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GAO-21-597PR 1 (2021-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaolwj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 23, 2021 The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20585 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Energy Dear Secretary Granholm: I appreciated our recent meeting and look forward to a constructive working relationship between our two institutions. As we discussed, the purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Department of Energy's (DOE) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2020, we reported that on a government-wide basis, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 DOE's recommendation implementation rate was 79 percent. As of April 2021, DOE had 209 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our April 2020 letter, DOE implemented four of our 20 open priority recommendations by taking the following actions: In May 2020, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) issued guidance directing management and operating (M&O) contractors to provide financial data to NNSA using a common work breakdown structure beginning in fiscal year 2021, as we recommended in January 2019.3 We believe this action will help NNSA better collect standardized financial data from its programs and contractors to allow the agency to compare costs, and provide better information to Congress about the total cost of its programs. 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2020, GAO-21-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 16, 2020). 3GAO, National Nuclear Security Administration: Additional Actions Needed to Collect Common Financial Data, GAO- 19-101 (Washington, D.C.: Jan. 31, 2019). GAO-21-597PR DOE Priority Recommendations Page 1

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