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GAO-22-105852 1 (2022-09-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaonog0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States September 1, 2022 The Honorable Avril Haines Director of National Intelligence Office of the Director of National Intelligence Washington, D.C. 20511 Priority Open Recommendations: Office of the Director of National Intelligence Dear Director Haines: The purpose of this letter is to provide the overall status of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's (ODNI) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas in which GAO's open recommendations should be given high priority.1 Our work on Intelligence Community (IC) oversight has generated numerous recommendations to help enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the IC, but we have seen little progress in the implementation of these recommendations. In November 2021, we reported that on a government wide basis, 76 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 We are not able to report on ODNI's rate of implementation for recommendations made 4 years ago because we did not issue any reports with recommendations to ODNI in fiscal year 2017. However, as of August 22, 2022, ODNI's rate of implementation for all of the recommendations we have made since 2011 was 27 percent-ODNI had 61 open recommendations out of the 90 recommendations we made since 2011.3 The classified enclosure to this letter identifies 19 priority recommendations, of which several are classified, that directly address challenges in key areas of IC management and have an effect on the IC's ability to accomplish its mission.4 By fully implementing these recommendations, ODNI could improve its ability to help ensure the IC best manages its 1Priority open 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). 31n 2019 and 2021, we sent letters to ODNI summarizing open recommendations and requested updates on the status of these recommendations but as of August 2022 we had not receive feedback on the status of these recommendations or actions taken to address the open recommendations. 4Due to the classified nature of some of the recommendations, additional details on the priority recommendations in the four key areas noted in the letter can be found in a classified enclosure to this letter (enclosure 1). In addition, a complete list of all the priority recommendations, including the report details and contact information, can be found in a second classified enclosure to this letter (enclosure 2). GAO-22-105852 ODNI Priority Recommendations Page 1

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