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Global Cybercrime: Federal Agency Efforts to Address International Partners' Capacity to Combat Crime
GAO-23-104768
Mar 01, 2023
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1 Open Recommendations
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Department of State The Secretary of State should instruct the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of capacity building efforts to counter cybercrime. (Recommendation 1)
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Information Technology: IRS Needs to Complete Modernization Plans and Fully Address Cloud Computing Requirements
GAO-23-104719
Feb 07, 2023
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9 Open Recommendations
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of the IRS should ensure that IRS establishes time frames for addressing the disposition of legacy systems for the Enterprise Case Management modernization initiative and follow through to document a complete modernization plan. (Recommendation 1)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of the IRS should ensure that IRS establishes time frames for addressing the disposition of legacy systems for the Enterprise Data Platform modernization initiative and follow through to document a complete modernization plan. (Recommendation 2)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of the IRS should ensure that IRS establishes time frames for addressing the disposition of legacy systems for the Information Returns Modernization initiative and follow through to document a complete modernization plan. (Recommendation 3)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of the IRS should ensure that IRS establishes time frames for addressing the disposition of legacy systems for the Information Technology Service Management modernization initiative and follow through to document a complete modernization plan. (Recommendation 4)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of the IRS should ensure that IRS establishes time frames for addressing the disposition of legacy systems for the Enterprise Anomaly Detection / Enterprise Case Selection modernization initiative and follow through to document a complete modernization plan when it resumes. (Recommendation 5)
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Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of the IRS should ensure that IRS establishes time frames for addressing the disposition of legacy systems for the Workforce Infrastructure modernization initiative and follow through to document a complete modernization plan when it resumes. (Recommendation 6)
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Information Technology: Education Needs to Address Student Aid Modernization Weaknesses
GAO-23-105333
Oct 20, 2022
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14 Open Recommendations
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Office of Federal Student Aid The Chief Operating Officer of FSA should ensure that, moving forward, the Next Gen program tracks and monitors all of its costs, including government labor costs. (Recommendation 1)
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Office of Federal Student Aid The Chief Operating Officer of FSA should update FSA's cost estimation guidance for its acquisition programs to incorporate the best practices called for in GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide. (Recommendation 2)
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Office of Federal Student Aid The Chief Operating Officer of FSA should update the cost estimate for the Next Gen program to ensure it accounts for all costs and incorporates the best practices called for in GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide. (Recommendation 3)
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Office of Federal Student Aid The Chief Operating Officer of FSA should revise the schedule estimate for the Next Gen FSA program to incorporate the best practices called for in GAO Schedule Assessment Guide. (Recommendation 4)
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Office of Federal Student Aid The Chief Operating Officer of FSA should ensure that the PPO project defines metrics for tracking the baseline requirements and the rationale for using the metrics. (Recommendation 5)
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Office of Federal Student Aid The Chief Operating Officer of FSA should ensure that the PPO project documents how detailed requirements meet the business need for the project. (Recommendation 6)
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Technology Business Management: OMB and GSA Need to Strengthen Efforts to Lead Federal Adoption
GAO-22-104393
Sep 29, 2022
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7 Open Recommendations
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the Federal CIO to establish plans and time frames for government-wide TBM adoption that address the remaining elements of the taxonomy (third layer, fourth layer, and subcategories). (Recommendation 1)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the Office of Federal Financial Management and Budget Review Division to work with GSA's TBM program management office to determine appropriate next steps for updating budget object classification codes to better align agencies' financial management systems with the TBM taxonomy. (Recommendation 2)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the Federal CIO to work with GSA to establish an approach for assessing the maturity of agencies' TBM implementation. (Recommendation 3)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the Federal CIO to require all agencies to complete and submit the TBM maturity model assessment tool to OMB and GSA. (Recommendation 4)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the Federal CIO to ensure that known limitations in the TBM data for fiscal year 2021 are publicly disclosed on the IT Dashboard. (Recommendation 5)
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Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should direct the Federal CIO to analyze inconsistencies in agency-reported TBM data to determine why agencies are reporting differences between their TBM and IT portfolio spending data. (Recommendation 6)
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