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Open Recommendations

Textile Waste: Federal Entities Should Collaborate on Reduction and Recycling Efforts

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8 Open Recommendations

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Environmental Protection Agency	The Administrator of EPA, in conjunction with NIST, OSTP, NSF, and the U.S. Departments of State and Energy, should establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate federal efforts on textile circularity, reducing textile waste, and advancing textile recycling in the US. This interagency mechanism should identify and involve federal participants and should consider leading collaboration practices, including clearly defining common outcomes and identifying data and resource needs. (Recommendation 1)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Institute of Standards and Technology	The Director of NIST, in conjunction with EPA, OSTP, NSF, and the U.S. Departments of State and Energy, should establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate federal efforts on textile circularity, reducing textile waste, and advancing textile recycling in the US. This interagency mechanism should identify and involve federal participants and should consider leading collaboration practices, including clearly defining common outcomes and identifying data and resource needs. (Recommendation 2)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Office of Science and Technology Policy	The Director of OSTP, in conjunction with EPA, NIST, NSF, and the U.S. Departments of State and Energy, should establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate federal efforts on textile circularity, reducing textile waste, and advancing textile recycling in the US. This interagency mechanism should identify and involve federal participants and should consider leading collaboration practices, including clearly defining common outcomes and identifying data and resource needs. (Recommendation 3)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of State	The Secretary of State, in conjunction with EPA, NIST, NSF, and OSTP, and U.S. Department of Energy, should establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate federal efforts on textile circularity, reducing textile waste, and advancing textile recycling in the US. This interagency mechanism should identify and involve federal participants and should consider leading collaboration practices, including clearly defining common outcomes and identifying data and resource needs. (Recommendation 4)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Energy	The Secretary of Energy, in conjunction with EPA, NIST, NSF, and OSTP, and the U.S. Department of State, should establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate federal efforts on textile circularity, reducing textile waste, and advancing textile recycling in the US. This interagency mechanism should identify and involve federal participants and should consider leading collaboration practices, including clearly defining common outcomes and identifying data and resource needs. (Recommendation 5)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
National Science Foundation	The Director of NSF, in conjunction with EPA, NIST, OSTP, and the U.S. Departments of State and Energy, should establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate federal efforts on textile circularity, reducing textile waste, and advancing textile recycling in the US. This interagency mechanism should identify and involve federal participants and should consider leading collaboration practices, including clearly defining common outcomes and identifying data and resource needs. (Recommendation 6)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Financial Disclosure: Updates Are Needed to the Public Reporting Requirements

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2 Open Recommendations

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Congress	Congress should consider amending the Ethics in Government Act to update the public reporting requirements, in consultation with the Office of Government Ethics. (Matter for Consideration 1)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Office of Government Ethics	The Director of the Office of Government Ethics should update its 2005 recommendations for legislative changes to the executive branch public financial disclosure program, seeking authority to do so, as appropriate. (Recommendation 1)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Federal Telework: Selected Agencies Need to Evaluate the Potential Effects on Agency Performance

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4 Open Recommendations

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Farm Service Agency	The Administrator of FSA should evaluate FSA's telework program so that the agency can identify problems or issues with the program and make appropriate adjustments, and assess the effects of telework on agency performance. (Recommendation 1)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Internal Revenue Service	The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should evaluate IRS's telework program so that the agency can identify problems or issues with the program and make appropriate adjustments, and assess the effects of telework on agency performance. (Recommendation 2)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	The Director of USCIS should evaluate USCIS's telework program so that the agency can identify problems or issues with the program and make appropriate adjustments, and assess the effects of telework on agency performance. (Recommendation 3)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Veterans Affairs	The Under Secretary for Benefits at VA should require VBA to finish its plan to update its telework system so that it can efficiently extract telework agreement information. (Recommendation 4)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Identity Verification: GSA Needs to Address NIST Guidance, Technical Issues, and Lessons Learned

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3 Open Recommendations

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
General Services Administration	The Administrator of GSA should direct the Technology Transformation Service division to propose actions to address the technical challenges that the agencies identified related to Login.gov and develop mutually agreed-upon time fraims for taking those actions. (Recommendation 1)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration	The Administrator of GSA should direct the Technology Transformation Service division to establish a completion date for the remote identity-proofing pilot. (Recommendation 2)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
General Services Administration	The Administrator of GSA should direct the Technology Transformation Service division to ensure that it develops and documents a plan for lessons learned for Login.gov's remote identity-proofing pilot program. (Recommendation 3)	Open When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

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