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IRCA made it illegal for employers knowingly to hire or continue to employ or recruit or refer for a fee unauthorized aliens. IRCA required employers to comply with an employment verification process intended to provide employers with a means to avoid hiring unauthorized aliens. Generally, IRCA requires employers to ve... | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Attorney General's strategy for enforcing workplace immigration laws, focusing on: (1) the effectiveness of the employment verification process in preventing employers from hiring unauthorized aliens; (2) the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) efforts ... |
DOD’s personal property program is used by personal property shipping office staff to manage household goods moves for all military servicemembers and DOD civilians when they relocate. The military services pay shipment and storage-related costs from their military personnel accounts’ permanent change of station budget... | The Department of Defense (DOD) has been working to improve its personal property program since the mid-1990s to fix long-standing problems, such as excessive loss or damage to servicemembers' property and poor quality of service from moving companies. DOD plans to replace its current program with Families First, a pro... |
Figure 1 compares original cost estimates and current cost estimates for the broader portfolio of major space acquisitions for fiscal years 2008 through 2013. The wider the gap between original and current estimates, the fewer dollars DOD has available to invest in new programs. As shown in the figure, estimated costs ... | Despite a growing investment in space, the majority of large-scale acquisition programs in the Department of Defense's (DOD) space portfolio have experienced problems during the past two decades that have driven up cost and schedules and increased technical risks. The cost resulting from acquisition problems along with... |
GPRA is intended to shift the focus of government decisionmaking, management, and accountability from activities and processes to results and outcomes achieved by federal programs. New and valuable information on the plans, goals, and strategies of federal agencies has been provided since federal agencies began impleme... | GAO reviewed the Department of State's fiscal year 2000 performance report and its fiscal year 2002 performance plan. Weaknesses in State's fiscal year 2000 performance report made it difficult to determine the department's progress toward achieving such key outcomes as eliminating the threat from weapons of mass destr... |
To analyze and address the potential effects of the proposed requirement for next-day destruction of audit log records, the FBI reviewed all areas of NICS operations and has developed or is considering many operational and procedural changes. More specifically, the FBI has prepared a draft “concept of operations” docum... | The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) would be affected if data on the sale of firearms by licensed dealers were destroyed within 24 hours after the transfers were allowed to proceed. Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, licensed dealers are not... |
This section provides information on the Clean Water Act and stormwater management including green infrastructure. The objective of the Clean Water Act is to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters.” The act generally prohibits the discharge of pollutants from “poin... | Urban stormwater runoff is a major contributor to pollution in U.S. waters. Municipalities historically managed stormwater with gray infrastructure. In 2007, EPA began encouraging the use of green infrastructure to manage stormwater and reduce the need for gray infrastructure. GAO was asked to examine the use of green ... |
Over the past 20 years, changing defense needs and budgetary pressures have led to an increased reliance on the Army National Guard and other reserve forces to defend the nation. In the early 1970s, the Department of Defense (DOD), faced with the end of the Vietnam War and budgetary pressures to reduce active duty pers... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army National Guard's combat brigades' war-readiness, focusing on whether: (1) the Bold Shift training strategy has enabled combat brigades to meet peacetime training goals; (2) the brigades' advisers are working effectively to improve training readiness; and (3) pr... |
Our prior work has identified several key factors important to securing the maritime borders, which include (1) maintaining robust maritime domain awareness, (2) assessing risks coming from foreign ports, (3) leveraging international partnerships, (4) conducting maritime surveillance, interdiction, and security operati... | Maritime borders are gateways to our nation's maritime transportation system of ports, waterways, and vessels--which handle billions of dollars of cargo annually. An attack on this system could have dire consequences and affect the global economy. In addition, criminals could use small vessels to smuggle narcotics, ali... |
Even though people are critical to an agency’s successful transformation, a number of agencies still try to manage their people with a “one-size-fits-all” approach to compensation. For example, employees are compensated through an outmoded system that (1) rewards length of service rather than individual performance and... | The federal government must have the capacity to plan more strategically, react more expeditiously, and focus on achieving results. Critical to the success of this transformation are the federal government's people--its human capital. Yet, in many cases the federal government has not transformed how it classifies, comp... |
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)—an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services—administers the Medicare home health care program. The home health care program has been part of Medicare since it began in 1965 and serves as an alternative to lengthy inpatient hospitalization. To be eligible, pat... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO investigated specific allegations regarding a home health care firm's participation in the Medicare home health care program, focusing on whether its employees: (1) altered or forged medical records to ensure continued home visits; (2) made more visits to patients than necessary... |
In response to the tragic 1998 bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, the former Secretary of State established an independent panel, the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel (Panel), to analyze our overseas presence and develop recommendations for organizing and managing our embassies and consulates overseas. After visiting seve... | To promote U.S. interests in the face of rapid economic, political, technological, and environmental change, 24 federal agencies are engaged in foreign affairs activities at 255 overseas locations in 162 countries. The Department of State is responsible for coordinating and supporting federal agencies' international ac... |
Substantial progress has been made in addressing the nation’s environmental problems since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in 1970. Among other improvements, some of our most serious air and water quality problems have been alleviated, dangerous pesticides have been banned, and health threats pose... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined: (1) what the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) reinvention initiatives are and how EPA is structured to carry them out; and (2) what key issues need to be addressed for these initiatives to have their intended effect. GAO noted that: (1) EPA maintains that its re... |
Several federal departments and agencies have responsibilities as part of their mission for assessing the threat of biological agents and determining requirements and priorities for developing and obtaining countermeasures for these agents. Department of Defense. DOD has exclusive responsibility for research, developme... | The spread of the scientific capabilities to produce effective biological weapons has contributed to concerns about the threat posed to the warfighter from biological attacks. GAO was mandated to review DOD's efforts to research and develop medical countermeasures against prioritized biological threat agents. This repo... |
