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        Veterans Affairs: Improvements Needed in Estimating Funding for Potential Future Health EmergenciesGAO-24-106359
      
						Feb 08, 2024
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                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment of Veterans Affairs
                                                                                        The VA Undersecretary for Health should update VHA's standard operating procedure to require documenting and sharing with internal VHA stakeholders the rationale for key decisions made when developing the EHCPM. This should include documentation of key decisions made that led from the development of the initial EHCPM scenario through the scenario ultimately used to develop the President's budget request for VA. (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 Veterans Affairs
                                                                                        The VA Undersecretary for Health should enhance VA's analytical modeling capacity to better enable VHA to prepare estimates of the supplemental funding needed to address catastrophic events, such as pandemics, natural disasters, and terrorist acts. (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.
          Federal Spending Transparency: Opportunities to Improve USAspending.gov DataGAO-24-106214
      
						Nov 07, 2023
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                                                  StatusCongress
                                                                                        Congress should consider amending the DATA Act to assign Treasury, in coordination with OMB, the responsibilities to periodically assess and determine which agencies must report data to USAspending.gov and to oversee the completeness of reporting by all required agencies. (Matter for Congressional Consideration 1)
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As of March 2024, Congress has taken no action on this Matter.Congress
                                                                                        Congress should consider amending the DATA Act to include OTAs in the list of federal awards that agencies must report to USAspending.gov. (Matter for Congressional Consideration 2)
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As of March 2024, Congress has taken no action on this Matter.Office of Management and Budget
                                                                                        The Director of OMB, in collaboration with the Secretary of the Treasury, should provide guidance for agencies to ensure that the disaster and emergency budgetary data agencies report to USAspending.gov are consistent and comparable across other public sources, such as agency budget and annual financial reports. (Recommendation 1)
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In response to our draft report, OMB stated that it agreed with this recommendation. In March 2024 OMB told us that action is planned for this recommendation but not yet in progress. We will continue to monitor OMB's progress towards implementing this recommendation.
          DOD Service Contracts: Actions Needed to Identify Efficiencies and Forecast Budget NeedsGAO-23-106123
      
						Sep 07, 2023
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                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment of the Air Force
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Air Force should revise its service acquisition policy to ensure major commands collectively prioritize service requirements valued between $10 million and under $100 million. (Recommendation 1)
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DOD concurred with this recommendation. We will provide an update on the agency's progress once one is available.Department of the Air Force
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Air Force should revise its service acquisition policy to require an official who is responsible for the oversight of services, such as the Air Force's Senior Services Manager, to aggregate and review data on service requirements valued between $10 million and under $100 million to identify efficiencies. (Recommendation 2)
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DOD concurred with this recommendation. We will provide an update on the agency's progress once one is available.Department of the Army
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Army should revise its service acquisition policy to require an official who is responsible for the oversight of services, such as the Army's Senior Services Manager, to aggregate and review data on service requirements valued at $10 million or more to identify efficiencies. (Recommendation 3)
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DOD partially concurred with this recommendation. We will provide an update on the agency's progress once one is available.Department of Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, in coordination with other relevant offices involved in the recently established services working group, specifies the data sources and methodology for forecasting budget needs for service contracts across the Future-Years Defense Program to inform its fiscal year 2026 and future budget submission. (Recommendation 5)
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DOD partially concurred with this recommendation. We will provide an update on the agency's progress once one is available.
          Tactical Aircraft Investments: DOD Needs Additional Portfolio Analysis to Inform Future Budget DecisionsGAO-23-106375
      
						Dec 20, 2022
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                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment of Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should conduct an integrated acquisition portfolio review of all piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft platforms. This review should analyze key elements including, but not limited to, portfolio goals; potential overlap; potential tradeoffs; capability gaps; risk; and cost, schedule, and performance information on each platform within the portfolio. (Recommendation 1)
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DOD concurred with our recommendation. In response to this report, DOD stated that it intends to conduct an integrated acquisition portfolio review of piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft programs, to be completed by the end of fiscal year 2024. In July 2023, a Senate Report Accompanying the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly briefings to the congressional defense committees on the status of this review, beginning no later than January 31, 2024, until the review is completed and briefed to the committees. We will continue to monitor DOD's actions related to its integrated acquisition portfolio review for piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft.Department of Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should establish a requirement that ensures the congressional defense committees receive information underpinning DOD's integrated acquisition portfolio review of all piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft platforms. (Recommendation 2)
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DOD partially concurred with our recommendation. In response to this report, DOD stated that the Department intends to conduct an integrated acquisition portfolio review of piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft programs, but does not intend to establish a requirement to provide information from integrated acquisition portfolio reviews to Congress. DOD noted that the information derived from integrated acquisition portfolio reviews is used for internal, deliberative purposes, and that there are other existing methods by which the Department can provide congressional defense committees with information related to budget decisions for its piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft platforms. In July 2023, a Senate Report Accompanying the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly briefings to the congressional defense committees on the status of this review, beginning no later than January 31, 2024, until the review is completed and briefed to the committees. We will continue to monitor DOD's actions related to its integrated acquisition portfolio review for piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft.
    
    

  
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