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GAO-23-106477 1 (2023-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaoopv0001 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 9, 2023 The Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary of Transportation 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 update you on the overall status of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) implementation of our 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, government-wide, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 DOT's recommendation implementation rate was 67 percent. As of April 2023, DOT had 178 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our July 2022 letter, DOT has implemented one of our 16 open priority recommendations. In March 2023, GAO confirmed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) had issued memorandums requiring division offices to document the rationale for classifying projects as emergency repairs, including a description of why the repair is necessary and which alternative strategies or repairs were considered. By taking these steps, FHWA is better positioned to provide greater oversight of federal funds and ensure division offices will appropriately document emergency repair decisions. We ask for your continued attention to the remaining 15 priority recommendations. We are also adding five new recommendations related to drones, traffic safety efforts, cargo preference requirements, and privacy. This brings the total number of current priority recommendations to 20. (See the enclosure for the list of recommendations.) The 20 priority recommendations fall into the following six major areas. Developing Comprehensive Plans. Comprehensive planning can help ensure that agencies achieve their priorities and manage risks. By implementing the three priority recommendations 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). GAO-23-106477 DOT Priority Recommendations Page 1

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