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GAO-22-105916 1 (2022-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaonlc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States July 22, 2022 The Honorable Alondra Nelson Acting Director Office of Science and Technology Policy 1650 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20501 Priority Open Recommendations: Office of Science and Technology Policy Dear Acting Director Nelson: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal 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 OSTP's recommendation implementation rate was 40 percent, reflecting implementation of two of five recommendations made in two fiscal year 2018 reports. As of July 2022, OSTP had 13 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve OSTP's operations. Of the 13 open OSTP recommendations, three were included in our initial July 2021 priority recommendation letter to OSTP. Those three recommendations have not yet been fully implemented, and we ask that you direct your attention to these recommendations, which are included in this letter. We are also adding five recommendations as priority this year. These are related to identifying and using the best available climate information in infrastructure decision making to manage climate change risks as well as tracking progress toward national goals with respect to high-performance computing and advanced manufacturing. These additional five recommendations bring the total number of priority recommendations to eight of the total of 13 open OSTP recommendations. (See the enclosure for the list of recommendations and actions needed to implement them.) OSTP's eight priority recommendations fall into the following three areas. 1. Strengthening interagency coordination. OSTP plays a critical role in bringing agencies together under the committees and subcommittees of the National Science and Technology Council. Our prior work has shown that issues in science and technology cut across multiple 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). GAO-22-105916 OSTP Priority Recommendations Page 1

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