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U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Resources Deployed and Challenges Faced in Securing the Northern Border
GAO-26-107501
Feb 12, 2026
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1 Open Recommendations
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop and implement a plan with strategies for addressing workforce gaps in the Law Enforcement Information Systems Specialist position.
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Coast Guard: Additional Actions Needed to Address Reports of Community Discrimination Against Service Members
GAO-26-107875
Feb 11, 2026
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3 Open Recommendations
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure that the CRD reviews and clarifies the definition of a social climate incident and ensure that the term is defined the same way in all agency policies, including its Civil Rights Manual and Assignments Manual. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure that the CRD develops and implements a standardized process for the collection and retention of required social climate incident documentation. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure that the CRD consistently makes all commands aware of the CRD's social climate incident tools, including the incident reporting data provided through the internal SharePoint website. (Recommendation 3)
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Supply Chain Security: Actions Needed to Improve CBP Management of the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program
GAO-26-107893
Jan 27, 2026
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6 Open Recommendations
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop a plan and assign responsibility for overseeing the completeness and consistency of its security incident data involving CTPAT participants, such as through regular evaluations of security incident data and ensuring that security incidents reported from CTPAT field offices or self-reported by participants are included in its data. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should update the operating guidance for investigating and taking enforcement action against CTPAT participants involved in security incidents. The update should include (1) decision-making criteria based on a risk-based approach to inform decisions on methods to investigate participants, (2) decision-making criteria based on a risk-based approach to inform decisions on enforcement actions against participants, and (3) requirements that those decisions be documented. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should improve the completeness and accuracy of the CTPAT program's enforcement actions data in the CTPAT Portal by addressing (1) incomplete data entries, (2) inconsistent or inaccurate data entries, (3) missing data entries, and (4) the potential for duplicate records. (Recommendation 3)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop a formal mechanism to ensure it annually reviews and updates as necessary the CTPAT program's minimum security requirements, as required by the SAFE Port Act. (Recommendation 4)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop and document internal policies and procedures to ensure the agency develops an annual plan for each fiscal year to match available resources to the projected workload of the CTPAT program, as required by the SAFE Port Act, including resources to address program participant involvement in security incidents. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop a 5-year plan with outcome-based goals and performance measures of the CTPAT program, as required by the SAFE Port Act. (Recommendation 6)
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Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps: DOD and DHS Should Update Guidance to Evaluate Instructor Recruitment and Pay
GAO-26-107709
Jan 26, 2026
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7 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop an evaluation plan, including a standardized set of metrics, to evaluate the effectiveness of JROTC instructor recruitment. (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.
Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should develop an evaluation plan, including a standardized set of metrics, to evaluate the effectiveness of JROTC instructor recruitment. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should develop an evaluation plan, including a standardized set of metrics, to evaluate the effectiveness of JROTC instructor recruitment. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure the Commandant of the Marine Corps develops an evaluation plan, including a standardized set of metrics, to evaluate the effectiveness of JROTC instructor recruitment. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure the Commandant of the Coast Guard develops an evaluation plan, including a standardized set of metrics, to evaluate the effectiveness of JROTC instructor recruitment. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretaries of the military departments, should update JROTC guidance to include plans and metrics for evaluating how the JROTC instructor pay scale affects instructor recruitment and retention. (Recommendation 6)
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