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Open Recommendations (7 total)

Federal Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve Recruitment and Retention in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. Territories

GAO-25-106527
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3 Open Recommendations
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service should evaluate the agency's current recruitment strategies and efforts to identify opportunities to broaden the pool of qualified local candidates across all hard-to-fill noncontiguous areas. (Recommendation 8)
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service should examine the effectiveness of the agency's efforts to communicate information that helps support applicants in the noncontiguous U.S. with the federal hiring process. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service should evaluate the agency's efforts to obtain and use feedback on hiring, recruitment, and retention practices, including human capital flexibilities, from staff in the noncontiguous U.S. to identify and address opportunities for improvement. (Recommendation 4)
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Wildlife Trafficking: Agencies Should Improve Efforts to Protect Human Rights in Overseas Activities

GAO-24-106553
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3 Open Recommendations
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Director of FWS should clarify requirements for implementing partners for direct-funded awards with ranger activities to report grievances or human rights abuse allegations to FWS in a timely manner. (Recommendation 7)
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Director of FWS should periodically update the "abuse of power" risk assessments FWS conducts for direct-funded awards with ranger activities to analyze and respond to any changes in project human rights abuse risks and social safeguards. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Director of FWS should communicate guidance in NOFOs for applicants for direct-funded awards with ranger activities on what information to provide to FWS on project social risks and any planned social safeguard mechanisms to address those risks. These safeguards may include community consultation and engagement, consideration of Indigenous Peoples and FPIC principles, human rights training for rangers, and grievance and redress mechanisms. (Recommendation 2)
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Wildlife Trafficking: Agencies Should Improve Efforts to Protect Human Rights in Overseas Activities

GAO-24-106553
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Director of FWS, to inform its risk assessments, should ensure that implementing partners for direct-funded awards with ranger activities include updated information in periodic performance reports on human rights abuse risks and applicable project social safeguard mechanisms. This should include information on any issues encountered, resolutions, and lessons learned. (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.
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