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Category: U.S GAO News
Information Technology: DHS Directives Have Strengthened Federal Cybersecurity, but Improvements Are Needed
What GAO Found
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established a five-step process for developing and overseeing the implementation of binding operational directives, as authorized by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). The process includes DHS … Read More
Nuclear Triad: DOD and DOE Face Challenges Mitigating Risks to U.S. Deterrence Efforts
What GAO Found
The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to replace or modernize existing triad platforms including submarines, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and bomber aircraft, as well as many of the nuclear command, control, and communication systems that facilitate control of … Read More
Veterans Affairs: Use of Additional Funding for COVID-19 Relief
What GAO Found
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) received $19.6 billion in supplemental funding—additional funding above the annual appropriation—in March 2020 to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. GAO’s analysis of VA data shows that through March 2021, VA had … Read More
Disaster Recovery: HUD Should Take Additional Action to Assess Community Development Block Grant Fraud Risks
What GAO Found
GAO identified four categories of fraud risks facing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) from 2007 to 2020, including risks from contractors, disaster recovery applicants, grantees, and … Read More
Farm Programs: USDA Should Take Additional Steps to Ensure Compliance with Wetland Conservation Provisions
What GAO Found
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has taken steps to increase the consistency of their determinations about where wetlands exist on farmers’ lands. For example, NRCS state offices formed teams to make … Read More
May 3, 2021, letter commenting on the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ January 2021 Exposure Draft, “Proposed Revisions to the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Entity in the Code”
This letter provides GAO’s response to the exposure draft, Proposed Revisions to the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Entity in the Code. GAO promulgates generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) in the United States. GAGAS provides a … Read More
Information Environment: DOD Operations Need Enhanced Leadership and Integration of Capabilities
What GAO Found
At its core, information operations (IO) are the integration of information-related capabilities during military operations to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own. (See figure.) For example, … Read More
Behavioral Health: Patient Access, Provider Claims Payment, and the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
What GAO Found
GAO found that there have been longstanding concerns about the availability of behavioral health treatment, particularly for low-income individuals. According to a review of federal data, one potential barrier to accessing treatment has been shortages of qualified … Read More
U.S. Postal Service: Volume, Performance, and Financial Changes since the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
What GAO Found
In 2020, the majority of which was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) experienced a 9 percent drop in total mail volume when compared to 2019. The overall drop was primarily due to … Read More
High-Performance Computing: NNSA Could Improve Program Management Processes for System Acquisitions
What GAO Found
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) analysis of alternatives (AOA) process for its $600 million El Capitan HPC acquisition did not fully follow agency policy that states that AOA processes should be consistent with GAO best practices, … Read More
Littoral Combat Ship: Unplanned Work on Maintenance Contracts Creates Schedule Risk as Ships Begin Operations
What GAO Found
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a class of small surface ships with two unique design variants. Both LCS variants carry smaller crews and rely more on contractors for maintenance than any other Navy ship. While this … Read More
Indian Education: Schools Need More Assistance to Provide Distance Learning
What GAO Found
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), within the Department of the Interior (Interior), has not provided BIE-funded schools with comprehensive guidance on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, BIE issued a short memo directing … Read More
DOD Acquisition Reform: Increased Focus on Knowledge Needed to Achieve Intended Performance and Innovation Outcomes
What GAO Found
As the Department of Defense (DOD) drives to deliver innovative capabilities faster to keep pace with evolving threats and emerging adversaries, knowledge—about programs’ cost, schedule, and technology—increases the likelihood that these capabilities will be achieved.
GAO annually … Read More
Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office
In fiscal year (FY) 2020, GAO’s work yielded $77.6 billion in financial benefits, a return of about $114 for every dollar invested in GAO. We also identified 1,332 other benefits that led to improved services to the American people, strengthened … Read More
Missile Defense: Fiscal Year 2020 Delivery and Testing Progressed, but Annual Goals Unmet
What GAO Found
In fiscal year 2020, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) made progress toward achieving its delivery and testing goals for some of the individual systems—known as elements—that combine and integrate to create the Missile Defense System (also known … Read More