Highlights of GAO-25-107369, a report to congressional committees The Departments of Commerce, Defense (DOD), and Energy (DOE) coordinate the Manufacturing UsA Program and sponsor its institutes. Institute members, such as manufacturers and universities, help fund the institutes and conduct GAO's prior recommendations to develop networkwide performance metrics. entities from China or other countries of concern. Program released in October 2024. However, Commerce officials described challenges. Specifically, the planning cycle required in statute does not align with since fiscal year (FY) 2019, including in 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 institutes diversified their funding sources away from sponsoring agency baseline funding by also obtaining other federal funding, such as federal challenges, including long, uncertain timeframes for DOD and DOE to review For more information, contact Hilary Benedict at benedicth@gao.gov. some institutes' requests to fund new projects or membership applications. By not tracking review times, DOD and DOE could delay institutes' progress toward