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NOAA Mariner Recruitment and Retention: Actions Needed to Develop a Strategic Workforce Planning Process
GAO-24-106958
Jul 08, 2024
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Office of Marine and Aviation Operations The Director of OMAO should develop and implement a workforce planning process that covers both the NOAA Corps and professional mariners and incorporates key principles of effective strategic workforce planning. (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 Nuclear Security Administration: Actions to Recruit and Retain Federal Staff Could Be Improved
GAO-24-106167
May 29, 2024
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National Nuclear Security Administration The Director of the NNSA Office of Human Resources should collaborate with relevant stakeholders—including program, functional, mission-enabling, and field offices—to develop a continuing process for systematically analyzing and sharing information agencywide on challenges recruiting and retaining staff. (Recommendation 1)
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NNSA agreed in principle with this recommendation. In its April 2024 response letter, NNSA stated that the NNSA Office of Human Resources will review its communication and distribution processes to identify potential opportunities to enhance awareness and use of available information. NNSA estimates completing this action by September 30, 2024.
National Nuclear Security Administration The Director of the NNSA Office of Human Resources should regularly assess the results of NNSA's recruitment and retention actions using outcome-based performance measures. (Recommendation 2)
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NNSA agreed in principle with this recommendation. In its April 2024 response letter, NNSA stated that the NNSA Office of Human Resources plans to document its strategies for using performance measures to assess the results of its recruitment and retention actions and develop standard operating procedures for recruitment. NNSA estimates completing these actions by December 31, 2024.
National Nuclear Security Administration The Director of the NNSA Office of Learning and Career Management should establish a process to monitor offices' progress implementing actions to address the results of their Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results. (Recommendation 3)
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NNSA agreed in principle with this recommendation. In its April 2024 response letter, NNSA stated that the NNSA Office of Learning and Career Management is taking action to establish a more structured process for monitoring the implementation of offices' actions and will work to identify additional opportunities to document more fully and enhance its existing processes. NNSA estimates completing this action by September 30, 2024.

National Nuclear Security Administration: Improvements Needed for Overseeing Contractor Workforce Recruitment and Retention Efforts
GAO-24-106861
May 29, 2024
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National Nuclear Security Administration The Associate Administrator for NNSA's Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services should track the time it takes to review official human resources requests and use that information to determine if changes in its process are needed. (Recommendation 1)
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NNSA concurred with this recommendation. In its April 2024 response letter, NNSA indicated it will develop a list of management and operating (M&O) human resources requested to be tracked, including target processing timelines. In addition, NNSA said it will work with the M&O contractors to come to a mutual understanding of when NNSA's review officially begins and the factors that impact timing and key decisions. We will update the status of this recommendation when NNSA provides additional information on the actions taken.
National Nuclear Security Administration The Associate Administrator for NNSA's Office of Partnership and Acquisition Services should fully assess and identify the information it needs to oversee M&O contractors' recruitment and retention efforts, including whether collecting additional information could inform its oversight efforts. (Recommendation 2)
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NNSA concurred with this recommendation. In its April 2024 response letter, NNSA indicated it will review recruitment and retention related information that M&O contractors provide to NNSA to identify the current set of data used for oversight. In addition, NNSA said it will work with M&O contractors to identify opportunities where other existing information can be leveraged to further enhance oversight efforts. We will update the status of this recommendation when NNSA provides additional information on the actions taken.

Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability and Management of Ship Crewing Data
GAO-24-105811
Apr 29, 2024
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet amend guidance to require documentation of the review process—to include the factors they consider—when determining whether enlisted crewing target levels should be adjusted. (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.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations—in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Navy Personnel Command Career Management Department—removes the rules that allow junior sailors to count as filling positions of senior sailors in the Navy's fill and fit metrics, including when having to provide such data in certain reports to Congress pursuant to section 597 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020. (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.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations—in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Navy Personnel Command Career Management Department—reviews all business rules and source system data that inform the calculations for fill and fit metrics and aligns them across relevant documents for consistency to ensure the quality of data it uses to monitor ship readiness. (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.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations—in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Navy Personnel Command Career Management Department—establishes thresholds for measuring Navy enlisted classification fill and fit metrics against funded positions and personnel requirements, and reports this information to Congress, when required to report pursuant to section 597 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020. (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.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations—in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet—updates guidance related to (1) personnel policies and procedures and (2) enlisted crewing target levels to clearly and consistently describe those personnel requirements and what they represent in TFMMS. (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.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations—in coordination with the Navy Manpower Analysis Center—updates guidance related to (1) personnel policies and procedures and (2) personnel management data elements and values to clearly and consistently reflect that only NAVMAC can validate personnel requirements for ships. (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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