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GAO-23-106571 1 (2023-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaooqh0001 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 May 10, 2023 The Honorable Arati Prabhakar Director Office of Science and Technology Policy 1650 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20501 Priority Open Recommendations: Office of Science and Technology Policy Dear Director Prabhakar: 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 2022, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 OSTP's recommendation implementation rate for that year was 100 percent, reflecting implementation of five recommendations made in two reports from fiscal year 2018. As of April 2023, OSTP had nine open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve OSTP's operations. Since our July 2022 letter, OSTP has implemented the following one of our eight previously identified priority open recommendations: * As of January 2023, OSTP provided information demonstrating the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science had implemented leading practices that enhance and sustain collaboration, consistent with what we outlined in September 2018. We ask that you direct your attention to the remaining seven priority recommendations. (See enclosure for the list of recommendations.) The seven priority recommendations fall into the following three areas. Strengthening interagency collaboration. OSTP plays a critical role in bringing agencies together under the committees and subcommittees of the National Science and Technology 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 2022, GAO-23-900398 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2022). GAO-23-106571 OSTP Priority Recommendations Page 1

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