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GAO-24-107327 1 (2024-06-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqjy0001 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 June 28, 2024 The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin Ill Secretary of Defense The Honorable Kathleen H. Hicks Deputy Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301-1000 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense Dear Secretary Austin and Deputy Secretary Hicks: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.' We positively note DOD's recent focus on closing recommendations. However, its implementation rate continues to lag behind the government-wide average. In November 2023, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 75 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 DOD's recommendation implementation rate was 69 percent. As of June 2024, DOD had 1,447 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. GAO issues both unclassified and classified products with recommendations to DOD that, if unaddressed, could have serious consequences. For example, we have made recommendations related to improving program and portfolio management in such areas as preparedness for biological and chemical threats, strategic nuclear forces, and the defense cyber and information environment. Further, we have made recommendations related to military force structure in developing new multi-domain units, posture in the Indo-Pacific region, preparing ships to deploy, and implementing DOD's dynamic force employment approach. We have also made recommendations about DOD's acquisition efforts related to submarines and satellites and DOD's integration efforts related to the defense industrial base. 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). GAO-24-107327 DOD Priority Recommendations Page 1

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