Military Officer Performance: Actions Needed to Fully Incorporate Performance...
What GAO Found Out of 11 key practices for performance evaluation, all four military service systems fully incorporated the same five key practices and partially incorporated one key practice. The…
View ArticleOn the Horizon: Three Science and Technology Trends that Could Affect Society
What GAO Found GAO identified three technologies in science, technology, and engineering that are trending toward maturity. These technologies are: Gene editing to treat or prevent disease, which…
View ArticleMission SOLAIYA JV, LLC
Mission SOLAIYA JV, LLC (MSJV), a mentor-protégé joint venture of Boca Raton, Florida, protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) exclusion of MSJV's proposals from consideration for award…
View ArticleClean Energy: New DOE Office Should Take Steps to Improve Performance...
What GAO Found In December 2021, the Department of Energy (DOE) established a new office—the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED)—to manage a historic amount of appropriated funding for…
View ArticleFinancial Audit: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's FY 2024 and FY 2023...
What GAO Found GAO found (1) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, are presented fairly, in all…
View ArticleCaribbean Firearms: Agencies Have Anti-Trafficking Efforts in Place, But...
What GAO Found The majority of recovered firearms in the Caribbean were traced to the U.S. and trafficked through various means. The Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…
View ArticleHazardous Waste: EPA Should Take Additional Actions to Encourage Treatment,...
What GAO Found Federal data on flooding, wildfires, storm surge, and sea level rise indicate that more than 700 hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, or about 68 percent, are…
View ArticleIT Portfolio Management: OMB and Agencies Are Not Fully Addressing Selected...
What GAO Found The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is not fully addressing eight key statutory requirements contained in the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).…
View ArticleEmbassy Management: Increasing Costs and Natural Hazards Threaten State’s...
The Big Picture The State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (State) provides U.S. diplomatic facilities around the world. State is responsible for managing some 9,000 owned and…
View ArticleCoast Guard: Arctic Risks Assessed, but Information Gaps and Numerous...
What GAO Found The Coast Guard has assessed risks that affect its ability to carry out its missions in the U.S. Arctic region, such as those posed by increased maritime activity and by potential…
View ArticleH-2A Visa Program: Agencies Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Oversight...
What GAO Found The H-2A visa program was created to allow U.S. agricultural employers to fill jobs on a temporary basis provided that workers in the U.S. are not available for those jobs. From…
View ArticlePrivate Health Insurance: Market Concentration Generally Increased from 2011...
What GAO Found In November 2022, GAO reported that, from 2011 through 2020, enrollment in private health insurance plans was concentrated, meaning a small number of issuers of those plans enrolled…
View ArticlePerformance and Accountability Report, Fiscal Year 2024
What GAO Found Presented is GAO's Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. We made significant accomplishments in FY 2024 (see figure). In the spirit of the Government…
View ArticleFinancial Audit: Federal Housing Finance Agency's FY 2024 and FY 2023...
What GAO Found GAO found (1) the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, are presented fairly, in all…
View ArticleFederal Courthouse Construction: New Design Standards Will Result in...
What GAO Found The U.S. Courts Design Guide (Design Guide) establishes standards for the General Services Administration (GSA) and project stakeholders to follow when designing and constructing new…
View ArticleEnvironmental Protection Agency: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations...
GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rule entitled "National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)." GAO found that this rule (1)…
View ArticleFinancial Audit: Securities and Exchange Commission's FY 2024 and FY 2023...
What GAO Found GAO found (1) the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) and its Investor Protection Fund's (IPF) financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended…
View ArticleGAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024
This letter responds to the requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 31 U.S.C. § 3554(e)(2) (CICA), that the Comptroller General report to Congress each instance in which (1) a…
View ArticleGrants Management: Approaches and Insights from Other Countries' Reform Efforts
What GAO Found Similar to the United States, other governments use competitive grants—which require potential grantees to compete for funding through an application process—to help achieve their…
View ArticleTransit Workforce Development: Actions to Support Transition to Zero-Emission...
What GAO Found The transit industry is working to address climate change by lowering greenhouse gas emissions, in part by transitioning to zero-emission buses. According to Federal Transit…
View ArticleMiltope Corporation
Miltope Corporation, of Hope Hull, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC (DRS), of Melbourne, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W15QKN-23-R…
View ArticleCoast Guard: Better Feedback Collection and Monitoring Could Improve Support...
What GAO Found The Coast Guard annually rotates over 40 percent of its 40,000 active-duty military personnel to new duty stations. Around 41 percent of Coast Guard units are in remote areas or high…
View ArticleRare Disease Drugs: FDA Has Steps Underway to Strengthen Coordination of...
What GAO Found The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for determining whether drugs are safe and effective. The agency also works with drug sponsors and others to support the…
View ArticleForeign Service Promotions: State Should Improve Documentation and Consider...
What GAO Found In 2020, the Department of State launched an initiative to transform the Foreign Service promotion process to be more fair, inclusive, and effective. State commissioned a 2021…
View ArticleU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Update on Planning for Unit of...
What GAO Found Within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Shadow Wolves program operates on the Tohono O'odham Nation reservation in Sells, Arizona. In January 2024, GAO recommended…
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