1、 ADVANCED MANUFACTURING Aligning Strategies and Improving Agency Reviews Could Help Institutes Achieve National Goals Report to Congressional Committees June 2025 GAO-25-107369 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability Office Highlights Highlights of GAO-

2、25-107369,a report to congressional committees June 2025 ADVANCED MANUFACTURING Aligning Strategies and Improving Agency Reviews Could Help Institutes Achieve National Goals What GAO Found The Departments of Commerce,Defense(DOD),and Energy(DOE)coordinate the Manufacturing USA Program and sponsor it

3、s institutes.Institute members,such as manufacturers and universities,help fund the institutes and conduct advanced manufacturing research and development(R&D)and workforce training.Key changes to the Program since FY 2019 included establishing new institutesexpanding the network from 14 to 17,as of

4、 December 2024.Also,Commerce formed a task team with DOD and DOE to continue implementing GAOs prior recommendations to develop networkwide performance metrics.Another task team has begun developing common policies on membership by entities from China or other countries of concern.Commerce led the u

5、pdate of the strategic plan for the Manufacturing USA Program released in October 2024.However,Commerce officials described challenges.Specifically,the planning cycle required in statute does not align with mandatory 4-year updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing.Aligning the str

6、ategic planning timeframes could better ensure the Manufacturing USA Program plan reflects the priorities of the national strategy.The 17 institutes generally increased their overall funding,memberships,technical capabilities,and activity on R&D and workforce training projects.In general,the institu