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Open Recommendations (26 total)

Federal Spending Transparency: Opportunities Exist to Improve COVID-19 and Other Grant Subaward Data on USAspending.gov

GAO-24-106237
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should provide additional guidance to help prime recipients improve the quality of their subaward data submissions, such as actions to prevent duplicative reporting (Recommendation 2).
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GSA agreed with this recommendation. In January 2024, GSA officials told us that GSA has developed an approach for addressing gaps in help documentation and communications for both legacy FSRS and modernized FSRS systems. GSA plans to deliver improved guidance by May 31, 2024. We will continue to monitor GSA's progress toward implementing this recommendation.

Single Audits: Improving Federal Audit Clearinghouse Information and Usability Could Strengthen Federal Award Oversight

GAO-24-106173
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should, in coordination with federal agencies, develop proposed funding and timelines for implementing the identified and prioritized features to enhance the usefulness of FAC data for federal oversight through interagency agreements or other methods. (Recommendation 3)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Cybersecurity: Federal Agencies Made Progress, but Need to Fully Implement Incident Response Requirements

GAO-24-105658
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General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration should ensure that the agency fully implements all event logging requirements as directed by OMB guidance. (Recommendation 16)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Single Audits: Improving Federal Audit Clearinghouse Information and Usability Could Strengthen Federal Award Oversight

GAO-24-106173
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should, upon consulting with professional audit organizations, provide additional training to auditors and recipients to help ensure that they complete FAC data collection forms accurately, completely, and consistent with the audit report. (Recommendation 8)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Contracting: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Reporting of Waivers to Domestic Preference Laws

GAO-24-106166
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should conduct user testing with industry to obtain input on how, if at all, it could improve website functionality. (Recommendation 6)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Contracting: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Reporting of Waivers to Domestic Preference Laws

GAO-24-106166
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should develop a formal agreement, such as a memorandum of understanding, with the Director of OMB to document the extent that further website development is necessary, and the resources needed for future development efforts. (Recommendation 7)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Artificial Intelligence: Agencies Have Begun Implementation but Need to Complete Key Requirements

GAO-24-105980
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General Services Administration The Administrator of General Services should ensure that the agency develops a plan to either achieve consistency with EO 13960 section 5 for each AI application or retires AI applications found to be developed or used in a manner that is not consistent with the order. (Recommendation 31)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Real Property: GSA Should Improve Accuracy, Completeness, and Usefulness of Public Data

GAO-20-135
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General Services Administration The Administrator of GSA should work in consultation with agencies to determine which, if any, data should be withheld from public release. (Recommendation 3)
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In August 2023, GSA indicated that it has established procedures for controlled, unclassified information (CUI) since the last revision of the FRPP Data Dictionary. GSA officials said that they would work with their partners to determine if the current guidance effectively addresses this recommendation. GAO agreed to revisit the recommendation in spring 2024.

Artificial Intelligence: Agencies Have Begun Implementation but Need to Complete Key Requirements

GAO-24-105980
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
General Services Administration The Administrator of General Services should ensure that the agency updates its AI use case inventory to include all the required information, at minimum, and takes steps to ensure that the data in the inventory aligns with provided instructions. (Recommendation 32)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

GSA Commercial Platforms Program: Opportunities Exist to Improve Implementation

GAO-23-106128
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General Services Administration The Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) should ensure that the Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service develops a plan to formalize its manufacturer part number efforts intended to help ensure AbilityOne products are procured in lieu of their essentially the same counterparts. (Recommendation 1)
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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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