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Offshore Patrol Cutter: Coast Guard Should Gain Key Knowledge Before Buying More Ships
GAO-26-107583
Nov 25, 2025
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4 Open Recommendations
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure that the OPC program demonstrates that the stage 2 design is stable prior to authorizing construction of additional stage 2 OPCs by (1) completing basic and functional design, including routing of major distributive systems that affect multiple zones of the ship, in a 3D model with reliable vendor-furnished information and (2) successfully testing an integrated prototype of the davit in a realistic environment, consistent with shipbuilding leading practices. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in collaboration with the Navy, should develop a memorandum of agreement to clarify and document agreement on how the evaluation of deficiencies and ongoing surveillance of Austal's EVM system will be coordinated between the Coast Guard and SUPSHIP throughout the duration of the OPC program. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Homeland Security The DHS Secretary should ensure that the DHS Under Secretary for Management directs the Coast Guard to revise the OPC acquisition program baseline to include cost goals for each stage. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Homeland Security The DHS Secretary should ensure that the DHS Under Secretary for Management directs the Coast Guard to document a plan for acquiring stage 3 OPCs that identifies (1) how results from operational testing of OPC stages 1 and 2 will be incorporated into stage 3 procurement activities, such as developing the request for proposals, and contingency plans if this testing is delayed; and (2) how leading practices for ship design will be incorporated into stage 3. (Recommendation 4)
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Extreme Heat: Limited FEMA Assistance Highlights Need for Reevaluation of Agency’s Role
GAO-25-107474
Sep 30, 2025
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4 Open Recommendations
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The Administrator of FEMA should identify quantitative and qualitative evidence for tribal, state, and local governments to use to complete a benefit-cost analysis for projects addressing extreme heat. (Recommendation 1)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The Administrator of FEMA should establish a plan with a timeline and milestones to incorporate additional extreme heat activities into its benefit-cost analysis processes. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The Administrator of FEMA should identify mitigation projects with extreme heat as the primary focus and develop and distribute examples that model such projects. (Recommendation 3)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The Administrator of FEMA should evaluate the agency's role and capabilities to identify any gaps in its programs for assisting tribal, state, and local governments to address extreme heat events, and identify and determine whether and how best to address any gaps. (Recommendation 4)
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Port Security: FEMA Should Improve Transparency of Grant Decisions
GAO-25-107587
Sep 17, 2025
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Administrator of FEMA, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, updates the PSGP grant announcement to fully describe the application evaluation process, including all application review criteria and their relative weights. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Administrator of FEMA, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, updates the PSGP grant announcement to include all factors or elements other than merit criteria that FEMA may use in selecting applications for award. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Administrator of FEMA, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, assesses each step of the PSGP application evaluation process to determine if the results are consistent with FEMA's goals for distributing the program's funds and make adjustments, as appropriate. (Recommendation 3)
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Land Port Inspections: CBP Should Improve Performance Data and Deployment Plans for Scanning Systems
GAO-25-107379
Sep 15, 2025
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2 Open Recommendations
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should clearly define all NII key performance parameters and report performance using them. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should determine how to include deployment of large-scale NII systems to all southwest border land POEs in updates to its deployment plans. (Recommendation 2)
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