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GAO-24-107248 1 (2024-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqdq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O& U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States May 29, 2024 The Honorable Merrick B. Garland Attorney General The Honorable Lisa 0. Monaco Deputy Attorney General Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Justice Dear Attorney General Garland and Deputy Attorney General Monaco: The purpose of this letter is to update you on the overall status of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.' In November 2023, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 75 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 DOJ's recommendation implementation rate was 88 percent. As of April 2024, DOJ had 96 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our May 2023 letter, DOJ has implemented two of our 13 open priority recommendations. * In February 2024, DOJ clarified across its guidance that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblowers may make disclosures of wrongdoing to supervisors in their direct chain of command, as we recommended in 2015.3 Issuing a final rule amending its regulations helps ensure FBI whistleblowers are aware that they are protected and that DOJ personnel will address retaliation claims if FBI whistleblowers make disclosures to supervisors. * As of February 2024, FBI collaborated with federal and state agency stakeholders to further align its Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidance that other federal agencies impose as 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 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 2023, GAO-24-900483 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2023). 3GAO, Whistleblower Protection: Additional Actions Needed to Improve DOJ's Handling of FBI Retaliation Complaints, GAO-1 5-112 (Washington, D.C.: January 23, 2015). GAO-24-107248 DOJ Priority Recommendations Page 1

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