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Army Corps of Engineers: Expedited Permitting Process Would Benefit from More Transparency

GAO-25-107637
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Department of Defense The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works should ensure that the Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers update the Corps' website to ensure that all section 214 annual reports are available on a single website. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Defense The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works should ensure that the Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers update the Corps' Jurisdictional Determinations and Permit Decisions website to distinguish between permits issued under section 214 agreements and those issued under other similar funding agreements. (Recommendation 1)
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Army Corps of Engineers: Expedited Permitting Process Would Benefit from More Transparency

GAO-25-107637
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Department of Defense The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works should ensure that the Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers update the Corps' website to ensure that all active section 214 agreements to accept funds are available on a single website. (Recommendation 2)
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Ukraine: DOD Can Take Additional Steps to Improve Its Security Assistance Training

GAO-25-107923
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Director of DSCA, issues guidance that requires the combatant commands to identify resources necessary for training when proposing a security assistance package, including situations that require rapid execution of PDA. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Commander, U.S. European Command provides clear guidance to subordinate organizations on documenting approaches for assessing training provided to Ukrainian forces. Such guidance should include data elements and standards to ensure data quality. (Recommendation 2)
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Ukraine: DOD Can Take Additional Steps to Improve Its Security Assistance Training

GAO-25-107923
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Commander, U.S. European Command directs subordinate organizations to capture and share relevant observations from ongoing efforts to train Ukraine's forces through the Joint Lessons Learned Information System in a timely manner. These steps could include emphasizing the importance of recording observations in the Joint Lessons Learned Information System and requiring subordinate commands to develop clear implementing guidance that directs personnel to record observations in the Joint Lessons Learned Information System. (Recommendation 3)
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Weapon Systems Acquisition: DOD Needs Better Planning to Attain Benefits of Modular Open Systems

GAO-25-106931
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that OSD policy governing the MTA pathway provides direction for DOD acquisition programs to implement a MOSA to the maximum extent practicable and addresses related statutory requirements. (Recommendation 11)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that OSD guidance that fully addresses the statutory requirements to facilitate the implementation of a MOSA for any program prototyping, acquiring, or sustaining a new or existing weapon system is issued in an expedient manner. (Recommendation 12)
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Weapon Systems Acquisition: DOD Needs Better Planning to Attain Benefits of Modular Open Systems

GAO-25-106931
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, develop a method for program offices to use when assessing the costs and benefits of pursuing a MOSA on weapon systems. (Recommendation 1)
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Defense Contracting: DOD is Taking Steps to Restrict Mandatory Arbitration, but Additional Action Needed

GAO-25-107069
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency assesses the extent to which the agency's ongoing contracts that meet the criteria for inclusion of the clause at DFARS 252.222-7006, which restricts contractors' use of mandatory arbitration, have included the clause and use this information to determine what actions, if any, are needed to improve compliance for ongoing contracts. (Recommendation 1)
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