The mission of ILAB involves improving working conditions, promoting workers’ rights, and addressing the workplace exploitation of children and other vulnerable populations overseas. This work is carried out by its Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT, referred to here as the child labor off... | According to the International Labour Organization, millions of children worldwide are engaged in labor that hinders their development. Recent incidents, including a factory collapse in Bangladesh, have highlighted poor working conditions overseas. ILAB's child labor office and trade and labor office provide funding to... |
The meatpacking industry employed about 123,000 production workers and had sales of about $51 billion nationwide in 1995, according to data reported by the American Meat Institute. In 1996, meatpacking plants in Nebraska and Iowa slaughtered about 23 percent of the cattle and 35 percent of the hogs slaughtered nationwi... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the population changes that have occurred in communities in Nebraska and Iowa with large meatpacking workforces; (2) the changes that have occurred in school enrollments, health care costs, economic conditions, and crime rates; (3) whether the housing conditions of... |
The past few years have been a period of upheaval for civil rights at USDA. During this period, an increasing number of USDA employees have filed discrimination complaints. Also, in December 1996, a group of minority farmers demonstrated in front of the White House to protest what they viewed as systemic, long-standing... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to process discrimination complaints, focusing on: (1) the timeliness of USDA's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) processing and closing of program and employment discrimination complaints; and (2) the reasons for delays in the ... |
Madam Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: We are pleased to be here today to assist the Subcommittee in its inquiry into the rights of taxpayers and their treatment during audits of their tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Recently, taxpayers, tax professionals, and Congress have expressed concern... | GAO discussed the rights of taxpayers and their treatment during audits of their tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). GAO noted that: (1) IRS has limited data on both the treatment of taxpayers and the burdens imposed on them during audits; (2) IRS recently created a system to track taxpayers' complaints ... |
The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, among other things, identified specific federal departments and agencies that are required to have IGs appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The act also requires each such IG to appoint an assistant inspector general for investigati... | At federal offices of inspectors general (IG), criminal investigators can make warrantless arrests, obtain and execute search warrants, and carry firearms. Because IGs lack permanent statutory law enforcement authority, most presidentially appointed IGs have to request temporary deputation from the Department of Justic... |
By many measures, PBGC-insured private sector DB plans have been in decline since the 1980s. As of 2007, companies sponsored around 30,000 DB plans, down from over 114,000 in 1985. The total number of participants in these plans rose from 38 million to 44 million over this time period, but according to the most recent ... | Some U.S. financial and pension consulting firms have recently proposed alternatives to terminating a defined benefit (DB) pension plan and contracting with insurance companies to pay promised benefits. In their proposals, a plan sponsor would typically transfer the assets and liabilities of a hard-frozen DB plan--one ... |
PPACA directed each state to establish and operate a health insurance marketplace by January 1, 2014. In cases where states elected not to establish and operate a marketplace, the law directed the federal government to establish and operate a health insurance marketplace on their behalf. These marketplaces were expecte... | The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required the establishment of health insurance exchanges—or marketplaces—to allow consumers and small employers to compare, select, and purchase health insurance plans. States can elect to establish a state-based marketplace, or cede this authority to CMS to establish a fe... |
The Army initiated LMP in 1999 to replace two aging materiel management systems—the Commodity Command Standard System and the Standard Depot System. In replacing these systems, which had been used for more than 30 years to manage inventory, depot maintenance, and arsenal manufacturing operations, the Army expected LMP ... | LMP is an Army enterprise resource planning system that supports industrial operations conducted by AMC at its life cycle management commands and its maintenance, manufacturing, and storage sites. Increment 1 of LMP was fully deployed in October 2010, and the Army has spent approximately $1.4 billion on LMP through fis... |
An NSA is a customized contract between USPS and a specific entity— often a mailer or foreign postal operator—typically lasting a year or more. NSAs provide customer-specific rates—generally lower prices on specific mail products—in exchange for meeting volume targets and mail preparation requirements. The goal of thes... | For several years USPS has not generated sufficient revenues to cover its expenses. Although much focus has been on USPS's costs as a way to close the gap between its revenues and expenses, generating additional revenue is also needed. To increase mail volume and revenue, USPS has implemented NSAs, sales, and promotion... |
Military regimes have ruled Burma for most of the past 45 years. The current regime took power in 1988. In Burma’s last election in 1990, Burmese citizens voted to oust the regime in favor of the National League for Democracy. The regime confined the League’s leader (Aung San Suu Kyi) and many of the League’s members, ... | Burma is one of the world's most impoverished and isolated countries. The United Nations (UN) and other international organizations have become important sources of outside assistance to the country. In recent years, UN entities have increased their funding for activities aimed at addressing Burma's problems. However, ... |
NCLBA provides for increased accountability by requiring states and school districts to improve student achievement. Specifically, NCLBA requires states to establish definitions of proficiency for students in math, reading/language arts, and science. To measure student achievement, NCLBA requires states to establish st... | The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA) has focused national attention on increasing accountability for states and school districts to improve student achievement. While increasing accountability, NCLBA also provided states and school districts with additional flexibility. The act established two flexibility demon... |
About three-quarters of all Medicare beneficiaries receive their care on a fee-for-service basis, with providers submitting claims for payment for each service provided. CMS contracts with claims administration contractors—primarily MACs—to process claims from over 1 million hospitals, physicians, and other health care... | CMS reported an improper payment rate of 8.6 percent ($28.8 billion) in the Medicare fee-for-service program for fiscal year 2011. To help ensure that payments are made properly, CMS uses controls called edits that are programmed into claims processing systems to compare claims data to Medicare requirements in order to... |
