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State Department: Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Should Better Track Its Performance
GAO-24-106238
Jun 11, 2024
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for CSO requires a target for each of the bureau's performance indicators. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of State The Secretary of State should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for CSO fully documents CSO's performance management process, such as steps used in the annual strategic review, including the annual assessments of targets and data reliability. (Recommendation 2)
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U.S. Territories: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Address Data Gaps
GAO-24-106574
May 09, 2024
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should ensure that the Chief Statistician develops a coordinated, government-wide approach for federal statistical agencies to use, in consultation with the U.S. territories and other stakeholders, to examine the costs, benefits, and feasibility of including territories in statistical products and, as appropriate, identify ways to address any data gaps.
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Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments
GAO-24-105833
Apr 16, 2024
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in collaboration with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, should develop guidance on the collection of Office of Inspector General (OIG) data to support fraud estimation. The guidance should (1) identify and establish consistent data elements and terminology for use across OIGs; (2) include a timeline for implementation and key milestones; and (3) leverage existing data systems and processes, as appropriate. (Recommendation 1)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with input from executive branch agencies, should develop guidance on the collection of executive agency data to support fraud estimation. The guidance should (1) identify and establish consistent data elements and terminology for use across agencies; (2) include a timeline for implementation and key milestones; and (3) leverage existing data systems and processes, as appropriate. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, should establish an effort to evaluate and identify methods to expand government-wide fraud estimation to support fraud risk management. This effort should (1) initially prioritize program areas at increased risk of fraud; (2) be responsive to changes in the availability or quality of data; and (3) leverage data-analytics capabilities, such as within the Office of Payment Integrity, which includes the Do Not Pay program. (Recommendation 3)
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Freedom of Information Act: Additional Guidance and Reliable Data Can Help Address Agency Backlogs
GAO-24-106535
Mar 13, 2024
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Department of Justice The Attorney General should direct the Director of the Office of Information Policy to issue guidance advising agencies to include elements of effective action plans in their backlog reduction plans. Such elements include identifying and analyzing root causes of their backlog; identifying actions the agency will take to address those root causes; and establishing specific backlog reduction goals, performance measures, and milestones for tracking progress. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Justice The Attorney General should direct the Director of the Office of Information Policy to issue guidance advising agencies to identify actions in their backlog reduction plans to help ensure staff with the necessary skills are available to support reduction efforts. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Justice The Attorney General should direct the Director of the Office of Information Policy (OIP) to develop a process for OIP to more closely examine the data agencies report on component-level FOIA requests and average request processing times to help agencies ensure they report accurate average processing times. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Justice The Attorney General should direct the Director of the Office of Information Policy (OIP) to update the materials for OIP's training on annual FOIA reporting to highlight that agencies are required to report weighted average processing times for FOIA requests, and include instructions on how agencies should calculate their weighted average processing times. (Recommendation 4)
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