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Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Broadly Solicit Ideas, but Clearer Guidance Could Improve DOD Efforts

Reports and Testimonies

Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN Reporting; Guidance on Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs

Federal Agency Major Rule Reports

Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program: Transparency, Claims Assistance, and Program Management Improvements Needed

Reports and Testimonies

Climate Resilience: Congressional Action Needed to Enhance Climate Economics Information and to Limit Federal Fiscal Exposure

Reports and Testimonies

VA Acquisition Management: Additional Actions Needed in Serving Veterans with Sleep Apnea

Reports and Testimonies

World Bank Procurement: Risk Monitoring Can be Enhanced as U.S. Businesses Face Challenges Competing

Reports and Testimonies

Hanford Cleanup: Alternatives for Treating and Disposing of High-Level Waste Could Save Billions of Dollars and Reduce Certain Risks

Reports and Testimonies

Foreign Disinformation: Defining and Detecting Threats

Reports and Testimonies

COVID-19 Relief: States' and Localities' Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of March 31, 2024

Reports and Testimonies

Biomedical Research: Improvements Needed to the Quality of Information About DOD and VA Contributions to Drug Development

Reports and Testimonies

Presidential Transitions: GSA's Reported Cost for the 2020–2021 Transition and Its Budget Request for the 2024–2025 Election Cycle

Reports and Testimonies

Ukraine: DOD Could Strengthen International Military Training Coordination by Improving Data Quality

Reports and Testimonies

Improper Payments: USDA's Oversight of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Reports and Testimonies

Status of Open GAO Recommendations to the Director of National Intelligence

Reports and Testimonies

Tracking the Funds: Sample of Fiscal Year 2022 Projects Shows Funds Were Awarded for Intended Purposes but Recipients Experienced Some Challenges

Reports and Testimonies

Small Business Innovation Research: Most Agencies Did Not Implement Required Commercialization Pilot

Reports and Testimonies

Federal Lands: Effects of Interior's Policies on Foreign-Made Drones

Reports and Testimonies

Transition to Civilian Life: Additional Data Analysis and Reporting Would Improve Special Operations Forces Experiences

Reports and Testimonies

Conservation Reserve Program: Improving How USDA Selects Land Could Increase Environmental Benefits

Reports and Testimonies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Efforts to Improve Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention of Law Enforcement Personnel

Reports and Testimonies

Federal Contractors: Actions Needed to Improve Quality of Performance and Integrity Data

Reports and Testimonies

Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Leading Practices Would Help the Federal Transit Administration Evaluate Its Pilot Program

Reports and Testimonies

Federal Programs: OMB Needs a Structure to Govern and a Plan to Develop a Comprehensive Inventory

Reports and Testimonies

Commercial Aviation: Trends in Air Service to Small Communities

Reports and Testimonies

Clean Water Act: Costs of Compensatory Mitigation Activities for Losses of Aquatic Resources

Reports and Testimonies

Federal Communications Commission: The Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts

Federal Agency Major Rule Reports

Federal Air Marshal Service: Recommendations to Address Organizational Performance and Workforce Challenges Largely Implemented

Reports and Testimonies

Department of Education: Preliminary Results Show Strong Leadership Needed to Address Serious Student Aid System Weaknesses

Reports and Testimonies

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Preliminary Observations on State Budget Decisions, Single Audit Findings, and Fraud Risks

Reports and Testimonies

FASFA: Education Needs to Improve Communications and Support Around the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

Reports and Testimonies

Persistent Chemicals: Additional EPA Actions Could Help Public Water Systems Address PFAS in Drinking Water

Reports and Testimonies

Financial Management: DOD Has Identified Benefits of Financial Statement Audits and Could Expand Its Monitoring

Reports and Testimonies

Contaminated Excess Facilities: Use of Key Practices Would Strengthen DOE's Disposition Planning Efforts

Reports and Testimonies

Commercial Real Estate: Trends, Risks, and Federal Monitoring Efforts

Reports and Testimonies

DOD Financial Management: Benefits to Date of Financial Statement Audits and Need to Improve Financial Management Systems

Reports and Testimonies

Defense Health Agency: Improved Oversight of Contractors Needed to Better Ensure the Quality of TRICARE Network Providers

Reports and Testimonies

Charitable Food Assistance: USDA Can Enhance Guidance and Improve Program Performance Assessment

Reports and Testimonies

Cyber Resiliency: CrowdStrike Outage Highlights Challenges

Reports and Testimonies

Snapshot Cyber Resiliency: CrowdStrike Outage Highlights Challenges GAO-24-107733 · September 2024 Challenges in supply chain risk management, testing, contingency planning, and cyber information sharing make it more difficult to mitigate cybersecurity risks to IT systems. GAO’s work in these areas highlights the need to mitigate them. The Big Picture In July 2024, a software update from the ...

