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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 Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretaries of the Military Departments collaborate to develop a standardized suite of performance measures that measure the effectiveness of the military justice career path in achieving desired outcomes. (Recommendation 34)
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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 Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretaries of the Military Departments collaborate to develop and implement an evaluation plan that employs performance measures to systematically evaluate the extent of the effectiveness of the military justice career paths and consider including such information in their annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce reports to Congress. (Recommendation 35)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Electronic Health Records: DOD Has Deployed New System but Challenges Remain

GAO-24-106187
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Defense Health Agency Health Informatics organization in conjunction with the Program Executive Officer of Defense Healthcare Management Systems to establish MHS GENESIS user satisfaction targets (i.e., goals) and ensure that the system demonstrates improvement toward meeting those targets. (Recommendation 2)
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Electronic Health Records: DOD Has Deployed New System but Challenges Remain

GAO-24-106187
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Program Executive Officer of Defense Healthcare Management Systems to develop and implement a plan to provide an alternative to the MHS GENESIS dental module. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Federal EHR Modernization Office to identify and address specific barriers to maximizing integration at the FHCC, consistent with the FHCC executive agreement. (Recommendation 1)
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Counternarcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and Assessment of Its Activities

GAO-24-106281
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy identifies measurable outcomes for each of DOD's CN/CTOC strategic objectives that can be used to assess progress toward the objective. (Recommendation 3)
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Counternarcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and Assessment of Its Activities

GAO-24-106281
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy updates standard operating procedures for the C2IE data system to specify the quality control measures that should be reviewed and to assign responsibility for verifying that the information is accurate and consistent across combatant commands. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy develops a plan to assess DOD-wide progress toward its CN/CTOC strategic objectives. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy works with INDOPACOM, SOUTHCOM, and NORTHCOM to develop up-to-date agreements that clarify and define their and their task forces' respective roles and responsibilities in the overlapping operation area. (Recommendation 2)
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Military Readiness: Comprehensive Approach Needed to Address Service Member Fatigue and Manage Related Efforts

GAO-24-105917
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the office identified above to oversee DOD-wide fatigue-related efforts establishes a cross-domain working group dedicated to sharing and communicating fatigue research and related information department-wide. (Recommendation 8)
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We will update the status of this recommendation when DOD provides its 180-day letter (expected in fall 2024).
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