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Coast Guard Acquisitions: Further Cost and Affordability Analysis of Polar Fleet Needed
GAO-25-106822
Dec 19, 2024
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2 Open Recommendations
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure the Coast Guard develops a detailed cost estimate before purchasing a commercially available polar icebreaker that incorporates the costs of modifications to reach full operational capability. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should complete an analysis of the cost and sequencing for the polar icebreaker fleet expansion, including how these efforts are affordable within its larger acquisition portfolio. (Recommendation 2)
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Wildfires: Additional Actions Needed to Address FEMA Assistance Challenges
GAO-25-106862
Dec 18, 2024
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should assess ways to provide assistance for immediate post-wildfire mitigation and take steps to provide such assistance. If FEMA determines it needs additional authorities, it should develop a legislative proposal for implementing the proposed change(s). (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should follow the process to expand, establish, or adopt a categorical exclusion for wildfire mitigation activities that includes post-wildfire soil stabilization and erosion control measures. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should establish a formal process to regularly collect and assess nationwide feedback from state, local, and tribal FMAG recipients and incorporate such feedback into program policy, as appropriate. (Recommendation 3)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should document its position on approving FMAG declarations for fires burning on federal land but threatening nearby communities in the FMAG Program and Policy Guide. (Recommendation 4)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should clarify eligible pre-positioning costs, including use of in-state resources, in the FMAG Program and Policy Guide. (Recommendation 5)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should amend the FMAG regulations to provide tribal governments the option to request FMAG declarations directly from FEMA. (Recommendation 6)
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Artificial Intelligence: DHS Needs to Improve Risk Assessment Guidance for Critical Infrastructure Sectors
GAO-25-107435
Dec 18, 2024
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should expeditiously update its guidance and template for AI risk assessments to address the gaps identified in this report, including activities such as identifying potential risks and evaluating the level of risk, and ensure that the updates are shared with all the SRMAs.
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Law Enforcement: DHS Could Better Address Bias Risk and Enhance Privacy Protections for Technologies Used in Public
GAO-25-107302
Dec 03, 2024
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties develop policies and procedures to assess and address bias risks for DHS law enforcement agencies' detection, observation, and monitoring technologies prior to their use. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties apply the policies and procedures to assess and address bias risks to DHS law enforcement agencies' detection, observation, and monitoring technologies currently in use. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Commissioner of CBP require each detection, observation, and monitoring technology policy to address the privacy protections in the Fair Information Practice Principles. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Director of ICE require each detection, observation, and monitoring technology policy to address the privacy protections in the Fair Information Practice Principles. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that the Director of the Secret Service require each detection, observation, and monitoring technology policy to address the privacy protections in the Fair Information Practice Principles. (Recommendation 5)
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