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        Counternarcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and Assessment of Its ActivitiesGAO-24-106281
      
						Apr 16, 2024
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                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment 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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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.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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                                                                                        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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                                                                                        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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          Army Modernization: Production Challenges for Stryker Upgrade Reinforce Need to Follow Acquisition Leading Practices in Future Efforts [Reissued with revisions on Apr. 3, 2024]GAO-24-106590
      
						Apr 03, 2024
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                                                  StatusDepartment of the Army
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Army should ensure that Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems applies acquisition leading practices to manage and address production risk to inform future Stryker upgrade efforts. (Recommendation 1)
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          Military Readiness: Comprehensive Approach Needed to Address Service Member Fatigue and Manage Related EffortsGAO-24-105917
      
						Mar 26, 2024
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          9Open Recommendations

          Agency Affected
                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment of Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness conducts an assessment of DOD's oversight structure for fatigue-related efforts. This assessment should identify and delegate authority to an office with sufficient authority, sufficient staffing and resources, and committed leadership to act as a focal point for and oversee all DOD-wide fatigue-related efforts. (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 Air Force
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Air Force should assign leadership responsible for DOD component head responsibilities related to fatigue listed in DOD Instruction 1010.10. (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 Army
                                                                                        The Secretary of the Army should assign leadership responsible for DOD component head responsibilities related to fatigue listed in DOD Instruction 1010.10. (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 assign Navy leadership responsible for DOD component head responsibilities related to fatigue listed in DOD Instruction 1010.10. (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 assign Marine Corps leadership responsible for DOD component head responsibilities related to fatigue listed in DOD Instruction 1010.10. (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 Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should ensure the office identified above to oversee DOD-wide fatigue-related efforts creates and maintains a comprehensive list of all fatigue-related research projects. (Recommendation 6)
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          Defense Contracts: Better Monitoring Could Improve DOD's Management of Award Lead TimesGAO-24-106528
      
						Mar 14, 2024
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                                                  Recommendation
                                                  StatusDepartment of Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, in coordination with key DOD components, assess how existing procurement data can be leveraged to regularly monitor PALT across DOD to identify issues that may require action through policy or guidance, or management attention at the component level. (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 Defense
                                                                                        The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting, in coordination with key DOD components, determine if the PALT Tracker is necessary to supplement existing procurement data to regularly monitor high-dollar-value acquisitions. (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 Defense
                                                                                        Should the Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting determine that the PALT Tracker is necessary to supplement existing procurement data, then the Secretary of Defense should take steps to improve the completeness of PALT Tracker data, such as ensuring components adopt the application programming interface to enable automatic data transfer. (Recommendation 3)
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