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Driver Assistance Technologies: NHTSA Should Take Action to Enhance Consumer Understanding of Capabilities and Limitations
GAO-24-106255
Mar 28, 2024
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5 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should communicate to the public on NHTSA's website for vehicle rating information the test conditions and performance criteria NHTSA uses to determine if a vehicle's crash avoidance technologies qualify for a checkmark on the website. (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.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should provide more information on NHTSA's public website about partial driving automation systems to clarify the scope of intended use and the driver's responsibility to monitor the system and the driving environment while such a system is engaged. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should finalize NHTSA's roadmap for NCAP as soon as possible and include updated and realistic near-term and long-term time frames for changes to NCAP. (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.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should communicate progress on meeting time frames established in its roadmap for recommending four additional crash avoidance technologies and provide updated milestones and reasons for delays as needed. (Recommendation 4)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should communicate progress on meeting time frames established in its roadmap for developing a system for rating the technologies and redesigning the new car sticker and provide updated milestones and reasons for delays as needed. (Recommendation 5)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

International Trade: USTR Should Improve Coordination on New Automotive Rules of Origin
GAO-24-106330
Jan 31, 2024
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative USTR, as Chair of the Interagency Autos Committee, should work with committee members to develop written guidance that helps ensure accountability and reflects other leading collaboration practices, as appropriate. The guidance should include defining how the committee tracks, monitors, and communicates progress towards outcomes, such as providing recommendations for future modifications to USMCA rules of origin.
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Commenting on this report, USTR accepted GAO's recommendation and agreed to work with its interagency partners to develop and update written guidance to enhance coordination.

Prenatal Supplements: Amounts of Some Key Nutrients Differed from Product Labels
GAO-24-106689
Jan 11, 2024
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Congress Congress should consider measures for allowing FDA sufficient authority to carry out its oversight of dietary supplements. Such measures could include allowing FDA to require dietary supplement manufacturers to notify or register with FDA prior to putting a supplement on the market and to provide a copy of the supplement label. (Matter for Consideration 1)
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In response to a draft of our report, FDA agreed with the wording and intent of the matter. As of March 2024, Congress had not yet made changes to the Food and Drug Administration's authority to carry out its oversight of dietary supplements. We will provide an update as additional information becomes available.

Vehicle Safety: Opportunities to Improve Repair Rates for Recalled Vehicles
GAO-24-106356
Jan 09, 2024
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should develop a plan for regularly conducting research to identify the factors that influence vehicle remedies in response to recalls. (Recommendation 1)
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NHTSA concurred with this recommendation. When we confirm what actions NHTSA has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Administrator of NHTSA should more fully implement a lessons-learned process to identify lessons from its own and manufacturers' collaborative efforts with third parties that could help to improve recall completion rates. (Recommendation 2)
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NHTSA concurred with this recommendation. When we confirm what actions NHTSA has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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