“America’s thinkers and creators are at the heart of technological-based economic growth—they are the engine that runs the American economic machine.” This statement, from the 1994 strategic plan of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), effectively summarizes the importance of advancing, regulating, and administering ... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues related to intellectual property fees charged by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and the Copyright Office, focusing on: (1) how fees are set for the services provided by the federal agencies; (2) the extent to which intellectual property fees are recovering... |
Other transaction authority was created to enhance the federal government’s ability to acquire cutting-edge science and technology by attracting nontraditional contractors that have not typically pursued government contracts. Other transactions are agreements other than government contracts, grants, or cooperative agre... | Other transaction authority was created to enhance the federal government's ability to acquire cutting-edge science and technology by attracting nontraditional contractors that have not typically pursued government contracts. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 granted the department the temporary authority to enter into... |
Laws guiding the management of the 155 national forests require the Forest Service to manage its lands under the principles of multiple use and sustained yield to meet the diverse needs of the American people. Under these principles, the Forest Service is required to manage its lands to provide high levels of six renew... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Forest Service's draft strategic plan, as required by the Government Performance and Results Act, focusing on: (1) the need to hold the Forest Service accountable for its performance; (2) the importance of agreed-upon, long-term strategic goals to the successful im... |
Operation Safe Home is administered by HUD’s OIG to combat violent crime and drug trafficking in public and assisted housing. It began as an anticrime initiative in February 1994 and was announced as a joint effort among HUD, the Department of Justice the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of National Drug Cont... | This report reviews the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) efforts to combat violent crime and drug trafficking in public housing through Operation Safe Home. GAO found that Operation Safe Home lacks the necessary information systems and management controls to ensure that HUD's Office of Inspector Gene... |
Introduced in the early 1990s, credit derivatives have been widely adopted as a tool for allowing market participants to take on or reduce their exposure to credit risk. First used primarily by banks to reduce credit exposures stemming from loans made to clients, credit derivatives have evolved to include an array of d... | Over-the-counter (OTC) credit derivatives are privately negotiated contracts that allow a party to transfer the risk of default on a bond or loan to another party without transferring ownership. After trading in these products grew dramatically in recent years, backlogs of thousands of trades developed for which dealer... |
As a grouping of eight major islands located near the center of the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii has a geography that bears significantly on the manner in which goods and people can move throughout the state. In addition, Hawaii’s relative lack of industry means that most finished goods must be imported from the mainland. Unl... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the basis for the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) revision of its interpretation of turnaround service in Hawaii, focusing on determining how American International Cargo's (AIC) November 1995 entry into the Hawaiian inter-island air cargo market with relatively... |
The telecommunications infrastructure comprises the public telecommunications network; the Internet; and the millions of computer systems for government, defense, commercial, and personal use. The public network includes a complex web of interconnected networks operated by local and long-distance carriers, cellular net... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed: (1) the nation's telecommunications infrastructure; (2) the risks facing the nation if critical components of that infrastructure are not year 2000 compliant by the turn of the century; (3) federal government actions relating to national, international, and government... |
The insurance industry, with policy reserves of approximately $2.5 trillion, is an important component of the financial system. These reserves are held in trust for policyholders, much like bank deposits are held for depositors. While there are important similarities between insurance companies and other financial inte... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the readiness of the insurance industry to meet the year 2000 date change, focusing on: (1) what state regulators were doing to oversee the year 2000 readiness of the insurance industry; (2) how the regulatory oversight of the insurance industry's year 2000 readiness co... |
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), enacted in November 2001, created TSA and gave it responsibility for securing all modes of transportation.5 TSA’s aviation security mission includes strengthening the security of airport perimeters and restricted airport areas; hiring and training a screening workfor... | Within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) mission is to protect the nation's transportation network. Since its inception in 2001, TSA has developed and implemented a variety of programs and procedures to secure commercial aviation. GAO examined (1) the progress... |
While cigarettes are the smoking tobacco product preferred by most smokers, the consumption of other smoking tobacco products is growing. Cigarettes continue to dominate the market for domestic and imported smoking tobacco products, accounting for approximately 88 percent of sales in fiscal year 2013. However, sales of... | In 2009, CHIPRA increased and equalized federal excise tax rates for cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, and small cigars. Although CHIPRA also increased federal excise tax rates for pipe tobacco and large cigars, it raised the pipe tobacco tax to a rate significantly below the equalized rate for the other products, and... |
The FECA program covers over 2.7 million civilian federal and postal employees in more than 70 agencies, providing wage-loss compensation and payments for medical treatment to employees injured while performing their federal duties. FECA claims are initially received at the employing agency, then forwarded to Labor’s O... | This testimony provides information on fraud-prevention controls for the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program. According to the Department of Labor (Labor), in fiscal year 2010 about 251,000 federal and postal employees and their survivors received wage- loss compensation, medical and vocational rehabilit... |
NWS began a nationwide modernization program in the 1980s to upgrade observing systems, such as satellites and radars, and design and develop advanced forecaster computer workstations. The goals of the modernization are to achieve more uniform weather services across the nation, improve forecasts, provide better detect... | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Rose Institute of Claremont McKenna College's study on the National Weather Service's (NWS) Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) located on Sulphur Mountain, California, focusing on whether the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD: (1) can provide timely and accurate informa... |
As previously stated, TSA’s 2008 regulation requires passenger rail agencies to report potential threats and significant security concerns to the TSOC. According to the regulation, potential threats and significant security concerns (rail security incidents) include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) interferen... | Terrorist attacks on foreign passenger rail systems, which include rail transit and intercity rail, have underscored the importance of collecting and analyzing security incident information to identify potential vulnerabilities. Within the federal government, TSA is the primary agency responsible for overseeing and enh... |
