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U.S. Marshals Service: Actions Needed to Better Identify and Address Detention Condition Concerns
GAO-24-106348
Jul 01, 2024
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8 Open Recommendations
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United States Marshals Service The Director of the Marshals Service should ensure that the Prisoner Operations Division develops and implements a plan with timeframes to ensure that deputy U.S. marshals who conduct detention facility reviews complete annual training. (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.
United States Marshals Service The Director of the Marshals Service should ensure that the Prisoner Operations Division develops guidance for deputy U.S. marshals on how to conduct a detention facility review. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Marshals Service The Director of the Marshals Service should ensure that the Prisoner Operations Division develops procedures on how district staff are to work with facilities to address deficiencies identified during reviews of state and local detention facilities. (Recommendation 3)
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United States Marshals Service The Director of the Marshals Service should maintain complete and consistent detention operations inquiry data. (Recommendation 4)
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United States Marshals Service The Director of the Marshals Service should take steps, as appropriate and feasible, to better ensure the independence of its facility review processes. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Marshals Service The Director of the Marshals Service should establish performance goals for the conditions of state and local detention facilities that fully address all aspects of its detention operations strategic goal and objective. (Recommendation 6)
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U.S. Postal Service: Inspection Service Should Document Its Law Enforcement Workforce Decision-Making Processes
GAO-24-106497
May 29, 2024
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3 Open Recommendations
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United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure the Chief Postal Inspector documents the Inspection Service's processes for determining the size and location of the postal inspector workforce across divisions, including factors that should be considered, and document the results of those processes. (Recommendation 1)
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In May 2024, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service concurred with this recommendation and said it would take steps to implement it. When we confirm the actions the Inspection Service has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure the Chief Postal Inspector fully documents the Inspection Service's processes for determining the size and location of the postal police workforce, including factors that should be considered. (Recommendation 2)
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In May 2024, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service concurred with this recommendation and said it would take steps to implement it. When we confirm the actions the Inspection Service has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure the Chief Postal Inspector sets a time frame for completing a security force assessment to determine the size and location of the postal police workforce. (Recommendation 3)
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In May 2024, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service concurred with this recommendation and said it would take steps to implement it. When we confirm what actions the Inspection Service has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Military Justice: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms
GAO-24-106165
May 02, 2024
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35 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General develops and implements a strategy to communicate the establishment of and service leadership support for the military justice career path. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps develops and implements a strategy to communicate the establishment of and service leadership support for the military justice career path. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the Air Force Judge Advocate General develops and implements a strategy to communicate the establishment of and service leadership support for the military justice career path. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should issue guidance to require the inclusion of judge advocates with relevant professional experience, such as a participant in the Army's military justice career path, on judge advocate promotion boards. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), in conjunction with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, issues guidance to require the inclusion of judge advocates with relevant professional experience, such as a judge advocate with significant military justice experience, on Marine Corps unrestricted officer promotion boards. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should issue guidance to require the inclusion of judge advocates with relevant professional experience, such as a participant in the Air Force's military justice career path, on judge advocate promotion boards. (Recommendation 6)
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Intellectual Property: Stronger Fraud Risk Management Could Improve the Integrity of the Trademark System
GAO-24-106533
Mar 14, 2024
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2 Open Recommendations
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Patent and Trademark Office Recommendation 1: The Commissioner for Trademarks should plan and conduct regular fraud risk assessments of the trademark register to determine a fraud risk profile that aligns with leading practices in the Fraud Risk Framework. Specifically, this process should include (1) identifying inherent fraud risks to the trademark register, (2) assessing the likelihood and impact of inherent fraud risks, (3) determining fraud risk tolerance, (4) examining the suitability of existing fraud controls, and (5) documenting the fraud risk profile.
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Patent and Trademark Office Recommendation 2: The Commissioner for Trademarks should identify and implement improvements to current data systems to strengthen trademark data analytics for stronger fraud risk management.
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