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GAO-22-105800 1 (2022-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaonbr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AlO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States May 11, 2022 The Honorable Antony J. Blinken Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20520 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of State Dear Mr. Secretary: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the U.S. Department of State's implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your continued attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2021, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 76 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 State's recommendation implementation rate was 94 percent. As of April 2022, State had 82 open recommendations.3 Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our May 2021 letter, State has implemented four of our 11 open priority recommendations. In July 2021, State issued supplemental guidance describing steps that posts should take to vet recipients of U.S. security equipment and other nontraining assistance. With the issuance of this guidance and its earlier actions, State has taken sufficient action to implement our April 2016 recommendation in our report focused on U.S. assistance to Egypt. State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) implemented our August 2016 recommendation by launching a consolidated ForeignAssistance.gov website that presents a single picture of U.S. foreign assistance and by issuing guidance on how State and USAID will aggregate and validate foreign assistance data. 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 operation, 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 2021, GAO-22-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2021). 3Sensitive and classified recommendations are tracked separately. GAO-22-105800 State Priority Recommendations Page 1

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