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GAO-23-106483 1 (2023-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaoowk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 23, 2023 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Homeland Security Dear Secretary Mayorkas: The purpose of this letter is to update you on the overall status of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) 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 DHS's recommendation implementation rate was 85 percent. As of June 2023, DHS had 464 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our July 2022 letter, DHS has implemented 14 of our 46 open priority recommendations. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is considering actions to better align the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) minimum standards with its current understanding of flood risk, premium rates, and risk reduction approaches to make communities more resilient to increased flooding, as we recommended. 3 Because FEMA is considering such amendments to reflect its current understanding of flood risk and to improve communities' resilience to increased flooding-it met the intent of our 2014 recommendation. Monitoring FEMA's actions to improve the long-term resilience of federally insured structures will remain a focus of our ongoing and future work. Updating the NFIP standards to promote risk reduction and resilience to increased flooding could help reduce the federal government's fiscal exposure to climate change. FEMA developed a plan to address identified challenges that have hindered its ability to provide reliable and complete information to field leaders and managers about staff 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, Climate Change: Better Management of Exposure to Potential Future Losses Is Needed for Federal Flood and Crop Insurance, GAO-15-28 (Washington, D.C.: Oct. 29, 2014). GAO-23-106483 DHS Priority Recommendations Page 1

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