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Missile Defense: DOD Faces Support Challenges for Defense of Guam
GAO-25-108187
May 22, 2025
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3 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—in coordination with the Director of MDA and secretaries of the military departments—develops a strategy with a timeline and plan for the transfer of responsibilities for operating and sustaining GDS elements to each lead organization. (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 Secretary of the Army—in coordination with the Commander of JRM, the Secretaries of the Air Force and Navy, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps— develops a long-term strategy for the Army's organization as a supported command at JRM. (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 The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the secretaries of the military departments determine the personnel requirements needed to operate and sustain GDS, including developing a deployment schedule for those personnel, to allow sufficient time for completing construction of necessary support facilities on Guam. (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.

Defense Command and Control: Further Progress Hinges on Establishing a Comprehensive Framework
GAO-25-106454
Apr 08, 2025
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should establish a framework to evaluate the extent to which military organization investments align with and achieve CJADC2 goals. The framework should establish clear guidance for command and control investments and a means to collectively track progress toward CJADC2 goals. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should establish an approach to consolidate and share lessons learned from ongoing CJADC2-related experimentation and real-world activities to the larger DOD enterprise. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should identify, comprehensively assess, and address key challenges that hinder progress toward DOD's CJADC2 goals. (Recommendation 3)
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DOD Contracting: Opportunities Exist to Improve Pilot Program for Employee-Owned Businesses
GAO-25-107531
Mar 20, 2025
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6 Open Recommendations
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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)
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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)
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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 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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National Nuclear Security Administration: Reporting on Industrial Base Risks Needs Improvement
GAO-25-107215
Mar 14, 2025
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2 Open Recommendations
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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)
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NNSA stated that it concurs in principle with this recommendation and plans to use the classified appendix to the fiscal year 2026 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan to describe the actions being taken to prioritize NSE industrial base risks and enhance the completeness and clarity of its reporting. We will monitor NNSA's activities to address this recommendation.
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)
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NNSA stated that it concurs with this recommendation and plans to use the classified appendix to the fiscal year 2026 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan to describe an assessment of whether additional resources, tools, or legislative proposals are needed to address NSE industrial base risks. We will monitor NNSA's activities to address this recommendation.
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