Skip to main content

National Defense

Jump To:

Recent Reports

View More Reports

Open Recommendations

DOD Contracting: Opportunities Exist to Improve Pilot Program for Employee-Owned Businesses
GAO-25-107531
Mar 20, 2025
Show
6 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment provides additional guidance to contracting officials on key program requirements to further reduce the risk of awarding a contract to ineligible contractors. (Recommendation 1)
Open
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 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment establishes well-defined, appropriate, clear, and measurable objectives for the ESOP pilot program. (Recommendation 2)
Open
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 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, after establishing clear and measurable objectives, clearly articulates a data collection and assessment methodology for its ESOP pilot program. (Recommendation 3)
Open
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 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, after establishing clear and measurable objectives, develops a plan to evaluate ESOP pilot program results. (Recommendation 4)
Open
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 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment includes an assessment of scalability in the ESOP pilot program to inform decisions about whether and how to implement the program more broadly. (Recommendation 5)
Open
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 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment incorporates appropriate, two-way communications with internal and external ESOP pilot program stakeholders, such as contracting officers and industry, about the design and operation of the pilot. (Recommendation 6)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

National Nuclear Security Administration: Reporting on Industrial Base Risks Needs Improvement
GAO-25-107215
Mar 14, 2025
Show
2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
National Nuclear Security Administration The NNSA Administrator should ensure that the agency's reporting on risks to the NSE industrial base includes complete and clear information on key industrial base risks. (Recommendation 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Nuclear Security Administration The NNSA Administrator should ensure that the agency's reporting on risks to the NSE industrial base includes an assessment of whether additional resources, tools, or legislative proposals are needed to address these risks. (Recommendation 2)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

National Nuclear Security Administration: Explosives Program Is Mitigating Some Supply Chain Risks but Should Take Additional Actions to Enhance Resiliency
GAO-25-107016
Mar 12, 2025
Show
3 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
National Nuclear Security Administration The NNSA Administrator should finalize the policy that includes a process to conduct supplier risk reviews and risk-informed requirements for qualifying suppliers to safeguard the explosives program from supplier-based risks. (Recommendation 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Nuclear Security Administration The NNSA Administrator should ensure that its strategy for supply chain resiliency within the explosives enterprise is comprehensive and addresses all identified risks. (Recommendation 2)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Nuclear Security Administration The NNSA Administrator should finalize plans to require supply chain risk management training for contractor staff responsible for explosives supply chain risk management. (Recommendation 3)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Defense Innovation Unit: Actions Needed to Assess Progress and Further Enhance Collaboration
GAO-25-106856
Feb 27, 2025
Show
6 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the DIU Director establishes measurable performance goals with associated metrics that have quantitative targets and time frames to ensure DIU is able to assess progress toward DIU's strategic goal. (Recommendation 1)
Open
We will update the status of this recommendation when DOD provides an update (expected Summer 2025.)
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the DIU Director collects performance information based on the metrics associated with the performance goals for DIU. (Recommendation 2)
Open
We will update the status of this recommendation when DOD provides an update (expected Summer 2025.)
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the DIU Director uses the performance information collected by its metrics to assess DIU's performance and inform DIU's future decision-making. (Recommendation 3)
Open
We will update the status of this recommendation when DOD provides an update (expected Summer 2025.)
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the DIU Director aligns NSIN's and NSIC's goals with DIU's strategic goal. (Recommendation 4)
Open
We will update the status of this recommendation when DOD provides an update (expected Summer 2025.)
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the DIU Director develops and documents a process for how it will assess DICE's progress toward meeting its short- and long-term goals to strengthen accountability of its collaboration efforts. (Recommendation 5)
Open
We will update the status of this recommendation when DOD provides an update (expected Summer 2025.)
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the DIU Director, once DIU documents how it will evaluate DICE's progress toward its goals, assesses the effectiveness of DICE and makes changes as needed to enhance collaboration. (Recommendation 6)
Open
We will update the status of this recommendation when DOD provides an update (expected Summer 2025.)
View More Recommendations

Related Pages

GAO Contacts

View More Contacts