Consumer Protection: Actions Needed to Improve Complaint Reporting, Consumer...
What GAO Found Scams occur in a variety of forms, have evolved with technology, and are a growing risk to consumers. Commonly, scams involve a scammer contacting the victim, engaging the victim…
View ArticleMilitary Financial Education: DOD Should Improve Oversight to Ensure...
What GAO Found The Department of Defense (DOD) and the military services provide trainings and resources to support service members’ financial education. These required trainings cover specific…
View ArticleLeadership and Performance Strategies, LLC--Reconsideration
Leadership and Performance Strategies, LLC, a small business of Sanford, North Carolina, requests reconsideration of our decision in Leadership Performance and Strategies, LLC, B-421127.3, Dec. 20,…
View ArticleChild Welfare: States' Use of TANF and Other Major Federal Funding Sources
What GAO Found Title IV-E and Title IV-B of the Social Security Act are the two largest sources of federal funding that states use exclusively for child welfare (e.g., foster care and other…
View ArticleFederal Real Property: Reducing the Government's Holdings Could Generate...
What GAO Found Better management of the federal government's real property portfolio is needed to effectively dispose of underused buildings, collect reliable real property data, enhance the…
View ArticleDefense Command and Control: Further Progress Hinges on Establishing a...
What GAO Found Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) is a Department of Defense (DOD) concept aimed at improving command and control by connecting selected U.S. assets across space…
View ArticleTemporary Assistance for Needy Families: Actions Needed to Improve HHS Oversight
What GAO Found Administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant annually provides $16.5 billion to states. …
View ArticleFederal Real Property: Disposing of Unneeded Facilities Could Help Reduce...
What GAO Found In its 2025 High Risk List, GAO added building condition as a high-risk topic due in part to large increases in the cost of addressing deferred maintenance in federal buildings.…
View ArticleDomestic Terrorism: Additional Actions Needed to Implement an Effective...
What GAO Found The 2021 National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism (Strategy) tasked the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI…
View ArticleCommunicable Diseases: Transportation Security Administration Developed Its...
What GAO Found In February 2024, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published the Transportation Security Preparedness Plan to Address the Event of a Communicable Disease (TSA…
View ArticleSuperfund: Many Factors Can Affect Cleanup of Sites Across the U.S.
What GAO Found Appropriations for the Superfund program have generally declined since fiscal year 1999. Specifically, these appropriations declined from about $2.6 billion in fiscal year 1999 to…
View ArticleDrug Shortages: HHS Should Implement a Mechanism to Coordinate Its Activities
What GAO Found Drug shortages are a serious public health concern that can adversely affect patients by delaying or limiting access to care. Challenges with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA…
View ArticleFiscal Year 2026 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office
In fiscal year 2024, GAO's work yielded over $67.5 billion in financial benefits. Our average return on investment for the past 6 years is $123 for every dollar invested in GAO. In fiscal year 2024…
View ArticleCOVID-19 Relief: Consequences of Fraud and Lessons for Prevention
What GAO Found The full extent of fraud within the pandemic-relief programs will never be known with certainty. The scope of the pandemic-relief response; the inherently deceptive nature of…
View ArticleFraud and Improper Payments: Data Quality and a Skilled Workforce Are...
What GAO Found The federal government has many existing tools and resources to help agencies combat fraud and improper payments. GAO has recommended improvements in these areas. For example,…
View ArticleFederal Communications Commission: Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate...
GAO reviewed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new rule entitled "Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls." GAO found that the final rule strengthens FCC's call…
View ArticleSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Federal Actions Needed to Help...
What GAO Found The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Education have taken some steps to connect college students with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
View ArticleRegulatory Flexibility Act: Improved Policies for Analysis and Training Could...
What GAO Found To comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), agencies generally must conduct regulatory flexibility analysis when promulgating a new rule. This analysis assesses the rule's…
View ArticleHigh Plains Computing, Inc.--d/b/a HPC Solutions--Reconsideration
High Plains Computing, Inc., doing business as HPC Solutions (HPC), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) located in Denver, Colorado, requests reconsideration of our decision in…
View ArticleRailway-Highway Crossings: Improvements Needed to Federal Technical...
What GAO Found The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides funding for states to improve safety at public crossings through the Railway-Highway Crossings…
View ArticleVMD Systems Integrators, LLC dba VMD Corporation
VMD Systems Integrators, LLC dba VMD Corporation, a women-owned small business of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the elimination of its quotation from the competition and the establishment of a blanket…
View ArticleDefense Health Care: Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Management...
What GAO Found To assume responsibility for the management of medical facilities from the military departments, the Department of Defense's (DOD) Defense Health Agency (DHA) began to implement an…
View ArticleFederal Oil and Gas: Challenges for Providing Effective Oversight
The Department of the Interior faces challenges in its oversight of oil and gas resources on federal lands and waters. GAO has made over 100 recommendations in 11 years that aim to address…
View ArticleDepartment of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Beneficial...
GAO reviewed the Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) new rule entitled "Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Revision and Deadline Extension…
View Article721 Medical Center Property, LLC
721 Medical Center Property, LLC (MCP), located in Wilmington, North Carolina, protests the terms of request for lease proposals (RLP) No. 0NC2145, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA…
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