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GAO-23-106531 1 (2023-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaooql0001 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 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 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 State's recommendation implementation rate was 81 percent. As of April 2023, State had 121 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our May 2022 letter, State has implemented three of our 13 open priority recommendations. In August 2022, State implemented our recommendation to work and consult with other federal agencies that contribute to cyber diplomacy as it establishes the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. As outlined in our September 2020 recommendation, State obtained agencies' views, such as from the Department of Defense and Federal Bureau of Investigation, and identified possible risks of unnecessary fragmentation, overlap, and duplication of its efforts before establishing the bureau. As part of its fiscal year 2023 budget request, State presented an analysis of global construction inflation's effect on planned embassy construction capacity. Providing this information through State's yearly budget request addresses our September 2018 recommendation that State should regularly inform stakeholders on how the cost of inflation will affect embassy construction and time frames. The information is essential 1Priority recommendations are those that we believe 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). Page 1 GAO-23-106531 State Priority Recommendations

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