This section presents information on (1) regulated and unregulated contaminants in drinking water, (2) the UCMR program and SDWA requirements, and (3) laboratories and methods used to analyze drinking water. Drinking water contaminants include chemical and microbial substances, some of which can harm human health. For ... | EPA's UCMR program collects data on unregulated contaminants in the nation's drinking water. EPA uses these data and other information to make regulatory determinations-- decisions on whether to regulate additional drinking water contaminants. It is currently in its third data collection cycle, UCMR3. GAO was asked to ... |
Our nation’s border security process includes multiple mechanisms for addressing potential terrorist threats to the United States. One of these mechanisms is the visa revocation process. The visa revocation process is a homeland security tool that can prevent potential terrorists from entering the United States and can... | The National Strategy for Homeland Security calls for preventing foreign terrorists from entering our country and using all legal means to identify; halt; and where appropriate, prosecute or bring immigration or other civil charges against terrorists in the United States. GAO reported in June 2003 that the visa revocat... |
The NATO alliance, which consists of the United States and 18 additional nations, began air strikes on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on March 24, 1999. (Appendix I contains a timeline of events during the planning and execution of Operation Allied Force.) This military campaign was the largest combat operation in ... | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance achieved the goals of Operation Allied Force--Yugoslavian forces were removed from Kosovo; refugees returned; and a peacekeeping force was put in place, with no allied combat fatalities. Through it all, the NATO allies stayed united and learned much about working t... |
The Anti-Car Theft Act was designed to reduce automobile theft by making the selling of stolen cars and parts more difficult. According to 1992 congressional testimony, thieves turned stolen cars into money in three ways. They (1) took the stolen car to a chop shop where the car was dismantled and its parts were sold a... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Justice's (DOJ) development and implementation of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), focusing on: (1) the status of NMVTIS; and (2) whether DOJ had evaluated NMVTIS' expected costs and benefits to ensure that additional feder... |
The federal government is not responsible for estimating the costs of crime. However, federal agencies support the development of research either by sponsoring academic studies or conducting direct research of information used to develop cost estimates. For example, DOJ components collect and report on annual crime sta... | Crime and society's response to it pose significant costs to the United States. The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that federal, state, and local governments collectively spent over $280 billion in fiscal year 2012 (adjusted to 2016 dollars) on criminal justice programs such as police pro... |
The nonprofit sector is diverse and has a significant presence in the U.S. economy. Of the estimated 1.8 million tax-exempt organizations in fiscal year 2007, about 63 percent were public charities or foundations that benefited the broad public interest, and were referred to as 501(c)(3) organizations, and about 8 perc... | Increasingly, the federal government relies on networks and partnerships to achieve its goals, and many of these involve nonprofit organizations. GAO was asked to assess (1) the mechanisms through which federal dollars flow to nonprofits and (2) what is known about federal dollars flowing through them to nonprofit orga... |
As you know, Mr. Chairman, the decennial census is a constitutionally mandated enterprise critical to our nation. Census data are used to apportion congressional seats, redraw congressional districts, and help allocate hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid to state and local governments each year. Although an ... | In March 2008, GAO designated the 2010 Census a high-risk area in part because of information technology (IT) shortcomings and uncertainty over the ultimate cost of the census, now estimated at around $15 billion. The U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) has since made improvements to various IT systems and taken other steps to... |
Today the Social Security program faces a long-range and fundamental financing problem driven largely by known demographic trends. The lack of an immediate solvency crisis affects the nature of the challenge, but it does not eliminate the need for action. Acting soon reduces the likelihood that the Congress will have t... | Under the current Social Security benefit formula, retired workers can receive benefits at age 65 that equal about 50 percent of preretirement earnings for an illustrative low-wage worker but only about 30 percent for an illustrative high-wage worker. Factors other than earnings also influence the distribution of benef... |
In our recent legal opinion, we reviewed the statutory provisions governing the disposition of the proceeds from the sale or lease of real property acquired with federal highway grant funds and FHWA’s interpretation of that provision. FHWA issued regulations in 1999 implementing real property management policies in con... | In 1998, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), authorized the states to retain the federal share of proceeds from the sale or lease of real property that had been purchased with federal-aid funds. It also required the states to use the federal share on other highway projects eligible for funding ... |
The tax gap is an estimate of the difference between the taxes—including individual income, corporate income, employment, estate, and excise taxes—that should have been timely and accurately paid and what was actually paid for a specific year. The estimate is an aggregate of estimates for the three primary types of non... | Long-term budget simulations by GAO and others show that we face large and growing structural deficits due primarily to known demographic trends and rising health care costs. Reducing the annual tax gap--the difference between what taxpayers timely and accurately pay in taxes and what they should pay under the law--cou... |
In 1980, the Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) to clean up hazardous waste sites. Since that time, the federal government has made some progress in cleaning up sites that have been labeled as the worst in the nation, and the states have identified and ... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the voluntary cleanup programs that states have created to facilitate privately initiated cleanups, focusing on: (1) the voluntary cleanup programs' accomplishments; (2) these programs' organization, funding, and major characteristics; and (3) the effects of federal haz... |
Through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program, the Clean Water Act established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States, including rivers, lakes, and streams. Under this program, EPA and EPA-authorized states issue and enforce permits to regu... | Federal and state fiscal constraints may jeopardize past and future accomplishments resulting from the Clean Water Act (the act). In this environment, it is important to manage available resources as efficiently as possible and to identify future human capital needs, including the size of the workforce and its deployme... |
