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Anti-Money Laundering: Better Information Needed on Effectiveness of Federal Efforts [Reissued with revisions on Jun. 13, 2024]
GAO-24-106301
Jun 13, 2024
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of FinCEN develop and implement a communications plan to regularly inform Congress and the public in full about its progress implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. (Recommendation 1)
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We will update the status of this recommendation when Treasury provides its 180-day letter, which is due in September 2024.
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that the Director of FinCEN work with its survey vendor to improve the reliability of the agency's annual customer satisfaction surveys and appropriately disclose survey data limitations when results are reported. (Recommendation 2)
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We will update the status of this recommendation when Treasury provides its 180-day letter, which is due in September 2024.
Department of Justice The Attorney General should lead an effort, in coordination with the Departments of Homeland Security and the Treasury, to develop a methodology for producing government-wide data on the outcomes of anti-money laundering investigations. This effort could be conducted in conjunction with the interagency working group DOJ was directed to form in the joint explanatory statement accompanying its fiscal year 2023 appropriation. (Recommendation 3)
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DOJ agreed with our recommendation. We will update the status of this recommendation when DOJ provides its 180-day letter, which is due in September 2024.

Bank Supervision: More Timely Escalation of Supervisory Action Needed
GAO-24-106974
Mar 06, 2024
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Congress Congress should consider requiring the adoption of noncapital triggers that require early and forceful regulatory actions tied to unsafe banking practices before they impair capital, such as by amending the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to incorporate noncapital triggers into the prompt corrective action framework. (Matter for Consideration 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Board of Governors The Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors should ensure that the Director of the Division of Supervision and Regulation revise its procedures on when to escalate supervisory concerns to informal or formal enforcement actions to be clearer and more specific and to include measurable criteria. (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.

Financial Technology: SEC Should Prepare a Workforce Plan, Document Oversight Controls, and Set Goals for Innovation Office
GAO-24-106635
Jan 16, 2024
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chair of SEC should ensure that the Director of the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology document its policies and procedures supporting its internal controls. (Recommendation 2)
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SEC agreed with our recommendation. We will continue to monitor SEC's progress in implementing our recommendation.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Chair of SEC should ensure that the Director of the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology develop performance goals and measures that are objective, measurable, and targeted. (Recommendation 3)
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SEC agreed with our recommendation. We will continue to monitor SEC's progress in implementing our recommendation.

Financial Technology: Agencies Can Better Support Workforce Expertise and Measure the Performance of Innovation Offices
GAO-23-106168
Oct 06, 2023
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should fully incorporate leading workforce planning practices in the primary offices involved in policymaking and oversight related to financial technology by conducting strategic workforce planning that addresses financial technology; collecting staff skillset data and determining the critical financial technology skills the agency needs; developing targeted strategies to address financial technology-related skills gaps; and measuring the effectiveness of its financial technology-related training in addressing skill needs. (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.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should develop performance goals and measures for CFPB's Office of Competition and Innovation that cover key aspects of the office's activities, such as outreach to industry participants, and that are clear, targeted, and measureable. (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.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should develop performance measures that are specific to its strategic objectives related to supervisory technologies. (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.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation should fully incorporate leading workforce planning practices for the primary offices involved in policymaking and oversight related to financial technology by collecting staff skillset data and determining the critical financial technology skills the agency needs; developing targeted strategies to address financial technology-related skills gaps; and measuring the effectiveness of its financial technology-related training in addressing skill needs. (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.
Federal Reserve System The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should fully incorporate leading workforce planning practices in the primary offices involved in policymaking and oversight related to financial technology by collecting staff skillset data and determining the critical financial technology skills the agency needs; developing targeted strategies to address financial technology-related skills gaps; and measuring the effectiveness of its financial technology training in addressing skill needs. (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.
Federal Reserve System The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should develop performance measures that are specific to its strategic objectives related to supervisory technologies. (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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