Air Traffic Control: FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees September 2024 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems GAO-24-107001 September 2024 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems Highlights of GAO-24-107001, a report to congressional committees Why GAO Did This Study What GAO Found The FAA, ...

Environmental Hazards: A Framework for Risk-Informed Decision-Making

Reports and Testimonies

U.S. Government Accountability Office Environmental Hazards: A Framework for RiskInformed Decision-Making GAO-24-107595 Q&A Report to Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives September 23, 2024 Why This Matters Across the federal government, agencies are tasked with making decisions about how best to use taxpayer resources to reduce risks to human health and the environment posed ...

Federal Accessibility: OMB Is Tracking Agency Implementation of Its Guidance on Information and Communication Technology

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters September 2024 FEDERAL ACCESSIBILITY OMB Is Tracking Agency Implementation of Its Guidance on Information and Communication Technology GAO-24-107031 September 2024 FEDERAL ACCESSIBILITY Highlights of GAO-24-107031, a report to congressional requesters OMB Is Tracking Agency Implementation of Its Guidance on ...

Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers

Federal Agency Major Rule Reports

441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-336654 September 19, 2024 The Honorable Sherrod Brown Chairman The Honorable Tim Scott Ranking Member Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Patrick McHenry Chairman The Honorable Maxine Waters Ranking Member Committee on Financial Services House of Representatives Subject: Department of the Treasury, Financial ...

IT Portfolio Management: Preliminary Results of Federal Efforts to Address Statutory Requirements

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Statement for the Record to the Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, Committee on Oversight and Accountability, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:00 a.m. ET Friday, September 20, 2024 IT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Preliminary Results of Federal Efforts to Address ...

Cloud Computing: Agencies Need to Address Key OMB Procurement Requirements

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Report to the Ranking Member Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation Committee on Oversight and Accountability House of Representatives September 2024 CLOUD COMPUTING Agencies Need to Address Key OMB Procurement Requirements GAO-24-106137 September 2024 CLOUD COMPUTING Agencies Need to Address Key OMB ...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Process and Considerations for Adding Names to the Wall

Reports and Testimonies

U.S. Government Accountability Office Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Process and Considerations for Adding Names to the Wall GAO-24-107080 Q&A Report to the Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate September 19, 2024 Why This Matters The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., honors U.S. military service members who served and died in the Vietnam War. The most prominent ...

K-12 Education: Nationally, Black Girls Receive More Frequent and More Severe Discipline in School Than Other Girls

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Report Congressional Requesters September 2024 K-12 EDUCATION Nationally, Black Girls Receive More Frequent and More Severe Discipline in School than Other Girls GAO-24-106787 September 2024 K-12 EDUCATION Nationally, Black Girls Receive More Frequent and More Severe Discipline in School than Other Girls Highlights of GAO-24-106787, a report to ...

Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Address Persistent Challenges Hindering Efforts to Counter Illicit Maritime Drug Smuggling

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. ET Thursday, September 19, 2024 COAST GUARD Actions Needed to Address Persistent Challenges Hindering Efforts to Counter Illicit Maritime Drug ...

Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Take Additional Actions to Prepare for New Information Reporting Requirements

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters September 2024 TAX ADMINISTRATION IRS Needs to Take Additional Actions to Prepare for New Information Reporting Requirements GAO-24-107028 September 2024 TAX ADMINISTRATION IRS Needs to Take Additional Actions to Prepare for New Information Reporting Requirements Highlights of GAO-24-107028, a report to congressional ...

Rural Development: Actions Needed to Improve Assistance to Southwest Border Communities Known as Colonias

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees September 2024 RURAL DEVELOPMENT Actions Needed to Improve Assistance to Southwest Border Communities Known as Colonias GAO-24-106732 September 2024 RURAL DEVELOPMENT Actions Needed to Improve Assistance to Southwest Border Communities Known as Colonias Highlights of GAO-24-106732, a report to congressional ...

Federal Domestic Violence Assistance: HHS Should Assess Accessibility-Related Technical Assistance for Local Centers

Reports and Testimonies

United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters September 2024 FEDERAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE HHS Should Assess Accessibility-Related Technical Assistance for Local Centers GAO-24-106366 September 2024 FEDERAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE HHS Should Assess Accessibility-Related Technical Assistance for Local Centers Highlights of GAO-24-106366, a report to ...