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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	Jan. 12, 1995
Report No.	T-HEHS-95-57
Subject	Agency evaluation Budget authority rescission Budget cuts Cost control Federal agency reorganization Funds management Health care programs Income maintenance programs Management information systems Medicaid Public administration Public assistance programs Supplemental security income Medicare AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program JOBS Program

Summary:

With estimated outlays of more than $315 billion, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the largest department in the government. GAO concludes that the Department warrants a comprehensive "scrub" of all its activities, with the goal of eliminating, reducing, or consolidating programs. GAO stresses three points. First, opportunities exist to reduce HHS' budget through greater administrative efficiencies and targeting ineffective programs. Second, through targeting, Congress could preserve funding for essential administrative functions that enable agencies to avoid unnecessary or wasteful expenditures. Third, HHS currently lacks the tools--an adequate program evaluation strategy or modern information systems--to determine whether its programs work.

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Health and Human Services: Opportunities to Realize Savings