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IT Systems Annual Assessment: DOD Needs to Strengthen Software Metrics and Address Continued Cybersecurity and Reporting Gaps

GAO-24-106912
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense We are making one recommendation to the Department of Defense that the Secretary direct the Chief Information Officer and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to ensure that IT business programs developing software use the metrics and management tools required by DOD and consistent with those identified in GAO's Agile Assessment Guide.
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Defense Health Care: DOD Should Improve Accuracy of Behavioral Health Provider Information in TRICARE Directories

GAO-24-106588
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of DHA periodically monitors the accuracy of behavioral health provider listings in relation to the overall provider directory. (Recommendation 2)
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Defense Health Care: DOD Should Improve Accuracy of Behavioral Health Provider Information in TRICARE Directories

GAO-24-106588
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of DHA

  • assesses the accuracy of behavioral health provider listings, specifically, in the TRICARE directories;
  • determines and addresses the causes of any significant differences identified in the accuracy rate for behavioral health provider listings compared to the accuracy rates for the overall directories; and
  • ensures accuracy rates for behavioral health provider directory information are comparable to the accuracy rates for the overall directory, to the extent practicable.

    • (Recommendation 1)
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Missile Defense: Next Generation Interceptor Program Should Take Steps to Reduce Risk and Improve Efficiency

GAO-24-106315
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should task the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment with ensuring the Director, MDA promptly reports any changes in the threat that may have implications for NGI's threat requirements to appropriate senior DOD leaders, including those on the Missile Defense Executive Board and the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. (Recommendation 2)
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Missile Defense: Next Generation Interceptor Program Should Take Steps to Reduce Risk and Improve Efficiency

GAO-24-106315
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Department of Defense The Director, MDA should conduct periodic independent organizational assessments of its efforts for implementing a digital engineering environment for the GMD program to support NGI development and incorporate lessons learned into its implementation plans, as needed. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should task the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment with ensuring the Director, MDA uses models and simulations that fully represent stressing intercept conditions for NGI performance and technology maturation assessments supporting the program's critical design review and key acquisition decisions. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should task the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment with ensuring the Director, MDA regularly coordinates with the intelligence community, joint staff, and combatant commands throughout NGI development to prioritize and, if necessary, update NGI's threat requirements. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Director, MDA should develop a plan for budgeting for and expediting the development of all models—including models that represent stressing intercept conditions NGI is expected to encounter—and simulations necessary to support the NGI critical design review and ground testing. (Recommendation 4)
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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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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs develops a process to annually assess each military department's food environment and nutrition standards, and review all nutrition programs, policies, and related processes. (Recommendation 9)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in coordination with the forthcoming Defense Feeding and Nutrition Board, defines the role of nonappropriated fund food venues in providing nutritious food on installations. (Recommendation 7)
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