GAO releases chief information officer open recommendations for the Department of Energy

In May 2025, GAO identified nine open recommendations under the purview of the Department of Energy’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) from previously issued work.

Each of these recommendations relates to a GAO High-Risk area: (1) Ensuring the Cybersecurity of the Nation and (2) Improving IT Acquisitions and Management.

In addition, GAO has designated two of the nine as priority recommendations. For example, GAO previously recommended that the Department of Energy develop a cybersecurity risk management strategy to protect the department against cyber threats. GAO also recommended that the department implement procedures for comparing its inventories of active software licenses to purchased licenses to identify opportunities to reduce cost and improve investment decisions.

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