The military services and DOD have long procured and operated multiple types of telecommunication services to meet their individual mission needs. DOD guidance defines telecommunications as circuits or equipment used to transmit or receive information via voice, data, video, integrated telecommunication transmission, w... | Problems with management oversight and control of DOD's purchase card program led to concerns that similar issues exist for DOD's vendor payments. As a result, this report focuses on the Navy's telecommunication program and whether (1) the Navy has the basic cost and inventory information needed to oversee and manage t... |
DOD considers maintaining military superiority a key priority and has established an agencywide policy to treat defense-related technology as a valuable, limited national security resource that should be invested in and protected to pursue national security objectives. Many DOD organizations and other federal agencies ... | Major acquisitions in the Department of Defense's (DOD) force transformation rely on maintaining technological superiority to ensure U.S. military dominance. Failure to identify and protect critical technologies makes U.S. military assets vulnerable to cloning, neutralization, or other action that degrades current and ... |
The Great Lakes network director established the VACHCS integration process. This separate and temporary process involved an ICC, a Stakeholders Advisory Group (SAG), and service-specific work groups. (See app. I for an illustration of VACHCS’ integration process.) The network director, the VACHCS director, service chi... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) what impacts the Veterans Affairs (VA) Chicago Health Care System (VACHCS) had on veterans, employees, and medical schools in the Chicago area; (2) VACHCS' integration process; (3) the integration decisions made; and (4) dollar savings for these decisions. GAO note... |
The economic significance of gateway ports is related both to consumer demand for imported products, which has fueled the United States’ increasing dependence on international trade, and to significant shifts in business and logistics trends. Businesses, to remain globally competitive, have reduced costs by moving prod... | The strong productivity gains in the U.S. economy have hinged in part on transportation networks working more efficiently. The nation's ports, which handle 95 percent of overseas freight tonnage, are a key link in this network, and efficient intermodal links between ship, rail, and highways are vital to continued produ... |
As we note in our report, significant overall progress has been made to improve timeliness, largely due to DOD, which comprises the vast majority of clearances. IRTPA established an objective for each authorized adjudicative agency to “make a determination on at least 90 percent of all applications for a personnel secu... | This testimony discusses our key findings and recommendations in our report that we are releasing today on some aspects of personnel security clearance reforms. We conducted our review in response to a congressional request. This is the fourth in a series of hearings, in which Congress has asked GAO to testify; and thi... |
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 501(c) specifies 28 types of entities that are eligible for tax-exempt status and over 1.5 million entities have been recognized as exempt as of 2003. Section 501(c) entities are involved in a variety of activities and exempt purposes. Congress authorized the tax exemption for each t... | The tax-exempt sector under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code covers over a million-and-a-half entities of varying sizes and purposes. Its diversity allows it to address the needs of many citizens. To help it do so, Congress and some in the tax-exempt sector itself encourage good governance practices by exemp... |
Before VERA was implemented during fiscal year 1997, VA based its allocation of resources primarily on facilities’ historical expenditures. By the 1990s, the share of the veteran population in the Northeast and Midwest declined while the share of the veteran population in the South and West increased. However, resource... | The Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) system allocated $17.8 billion of its $20.3 billion health care budget to 22 regional health care networks in fiscal year 2001. Before Vera resources were allocated to facilities on the basis of their historical expenditures. By aligning resources with workloads VERA sh... |
The FQHC and RHC programs were established to increase access to care for individuals in medically underserved areas. Medicaid, which finances health care for more than 50 million low-income Americans, is a significant revenue source for FQHCs and RHCs, providing, on average, one-quarter to over one-third of these prov... | The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) established a prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicaid payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Rural Health Clinics (RHC), giving providers a financial incentive to operate efficiently. BIPA requires that BIP... |
For nearly 40 years, the Rocky Flats plant, located about 16 miles northwest of downtown Denver, served as a nuclear weapons production facility. Afterward, the site bore the scars of that role: soil, groundwater, surface water, and many of the buildings at the site were contaminated with radioactive materials, such as... | In 2001, when GAO reported on the cleanup of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Rocky Flats site, a former nuclear weapons production facility, the cleanup was behind schedule and over cost. In October 2005, the contractor declared that it had completed the cleanup much earlier and at less cost than DOE and the contracto... |
ERISA is the primary federal law governing the sponsorship and operation of private sector employee pension plans, including DB plans. Title I of ERISA gives Labor the primary authority to enforce requirements governing the conduct of fiduciaries of pension and other employee benefit plans. EBSA is the Labor agency res... | To protect workers' retirement security, the requesters asked GAO to assess: 1) What is known about conflicts of interest affecting private sector defined benefit (DB) plans? 2) What procedures does the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) have to identify and recover losses attributable to conflicts? 3) What pr... |
FPI is a wholly owned government corporation managed by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau of Prisons (BOP). FPI was created by Congress in 1934 and serves as a means for managing, training, and rehabilitating inmates. Under the trade name UNICOR, FPI markets about 150 types of products and services to federal ag... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on whether Federal Prison Industries (FPI) collects and maintains data that would enable it to make reliable, generalizable statements about the satisfaction of its federal agency customers with respect to the quality, cost, and timely delivery of FPI's prod... |
As the technologies for collecting, storing, and sharing biometrics data advance, DOD and other federal agencies that collect, use, store, and share such data in the conduct of their national security missions have expanded their biometrics efforts. DOD uses biometrics for various purposes— including controlling access... | The events of September 11, 2001, and operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have made it critical for military units to identify individuals they encounter and share this information with other units and federal agencies. Biometrics are unique personal aspects such as fingerprints and iris images used to identify an unfam... |
For over a century, there have been controversies surrounding the status and use of lands involving Alaska Natives. For generations, Alaska Natives have used the land to hunt, fish, and gather wild plants for food. Land use was seasonal, and the intensity of its use depended on the availability of these subsistence res... | In 1906, the Alaska Native Allotment Act authorized the Secretary of the Interior to allot individual Alaska Natives (Native) a homestead of up to 160 acres. The validity of some of Copper Valley Electric Association's (Copper Valley) rights-of-way within Alaska Native allotments is the subject of ongoing dispute; in s... |
