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GAO-23-106384 1 (2023-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaoorh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States May 12, 2023 The Honorable Gina M. Raimondo Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20230 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Commerce Dear Secretary Raimondo: The purpose of this letter is to update you on the overall status of the Department of Commerce's implementation of our recommendations and to call your continued attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2022, we reported that, government-wide, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 Commerce's recommendation implementation rate was 93 percent. As of April 2023, Commerce had 145 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve Commerce's operations. Since our July 2022 letter, Commerce has implemented two of our 16 open priority recommendations. In August 2022, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) jointly issued an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote the efficient use of radio spectrum in the public interest, as we recommended in June 2021. Having this updated MOU should better ensure effective collaboration between FCC and NTIA in their roles as federal spectrum managers.3 In February 2023, Commerce implemented the last of eight IT workforce planning activities we recommended in November 2016. As a result of its actions, the department has improved its capability to anticipate and respond to changing 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) 3GAO, Spectrum Management: Agencies Should Strengthen Collaborative Mechanisms and Processes to Address Potential Interference, GAO-21-474 (Washington, D.C.: June 29, 2021). GAO-23-106384 Commerce Priority Recommendations Page 1

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