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Navy Shipbuilding: Increased Use of Leading Design Practices Could Improve Timeliness of Deliveries
GAO-24-105503
May 02, 2024
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11 Open Recommendations
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Congress Congress should consider requiring, as part of section 8669c of title 10, United States Code, that the Navy report on the degree of vendor-furnished information completeness supporting the overall maturity and stability of a ship's design before beginning construction. (Matter for Consideration 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that each shipbuilding program reevaluates validated requirements in capability development documents before the start of construction for individual ships and periodically during ship construction to confirm their continued relevance and identify any appropriate changes. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that shipbuilding programs complete functional design for new ships before awarding detail design and construction contracts. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the design teams for new ship designs include user representation, such as current or recent operators and engineers from the Navy's fleet, to provide consistent, direct user input in the design review process and inform decision-making. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should develop a robust digital ship design library to enhance the Navy's ability to leverage existing designs and expedite design and construction. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should—in coordination with Navy shipbuilders—evaluate opportunities to accelerate the receipt of reliable vendor-furnished information to support earlier design maturity for new ships. (Recommendation 5)
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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 Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the Air Force Judge Advocate General formally evaluates Air Force policies and procedures governing the use of litigators to help ensure their efficient and effective use. (Recommendation 13)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs collects information on retention rates of participants in the Marine Corps' military justice career path and considers including such information in the Marine Corps' annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 24)
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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 Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Secretaries of the Military Departments collaborate to develop and implement an evaluation plan that employs performance measures to systematically evaluate the extent of the effectiveness of the military justice career paths and consider including such information in their annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce reports to Congress. (Recommendation 35)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Judge Advocate General issues guidance requiring a periodic evaluation of professional experience standards for Army military justice litigation positions. (Recommendation 14)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the Air Force Judge Advocate General collects information on retention rates of participants in the Air Force's military justice career path and considers including such information in the Air Force's annual Article 146a judge advocate workforce report to Congress. (Recommendation 25)
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Military Justice: Quality Data Needed to Improve Oversight of Navy and Marine Corps Disciplinary Measures
GAO-24-106652
Apr 18, 2024
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Chief of Naval Operations establishes a time frame for automating the Navy's process to collect and maintain quality nonjudicial punishment data in its personnel database and then implements this automated process. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Commandant of the Marine Corps establishes a time frame for automating the Marine Corps' process to collect and maintain quality nonjudicial punishment data in its personnel database and then implements this automated process. (Recommendation 2)
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Counternarcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and Assessment of Its Activities
GAO-24-106281
Apr 16, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy identifies measurable outcomes for each of DOD's CN/CTOC strategic objectives that can be used to assess progress toward the objective. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy develops a plan to assess DOD-wide progress toward its CN/CTOC strategic objectives. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy updates standard operating procedures for the C2IE data system to specify the quality control measures that should be reviewed and to assign responsibility for verifying that the information is accurate and consistent across combatant commands. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy works with INDOPACOM, SOUTHCOM, and NORTHCOM to develop up-to-date agreements that clarify and define their and their task forces' respective roles and responsibilities in the overlapping operation area. (Recommendation 2)
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