Governmental category: 327 books
HOMELAND SECURITY
DHS’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Program Consolidation Efforts
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive weapons, also known as weapons of mass destruction (WMD), have the potential to kill thousands of people in a single incident. In 2013 Congress directed DHS to review its WMD programs, including the consolidation of CBRNE mission functions. DHS recently notified Congress that consolidation would begin in December 2017...
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
NNSA Should Clarify Long-Term Uranium Enrichment Mission Needs and Improve Technology Cost Estimates
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
NNSA has several mission needs for enriched uranium, including providing LEU to fuel a nuclear reactor that produces tritium—a key isotope used in nuclear weapons. NNSA has a pressing defense need for unobligated LEU to fuel this reactor, meaning the uranium, technology and equipment used to produce...
MEDICAID ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES
Improved Federal Oversight of Beneficiary Health and Welfare Is Needed
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
The number of individuals receiving long term care services from Medicaid in community residential settings is expected to grow. These settings, which include assisted living facilities, provide a range of services that allow aged and disabled beneficiaries, who might otherwise require nursing home care, to remain in the community...
NASA CONTRACTOR WHISTLEBLOWERS
Steps Taken to Implement Program but Improvements to Timeliness and Guidance Needed
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
NASA obligated over $18 billion in contracts and more than $1 billion in grants in fiscal year 2016, and it relies on a significant number of contractor and grantee employees to accomplish its work. These employees are legally protected from reprisal—such as demotion or firing—for whistleblowing...
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH
Better Outreach, Collaboration, and Information Needed to Help Protect Workers at Meat and Poultry Plants
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Meat and poultry slaughter and processing is one of the most hazardous industries in the United States. GAO was asked to review federal efforts to help ensure meat and poultry worker safety and health...
MEDICARE FEE-FOR-SERVICE
Modernizing Cost-sharing Design Would Involve Trade-offs, the Results of Which Would Depend on Time Horizon
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
To address concerns with the current Medicare FFS cost-sharing design, various groups have proposed modernizing the design to make it simpler and include features found in private plans. These proposals have generally included a single deductible, modified cost-sharing requirements (e.g., a uniform...
FEDERAL STUDENT AID
Better Program Management and Oversight of Postsecondary Schools Needed to Protect Student Information
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
FSA oversees the award of billions of dollars in federal student aid to eligible students each year. The processing of student aid requires FSA, along with participating schools, to perform a range of functions across the student aid life cycle, including the management of PII on students and their families...
K-12 EDUCATION
Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Research has shown that students who experience discipline that removes them from the classroom are more likely to repeat a grade, drop out of school, and become involved in the juvenile justice system. Studies have shown this can result in decreased earning potential and added costs to society, such...
INTER-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS
U.S. Agencies Support Oversight Mechanisms but Could Enhance Their Monitoring of U.S. Assistance Agreements
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
The United States is a member of the OAS, PAHO, IICA, and PAIGH, which promote democracy, health care, agricultural development, and scientific exchange...
MEDICAID
CMS Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Assessments of Individuals’ Needs for Home- and Community-Based Services
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
With approval from CMS, the federal agency responsible for overseeing state Medicaid programs, states can provide long-term care services and supports for disabled and aged individuals under one or more types of HCBS programs. State and federal Medicaid HCBS spending was about $87 billion in 2015....
RENTAL HOUSING
Improvements Needed to Better Monitor the Moving to Work Demonstration, Including Effects on Tenants
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018
The MTW demonstration gives 39 participating public housing agencies the flexibility to use funding for HUD-approved purposes other than housing assistance, such as developing affordable housing; change HUD’s tenant rent calculation; and impose work requirements and time limits on tenants. In 2015,...
IDENTITY THEFT
Improved Collaboration Could Increase Success of IRS Initiatives to Prevent Refund Fraud
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
IRS estimates that fraudsters attempted at least $14.5 billion in IDT tax refund fraud in tax year 2015. Since 2015, GAO’s High-Risk List has included IRS’s efforts to address IDT refund fraud. Starting with its March 2015 Security Summit, IRS has partnered with state tax administrators and tax...
by Collectif
Language: French
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: February 23, 2011
La publication Panorama des comptes nationaux présente des statistiques utilisant une approche par indicateur, en insistant sur les comparaisons entre pays. Le but, ici, étant de rendre les comptes nationaux plus accessibles et instructifs, et en même temps d’avoir l’occasion de présenter...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Federal Agencies Could Improve Dissemination of Resources to Colleges
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2018
Colleges and other postsecondary schools must plan for various potential emergencies, ranging from natural disasters to violence. A number of federal agencies, including DHS, DOJ, and Education, offer resources to support these efforts. GAO was asked to review colleges’ awareness of these resources...