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As of July 18, 2024, there are 5215 open recommendations that still need to be addressed. 494 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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Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Changes Needed to Address Current and Growing Shortages in Mission-Critical Positions

GAO-24-106479
Nathan Anderson
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11 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Congress To support its ability to conduct oversight, Congress should consider implementing an annual reporting requirement to help ensure EM prioritizes workforce management and addresses recurring workforce problems. Such a requirement could include annual reporting on EM's efforts to implement recommendations and strategies, or additional direction on how EM and DOE should address workforce problems that numerous reports have identified. (Matter 1)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should revise EM's workforce planning to align with leading practices, including being forward-looking, clearly documenting human capital performance targets and measures, and developing comprehensive succession plans, while also ensuring that internal and external planning documents align. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer and EM review and update their MOA to address key collaboration practices including reviewing and updating guidance, use and access of human capital data, and a regular feedback mechanism to identify and address problems continually as service needs change. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that EM provides guidance and training to hiring and resource managers on the use of all available recruitment, hiring, and retention flexibilities, benefits, and incentives. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should develop and implement a strategy for a multigenerational pipeline, which includes, where appropriate, reclassifying vacant EM positions to cover a broader range of GS levels and prioritizing the use of intern and fellowship programs that provide authority to convert such staff to permanent appointments. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should develop a strategy, based on forwardlooking planning, for using EK and EJ positions across the complex, which, depending on its authority, may be used to propose the authorization of additional EK or EJ positions for EM. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should work with the DOE Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer to request additional direct hire authorities from OPM to include EM's mission-critical job series, as well as positions where EM encounters a severe shortage of candidates. (Recommendation 6)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that EM (1) establishes a training program for each occupation series and (2) collects training data and assesses training curricula, on a recurring basis, to ensure that training aligns with needed competencies. (Recommendation 7)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that, as EM develops mentoring and knowledge transfer programs, EM improves access to, and develops information repositories to help ensure a standardized knowledge transfer approach. (Recommendation 8)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should update and distribute an EM-wide strategy for telework, including remote work that clarifies eligibility and the administrative process for remote work requests. (Recommendation 9)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that EM regularly conducts a stay survey to be proactive in retention. (Recommendation 10)
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Medicaid: Federal Oversight of State Eligibility Redeterminations Should Reflect Lessons Learned after COVID-19

GAO-24-106883
Catina Latham
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should document and implement the oversight practices the agency learned during unwinding were needed for preventing and detecting state compliance issues with redetermination requirements. (Recommendation 1)
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Spectrum Management: Key Practices Could Help Address Challenges to Improving Receiver Performance

GAO-24-106325
Andrew Von Ah
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4 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Federal Communications Commission The Chair of FCC should define measurable goals related to implementing the spectrum management principles outlined in FCC's April 2023 policy statement. (Recommendation 1)
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Federal Communications Commission The Chair of FCC should identify strategies and resources necessary to achieve goals related to implementing the spectrum management principles outlined in FCC's April 2023 policy statement. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Communications Commission The Chair of FCC should identify internal and external factors that could affect FCC achieving goals related to implementing the spectrum management principles outlined in its April 2023 policy statement. These factors should inform FCC's efforts to develop strategies for achieving its goals. (Recommendation 3)
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration The NTIA Administrator should assess current information and evidence sources related to federal receiver performance and identify and collect additional information as appropriate. Such information and evidence should align with and address broader spectrum efficiency efforts including objectives outlined in the National Spectrum Strategy and FCC and NTIA's MOU. (Recommendation 4)
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Financial Services Regulations: Improvements Needed to Policies and Procedures for Regulatory Analysis

GAO-24-106206
Michael Clements
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Federal Reserve System The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should develop and implement policies and procedures for consistently performing regulatory analyses that align with leading practices, including for documenting the analyses performed. (Recommendation 1
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Federal Reserve System The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should develop and implement policies and procedures for systematically performing retrospective reviews of regulations. (Recommendation 2)
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Comptroller of the Currency should ensure that its Policy Analysis Division develops and implements policies and procedures for systematically performing retrospective reviews of regulations. (Recommendation 3)
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Army Corps of Engineers: Additional Steps Needed to Implement Acceleration Reforms

GAO-24-107072
Cardell Johnson
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Recommendation Status
Corps of Engineers The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works should ensure that the Chief of Engineers and the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare and submit the annual lists of feasibility studies that do not have adequate funding to make substantial progress toward the completion of studies to the Office of Management and Budget, or, if it is not feasible, seek repeal of the statutory requirement to do so. (Recommendation 1)
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