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The 2021 High Risk List—Which Programs Are At High Risk of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse? (videos)
7 Areas Improved; Five Got Worse; 20 Showed Little Change Today, we post our latest High Risk List, which includes 36 areas across the federal government vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement or needing broad-based transformation. Our list includes … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO
Tagged Census 2020, Census Bureau, Chris Mihm, cybersecurity, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Drug misuse, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, Food and Drug Administration, General Services Administration, high risk areas, high risk list, NASA, National Nuclear Security Administration, postal service, SI, Small Business Administration, strategic issues, tax policy, U.S. Postal Service
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How GAO Can Help in a Congressional and Presidential Transition
The 117th Congress and the incoming Presidential administration will be taking office in a time that presents significant challenges to the government. These include the coronavirus pandemic and its far-reaching public health and economic effects; the evolving issues around race … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Collections
Tagged Congress, congressional transition, Coronavirus, DOF, duplication, economic recovery, election, fiscal health, fragmentation, high risk list, overlap, pandemic, pandemic response, presidential transition, priority recommendations, race, transition
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NASA Celebrates Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago this Saturday, humankind took a giant leap as NASA astronauts took their first small steps on the Moon. In today’s WatchBlog, we discuss some of NASA’s recent advancements since that giant leap, as well as findings from … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Look, Space
Tagged acquisition management, acquisitions, astronauts, Boeing, CNSA, Commercial Crew program, contractor oversight, Crew Dragon, Cristina Chaplain, high risk list, human spaceflight, International Space Station, ISS, Mars, moon landing, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Orion, Parker Solar Probe, quick look, SLS, Space Launch System, space travel, Space X
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Federal Government Contracting for Fiscal Year 2018 (infographic)
With tax season over, now is a good time to look at how the government uses your tax dollars. About 40% of the government’s discretionary spending goes to contracts for goods and services covering everything from health care to hand … Continue reading
Posted in Budget and Spending, Government Operations, Homeland Security, Infographic, National Defense, Science and Technology
Tagged Bill Woods, budget, CNSA, competitive bids, contracting, defense spending, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, DOD, federal spending, government contracting, high risk list, NASA, small business
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Marking 40 Years of FEMA
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order merging many separate, disaster-related responsibilities into an independent agency called the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In the 40 years since its creation, FEMA has undergone dramatic changes—most notably in 2003, when … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster Assistance, Podcast, Video
Tagged California, Chris Currie, Department of Homeland Security, disaster assistance, disaster management, disaster recovery, disaster response, Federal Emergency Management Agency, federal grants, FEMA, Florida, high risk list, HSJ, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Sandy, hurricanes, New Jersey, priority recommendations, Puerto Rico, storm damage, wildfires, workforce management
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The Future of the Federal Workforce
For Public Service Recognition Week, we’re celebrating the valuable contributions federal employees—including our GAO colleagues—provide to our country every day. This week is also a good time to think about how the government can manage its workforce in the future. … Continue reading
Gifts that Keep on Giving—and Saving
It’s the holiday season and gift-giving is in full swing. So, today we’re taking a look back at how our work for Congress keeps giving—and saving. Did you know we saved the government over $75 billion in FY18? That’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged financial services, fiscal health, gifts, high risk list, holiday, quick look, TARP, tax filing season
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Government’s Security Clearance Process is “High Risk”
Our High Risk List pulls together all the government programs that we consider at high risk to waste, fraud, abuse, mismanagement, or in need of transformation. We were planning to update this list in early 2019 but made an exception … Continue reading
Improving Federal Administration of Programs that Serve the American Indian Population
For nearly a decade, we’ve reported that federal agencies have ineffectively administered Indian health care, education, and energy resource development programs. This year we added the agencies responsible for these programs to our High Risk List—which discuss the federal agencies … Continue reading
Posted in Budget and Spending, Education, Energy, Fraud, Health Care, High Risk List, Natural Resources and Environment, Video
Tagged American Indian, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, education, EWIS, Frank Rusco, HC, health care, high risk areas, high risk list, Kathleen King, Melissa Emrey-Arras, natural resources, NRE, tribal issues
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Dress Rehearsal: 2020 Census
Our staff are in the field this week observing the Census Bureau’s last complete test of operations before the 2020 Census. The “End-to-End Census Test” is the culmination of the Bureau’s research and planning efforts over the past decade to … Continue reading