This section discusses U.S. commercial nuclear power reactors, NRC’s approach to natural hazard assessments, NRC’s endorsement of PRA, and actions NRC has taken on natural hazard assessments since the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Currently, 104 commercial nuclear power reactors operate in the United States. Together, th... | On March 11, 2011, an earthquake triggered a tsunami wave that exceeded the seawall at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to the release of radioactive material into the environment. The disaster raised questions about the threats that natural hazards, such as earthquakes and floods, may pose to U.S... |
The Social Security system is largely a pay-as-you-go system under which each current working generation pays for the benefits of the retired generation. Under a pure pay-as-you-go system, annual tax revenues roughly match each year’s benefits, while allowing for a contingency reserve to weather short-term economic dow... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its work on the government stock investing option, focusing on: (1) the implications of government stock investing for the Social Security Trust Fund; (2) the impact of stock investing on the federal budget and national saving; and (3) implementation issues related to ... |
A key characteristic of the NFIP is the extent to which FEMA must rely on others to achieve the program’s goals. FEMA’s role is principally one of establishing policies and standards that others generally implement on a day-to-day basis and providing financial and management oversight of those who carry out those day-t... | The disastrous hurricanes that have struck the Gulf Coast and Eastern seaboard in recent years--including Katrina, Rita, Ivan, and Isabel--have focused attention on federal flood management efforts. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), established in 1968, provides property owners with some insurance coverage f... |
The ability to fight and win two nearly simultaneous major theater wars is the cornerstone of U.S. defense strategy. For planning purposes, the military assumes that the two most likely places where these wars would take place are Korea and Southwest Asia. Mobilization of U.S. forces for such conflicts requires a globa... | The National Military Strategy calls for the Department of Defense (DOD) to maintain the transportation capability to quickly move the large amounts of personnel and equipment needed to win two nearly simultaneous major theater wars anywhere in the world. To provide this mobility, DOD relies on a transportation system-... |
The Congress created the Medicare risk contract program in 1982 to capitalize on the potential cost savings associated with HMOs. Under this program, HMOs are paid a flat fee for each Medicare beneficiary enrolled. The law sets HMO payments for comprehensive care at 95 percent of the estimated average cost (to Medicare... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed Medicare payments to health maintenance organizations (HMO), focusing on: (1) current trends in Medicare beneficiary enrollment in HMO; (2) flaws in Medicare's rate-setting method that prevent it from realizing potential savings from HMO; and (3) the Health Care Financi... |
During our review, we compared DLA’s efforts to plan and manage its Year 2000 program to GAO’s Year 2000 Assessment Guide. We also reviewed DOD’s Year 2000 Management Plan; related DLA policies, directives, and strategies; and public and private sector Year 2000 guidance. We focused our review on Year 2000 work being c... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) program for solving its Year 2000 computer problem, focusing on the: (1) status of DLA's efforts to correct its Year 2000 problems; and (2) appropriateness of DLA's strategy and actions for ensuring that the problem will be successfu... |
The federal judiciary consists of the Supreme Court, regional circuit courts of appeals, district courts, bankruptcy courts, as well as courts of special jurisdiction including the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of International Trade, and the Court of Federal Claims.1 provides an overview of the d... | The federal judiciary has the critical responsibility for the fair and swift administration of justice in the United States. Like the rest of the federal government, the judiciary has been affected by decreasing federal resources, and is implementing and considering various cost containment initiatives, including shari... |
The diversion and abuse of prescription drugs are associated with incalculable costs to society in terms of addiction, overdose, death, and related criminal activities. DEA has stated that the diversion and abuse of legitimately produced controlled pharmaceuticals constitute a multibillion-dollar illicit market nationw... | Prescription drug diversion is the channeling of pharmaceuticals for illegal purposes or abuse. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), increased prescription drug abuse and emergency room admissions, as well as the theft and illegal resale of prescription drugs, indicate that drug diversion is a growin... |
VETS’ mission is to help veterans, reservists, and National Guard members obtain employment and protect their employment rights and benefits. The key elements of VETS’ mission include enforcement of veterans’ preference and reemployment rights, employment and training assistance, public information services, interagenc... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the use of two grant funds, the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) and the Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER), administered by the Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), focusing on: (1) national fundin... |
No commonly accepted definition of offshoring currently exists, and the term includes a wide range of business activities. Generally, services offshoring is used to describe the replacement of domestically supplied service functions with imported services produced offshore. This definition focuses on a business’s decis... | As states and the federal government have sought to streamline and improve administrative processes and take advantage of technological advances, both have outsourced certain functions to private firms. In some cases, these firms have used offshore resources to perform these functions. As a result, questions have been ... |
As noted, various aviation professionals are involved in the design, maintenance, and repair of aircraft and aircraft components (see fig. 1). These professionals are commonly employed by commercial air carriers, corporate flight departments, repair stations, or manufacturers of aircraft or aircraft components. Aerospa... | Maintaining a safe and robust aviation system requires qualified aviation professionals—including aerospace engineers, aircraft mechanics, and avionics technicians—to design, manufacture, and repair more than 225,000 aircraft. Aviation stakeholders have expressed concerns that an insufficient supply of personnel could ... |
U.S. counterfeiting deterrence efforts are coordinated through the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Steering Committee, comprised of officials from the Department of the Treasury (including the Secret Service and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing) and the Federal Reserve. The Secretary of the Treasury is responsible ... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Secretary of the Treasury's audit plan on the uses and counterfeiting of U.S. currency in foreign countries, focusing on whether the plan will enable the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) study the use of U.S. currency in foreign countries; (2) study the holding of ... |
