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GAO-21-591PR 1 (2021-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaolwp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 25, 2021 The Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Transportation Dear Mr. Secretary: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2020, we reported that on a government-wide basis, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 DOT's recommendation implementation rate was 77 percent. As of April 2021, DOT had 178 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our April 2020 letter, DOT has implemented six of our 16 priority recommendations. DOT updated its Information Technology Risk Management standard operating procedure, which describes, among other things, how the department's Office of the Chief Information Officer is to coordinate with the office responsible for enterprise risk management (ERM) functions. The standard operating procedure incorporates cybersecurity and privacy risks into the department's ERM process. Accordingly, DOT senior leadership responsible for ERM is in a better position to be fully aware of significant cybersecurity risks and, thus, positioned to address them in the context of other risks and their potential impacts on the mission of the agency. The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) published a January 2018 working group report and a May 2020 report on the number of credentialed U.S. mariners. As we recommended, the report identified potentially available qualified mariners and potential solutions to address the estimated mariner shortfall. Having this information will help MARAD ensure that there are sufficient mariners to fulfill DOD's requirements for its most serious scenario. DOT implemented two priority recommendations related to uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (1) conducted a number of outreach 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 2020 GAO-21-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 16, 2020). GAO-21-591 PR DOT Priority Recommendations Page 1

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