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Disaster Contracting: Opportunities Exist for FEMA to Improve Oversight
GAO-25-107136
Feb 06, 2025
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7 Open Recommendations
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should ensure that its Office of the Chief Component Procurement Officer reiterates to contracting officers and CORs, such as through a memorandum or training, the preference for and purpose of implementing performance-based acquisition methods for service contracts. (Recommendation 1)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should ensure that its Office of the Chief Component Procurement Officer reiterates to CORs, such as through a memorandum or training, the COR's role in documenting oversight activities taken to ensure contractor performance on service contracts. (Recommendation 2)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should ensure that its Office of the Chief Component Procurement Officer trains contract oversight staff (including contracting officers, CORs, and program office staff) on DHS and FEMA requirements for technical monitors to have the appropriate level of COR certification and the appropriate authorizations to serve on contracts. (Recommendation 3)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA Administrator should ensure that its Office of the Chief Component Procurement Officer take steps to identify who within the agency is performing contract oversight duties on active contracts, and ensure that those individuals have the proper COR certification and contracting officer authorization. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that its Office of the Chief Procurement Officer documents the steps it used to create and maintain the contracting job series staffing model. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of Homeland Security should ensure that its Office of the Chief Procurement Officer incorporates potential risks into its contracting job series staffing model. (Recommendation 6)
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Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Third-Party Organizations That Help Certify U.S.-Flagged Vessels
GAO-25-107139
Feb 04, 2025
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4 Open Recommendations
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure the Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy updates its procedures for recording the Coast Guard's observations of third-party organizations performing audits on inspected U.S.-flagged towing vessels. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure the Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy develops and implements a process to monitor the input of data on the service's oversight of third-party organizations that support the certification of inspected U.S.-flagged commercial vessels. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure the Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy develops and implements a plan with time frames to establish a system to measure the performance of third-party organizations that support the certification of inspected U.S.-flagged commercial vessels. (Recommendation 3)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard should ensure the Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy develops and implements a plan to periodically assess the benefits and risks of using third-party organizations to support the certification of inspected U.S.-flagged commercial vessels. (Recommendation 4)
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Maritime Cargo Security: Additional Efforts Needed to Assess the Effectiveness of DHS's Approach
GAO-25-106953
Jan 21, 2025
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2 Open Recommendations
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in coordination with Transportation Systems Sector partners, should develop objective, measurable, and quantifiable performance goals and associated performance measures. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Coast Guard The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in coordination with Transportation Systems Sector partners, should use the performance information collected to assess progress toward strategic and performance goals and the overall effectiveness of the layered approach to securing vessels and maritime cargo on an ongoing basis. (Recommendation 2)
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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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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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