Federally funded highway projects vary in size, from new lane striping or installing traffic signals to resurfacing an existing road or building a new road or interchange. Of the federally funded highway projects in 2000 that took place on approximately 27,000 miles of road (latest data available), about 26,000 miles (... | The federal government has a long-term commitment to helping states construct, improve, and repair roads and bridges to meet the nation's mobility needs. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) expects to provide states about $20 billion for highway construction projects in fiscal year 2003. State departments of tran... |
The federal government has spent billions of dollars supporting the planning, development, and operation of state systems that support the Child Support Enforcement, Child Welfare, Medicaid, and Food Stamps programs. For example, in fiscal year 2000 alone, the federal government’s expenditures for IT planning, developm... | This testimony discusses federal agency processes for approval of state information technology (IT) projects supporting state-administered federal human services programs. Federal approval and funding processes for state IT development and acquisition projects for the Child Support Enforcement, Child Welfare, and Food ... |
Most beneficiaries live in areas where they can choose to receive Medicare benefits either through a managed care plan or through traditional fee-for- service Medicare. Of the 6 million beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare managed care, approximately 90 percent are in “risk-contract” HMOs.Medicare pays these HMOs a fixed... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the extent to which the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) Medicare Choice information development efforts are likely to: (1) enable beneficiaries to readily compare benefits and out-of-pocket costs using plan brochures; and (2) facilitate the agency's appro... |
Title III and Title V of the Higher Education Act (HEA) authorize federal funding for postsecondary institutions that provide large proportions of low-income and minority students access to higher education. In 1965, Congress authorized grant programs to strengthen and support developing postsecondary institutions, lea... | Institutions that serve large proportions of low-income and minority students may receive funding under Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act. In fiscal year 2008, $667 million in grants were awarded to over 500 institutions. GAO was asked to determine (1) the characteristics of institutions eligible to receive ... |
Established in 1943, the Hanford Site produced the plutonium used in developing the world’s first nuclear device. At the time, little attention was given to the resulting by-products—massive amounts of radioactive and chemically hazardous waste. From 1944 through 1988, about 525 million gallons of radioactive tank wast... | The Department of Energy (DOE) manages more than 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste stored in 149 single-shell and 28 double-shell underground tanks at its Hanford Site in Washington State. Many of these aging tanks have already leaked waste into the soil. Meanwhile, DOE's planned process for emptyin... |
VA pays monthly disability compensation to veterans with service- connected disabilities (i.e., injuries or diseases incurred or aggravated while on active military duty) according to the severity of the disability. VBA staff in 57 regional offices process disability compensation claims. These claims processors include... | With a growing workload of disability claims due, in part, to recent wars, VBA faces difficulties in improving the accuracy and consistency of its claims decisions by VBA staff in 57 regional offices. To help achieve its goal of 98 percent accuracy by fiscal year 2015, VBA recently implemented a new way of measuring ac... |
Several federal departments and agencies have responsibilities for assessing the threat of CBRN agents and determining requirements and priorities for developing and acquiring medical countermeasures for these agents, as part of their mission and, in some cases, as specifically required by law. DHS leads federal intera... | The anthrax attacks of 2001 and a radiation leak after the recent natural disaster in Japan highlighted concerns that the United States is vulnerable to threats from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents, which can cause widespread illness and death. Medical countermeasures--such as drugs, vacci... |
Since 1996, Congress has taken important steps to increase program integrity funding and oversight, including the establishment of both the Medicaid and Medicare Integrity Programs. Table 1 summarizes several key congressional actions. CMS and the states are continuing to strengthen provider enrollment standards and pr... | In 2011, CMS estimated that Medicaid and Medicare had improper payments of $21.9 billion and almost $43 billion, respectivelyamong the largest for all federal programs. Both health care programs are on GAOs list of high-risk programs. Over the years, Congress has passed legislation designed to help address program in... |
GPRAMA established a set of requirements to annually examine potentially unnecessary plans and reports based on OMB guidance, and for agencies to develop proposals to eliminate or modify them as appropriate. GPRAMA defines unnecessary plans and reports as those that are outdated or duplicative. For simplicity and consi... | The federal government produces thousands of plans and reports each year to meet the informational needs of Congress. GPRAMA established a process to eliminate or modify reports that may be outdated or duplicative. GAO was asked to examine OMB and agencies' implementation of GPRAMA provisions to identify unnecessary re... |
A complete and accurate address list, along with precise maps, form the foundation of a successful census. An accurate address list is critical because, among other reasons, it identifies households that are to receive a census questionnaire. Precise maps are critical for counting the population in their proper locatio... | The U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) is tasked with conducting an accurate count of people living in dwellings known as group quarters as part of the 2010 Census. Group quarters consist of college dormitories, prisons, nursing homes, and other facilities typically owned or managed by an entity providing housing, services, o... |
Each year, DOD relies on the private sector to provide a wide range of services, including consulting and administrative support, information technology services, and weapon system and base operations support to fulfill the requirements needed to deliver important defense capabilities. In fiscal year 2014, DOD obligate... | In 2014, DOD obligated over $156 billion to contractors that provide services, such as for engineering support, to meet needs. These contracted services constituted more than half of DOD's total contract spending. House Report 113-446 contained a provision for GAO to evaluate DOD's management of contracted services. Th... |
Protecting U.S. airspace has changed over the years. During the Cold War, DOD focused its air defense operations to protect U.S. airspace from air threats originating from the former Soviet Union. Today, several DOD organizations are involved in air defense and ASA operations, which have expanded to include the defense... | According to U.S. intelligence, the threat to U.S airspace remains. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is to defend U.S. air space and the U.S. Air Force has 18 sites in the United States that conduct air sovereignty alert (ASA) operations. ASA operations support fighter aircraft in conducting homelan... |
FECA provides cash and other benefits to eligible federal employees who suffer temporary or permanent disabilities resulting from work-related injuries or diseases. DOL’s Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation in the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the FECA program and charges agencies ... | The FECA program, administered by the Department of Labor, provides wage-loss compensation to federal workers who sustained injuries or illnesses while performing federal duties. Benefits are adjusted for inflation and are not taxed nor subject to age restrictions. Initial FECA benefits are set at 75 percent of gross w... |
