the probability of future success (e.g., outcomes). (Recommendation 41)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

IT Portfolio Management: OMB and Agencies Are Not Fully Addressing Selected Statutory Requirements

GAO-25-107041
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management should direct its agency CIO to work with OMB to ensure that annual reviews of their IT portfolio are conducted in conjunction with the Federal CIO, as prescribed by FITARA. (Recommendation 40)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Cloud Computing: Selected Agencies Need to Implement Updated Guidance for Managing Restrictive Licenses

GAO-25-107114
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management should assign and document responsibility for identifying and managing potential impacts of restrictive software licensing practices across the agency. (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.

Cloud Computing: Selected Agencies Need to Implement Updated Guidance for Managing Restrictive Licenses

GAO-25-107114
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management should update and implement guidance to fully address identifying, analyzing, and mitigating the impacts of restrictive software licensing practices on cloud computing efforts. (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.

Cloud Computing: Agencies Need to Address Key OMB Procurement Requirements

GAO-24-106137
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM should ensure that the CIO of OPM updates guidance to put a cloud SLA in place with every vendor when a cloud solution is deployed. The guidance should include language that addresses OMB's required element for SLAs: remediation plans for non-compliance. (Recommendation 41)
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In comments on our report, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) concurred with our recommendation and stated that the agency would issue a policy to provide guidance to address it. We will continue to monitor OPM's progress in implementing this recommendation.

Federal Software Licenses: Agencies Need to Take Action to Achieve Additional Savings

GAO-24-105717
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The Director of OPM should ensure that the agency compares the inventories of software licenses that are currently in use with information on purchased licenses to identify opportunities to reduce costs and better inform investment decision making for its widely used licenses on a regular basis. At a minimum, it should consistently implement its procedures for comparing the inventories of licenses in use to purchase records. (Recommendation 14)
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The Office of Personnel Management concurred with this recommendation. As of March 2024, the agency stated that OPM's efforts to compare the inventory of current software licenses with information on purchased licenses are in progress. We will continue to monitor the department's efforts to fully implement this recommendation.

Federal Software Licenses: Agencies Need to Take Action to Achieve Additional Savings

GAO-24-105717
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM should ensure that the agency consistently tracks software licenses that are currently in use for its widely used licenses by, at a minimum, consistently implementing its procedures for tracking license usage. (Recommendation 13)
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The Office of Personnel Management concurred with this recommendation. When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Paid Parental Leave: OPM Should Take Steps to Further Raise Awareness of the Program

GAO-24-106654
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Office of Personnel Management The Director of OPM should update the 2015 Handbook on Leave and Workplace Flexibilities for Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care and associated fact sheets on its "Leave Administration" webpage to include current and accurate paid parental leave information. (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.

Federal Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve the Transfer of Personnel Security Clearances and Other Vetting Determinations

GAO-24-105669
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Office of Personnel Management The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, should develop and implement a plan to ensure that current and future IT systems used for personnel vetting contain complete and accurate information required to make suitability, fitness, and credentialing reciprocity determinations. (Recommendation 5)
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OPM concurred with this recommendation. While OPM did not specifically state how it would address this recommendation, it agreed that enhancements to the reciprocity system are needed to improve the mobility of individuals. OPM also stated that it will continue to work with DCSA regarding the requirements for the National Background Investigation Services IT system. In October 2024, the Acting Director of OPM provided GAO a written statement on the actions OPM had taken and planned to take in response to the recommendations to OPM in this report. OPM reiterates that enhancements to the government-wide reciprocity system are needed to improve mobility of individuals. In addition, OPM discusses planned actions to improve NBIS capabilities that would address a challenge we reported that is not related to this recommendation. OPM also discusses the recently issued Personnel Vetting Performance Management Implementation Guidance (PMIG) that ODNI and OPM issued, but the response does not explain how the guidance would ensure that IT systems contain complete and accurate information required to make reciprocity decisions. Further, we also reviewed the PMIG and did not identify aspects of the guidance that would address this recommendation. To close this recommendation, we would expect OPM to develop and implement a plan to ensure that current and future IT systems used for personnel vetting contain complete and accurate information required to make reciprocity determinations.
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