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DOD Food Program: Additional Actions Needed to Implement, Oversee, and Evaluate Nutrition Efforts for Service Members

GAO-24-106155
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should establish guidance that addresses what steps dining facilities should take to implement each of the required Go for Green® program elements. (Recommendation 1)
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DOD Food Program: Additional Actions Needed to Implement, Oversee, and Evaluate Nutrition Efforts for Service Members

GAO-24-106155
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop a process to ensure that all installations use the required Go for Green® program fidelity assessment tool to conduct oversight of the Army food service program. (Recommendation 13)
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Military Justice: Increased Oversight, Data Collection, and Analysis Could Aid Assessment of Racial Disparities

GAO-24-106386
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop and implement a process to centrally collect and maintain accessible data—including race and ethnicity data—on administrative sanctions, all investigations including commander-directed investigations, appeals, and service members selected to serve on court-martial panels, to facilitate centralized visibility over, and, as necessary, the assessment and reporting of these data. (Recommendation 1)
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Military Child Care: Services Should Assess Their Employee Retention Efforts

GAO-24-106524
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army improves upon its strategic workforce planning efforts by developing metrics to track the effectiveness of its child care program retention initiatives. (Recommendation 7)
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DOD agrees with this recommendation. The Department will ensure that the Secretary of the Army addresses this recommendation by developing metrics to track the effectiveness of its child care program retention initiatives.

Military Justice: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms

GAO-24-106165
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General formally evaluates Army policies and procedures governing the use of litigators to help ensure their efficient and effective use. (Recommendation 10)
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Military Justice: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms

GAO-24-106165
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General collects and maintains staffing data on actual staff assigned to litigation positions compared to authorized positions and considers including such information in the Army's annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 30)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure the Army Judge Advocate General issues guidance that addresses the risk that the perishability of litigation skills poses to the use of skill levels for Army litigators, such as specifying the maximum time a recipient may serve in a non-litigation role before the skill level must be reviewed. (Recommendation 7)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General collects information on retention rates of participants in the Army's military justice career path and considers including such information in the Army's annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 22)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General develops and implements a strategy to communicate the establishment of and service leadership support for the military justice career path. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General issues guidance requiring a periodic evaluation of professional experience standards for Army military justice litigation positions. (Recommendation 14)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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