In addition to the consular section in the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Mission Mexico has consulates in nine other cities—Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Matamoros, Merida, Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, and Tijuana (see fig. 1). Foreign nationals who wish to visit the United States, including business trav... | In fiscal year 2007, the U.S. Mission in Mexico (Mission Mexico) processed 1.5 million of the 8 million nonimmigrant visas (NIV) that the Department of State (State) handled worldwide. This workload is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years as millions of NIV Border Crossing Cards issued in Mexico during... |
TSA is the primary federal agency responsible for overseeing the security of the mass transit, passenger rail, and freight rail systems. However, several other agencies, including DOT’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), also play a role in helping to oversee these systems. ... | Alleged terrorist plots against rail systems in major U.S. cities have increased focus on these systems. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is the primary federal agency responsible for rail security. This testimony addresses the following: (1) the extent... |
DOD’s health care program—TRICARE—provides health care services to active duty military members and their dependents and military retirees and their dependents. Health care for eligible beneficiaries is managed on a regional basis at military hospitals and clinics supplemented by contracted civilian services. Five Mana... | The military's health program--TRICARE--provides medical care to about 8.3 million active duty service members and retired beneficiaries and their dependents and survivors. The Department of Defense (DOD) also provides benefits for persons severely disabled by physical or mental problems through its Individual Case Man... |
Over $1.2 trillion dollars in merchandise of foreign trade is handled at U.S. seaports each year, and according to DOT MARAD, U.S. ports accounted for the second highest number of cargo vessel calls worldwide in 2009. In addition, millions of individuals transit U.S. seaports annually on cruise ships, making the cruise... | The State Department and two components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Coast Guard, are responsible for preventing illegal immigration at U.S. seaports and identifying individuals who are potential security risks. The International Labor Organization (ILO) adop... |
Each weekday, 11.3 million passengers in 35 metropolitan areas and 22 states use some form of rail transit (commuter, heavy, or light rail). Commuter rail systems typically operate on railroad tracks and provide regional service between a central city and adjacent suburbs. Commuter rail systems are traditionally associ... | The four rail attacks in Europe and Asia since 2004, including the most recent in India, highlight the vulnerability of passenger rail and other surface transportation systems to terrorist attack and demonstrate the need for greater focus on securing these systems. This testimony is based primarily on GAO's September 2... |
FCIC was established in 1938 to temper the economic impact of the Great Depression, and was significantly expanded in 1980 to protect farmers from the financial losses brought about by drought, flood, or other natural disasters. RMA administers the program in partnership with private insurance companies, which share a ... | The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) administers the federal crop insurance program in partnership with private insurers. In 2006, the program cost $3.5 billion, including millions in losses from fraud, waste, and abuse, according to USDA. The Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 gran... |
Before I describe what the Fund represents, let me provide a brief history of the Fund’s financial health. Since 1990 the financial health of the Fund has been assessed by measuring the Fund’s economic value—its capital resources plus the net present value of future cash flows—and the related capital ratio (the economi... | The Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002 establishes risk-based capital requirements for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Through the fund, FHA operates a single-family insurance program that helps millions of Americans buy homes. The Fund's estimated value rose d... |
The Office of Science and Technology (OST) was created in fiscal year 1995 following a long history of science and technology efforts within the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). NIJ is a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), a Justice agency that, among other things, provides assistance to state, triba... | The mission of the Office of Science & Technology (OST), within the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ), is to improve the safety and effectiveness of technology used by federal, state, and local law enforcement and other public safety agencies. Through NIJ, OST funds programs in forensic scienc... |
Postsecondary institutions that serve large proportions of economically disadvantaged students are eligible to receive grants from Education through Title III and Title V of the Higher Education Act, as amended, to improve academic quality, address institutional management issues, and improve student services and outco... | Congress has expanded the number of low-income and minority serving institutions eligible for grants under Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act and nearly doubled funding for these grants in the last 5 years to about $432 million in fiscal year 2004. Institutions eligible for funding under Titles III and V incl... |
DOD is a massive and complex organization. To illustrate, the department reported that its fiscal year 2006 operations involved approximately $1.4 trillion in assets and $2.0 trillion in liabilities, more than 2.9 million military and civilian personnel, and $581 billion in net cost of operations. Organizationally, the... | In 1995, GAO first designated the Department of Defense's (DOD) business systems modernization program as "high-risk" and continues to do so today. In 2004, Congress passed legislation reflecting prior GAO recommendations that DOD adopt a corporate approach to information technology (IT) business systems investment man... |
Almost all states and several local governments have established or are in the process of establishing a fusion center. Specifically, officials in 43 of the 58 fusion centers we contacted described their centers as operational, and officials in 15 centers considered their centers to be in the planning or early stages o... | Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, state and local governments formed fusion centers, collaborative efforts to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal or terrorist activity. Recognizing that the centers are a critical mechanism for sharing information, the federal government--including the Depa... |
To help ensure a complete count, the Bureau had a number of operations aimed at capturing census data from people and households that otherwise might have been missed by the census. For example, the Be Counted program was designed to make special census questionnaires available to those who may not have received one, i... | The U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) puts forth tremendous effort to conduct a complete and accurate count of the nation's population and housing; yet some degree of error in the form of persons missed, duplicated, or counted in the wrong place is inevitable due to the complexity in counting a large and diverse population. ... |
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Short Government Reports Sample
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Short Government Reports Filtering
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