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High-Risk Program: Information on Selected High-Risk Areas

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 16, 1997
Report No. HR-97-30
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Summary:

This report contains additional information on 12 areas included in GAO's list of government programs at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement: defense inventory management, Medicare, supplemental security income, information security, contract management at the Department of Energy, student financial aid, air traffic control modernization, NASA contract management, Customs Service financial management, farm loan programs, National Weather Service modernization, and asset forfeiture programs. It includes descriptions of key open GAO recommendations relevant to each area, the implementation status of those recommendations, and remaining challenges to addressing these high-risk problems. Where possible, GAO has identified the federal dollars involved with each program and discusses federal dollars at risk from abusive or wasteful practices.

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