Governmental category: 327 books
COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
Activities Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) authorized the establishment of PCORI to carry out CER and improve its quality and relevance. PPACA also established new requirements for HHS to, among other things, disseminate findings from federally funded CER, including findings published...
FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY
Agencies Make Some Use of Telework in Space Planning but Need Additional Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Federal agencies are exploring ways to use telework as a tool to reduce the federal footprint and use space more efficiently. GAO was asked to examine the effects of telework on agencies’ space-planning efforts. In this report, GAO reviewed: (1) how the 23 civilian CFO Act agencies reported using...
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
Treasury Should Coordinate Assessments of Resources Needed to Address Increased Workload
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
The United States economy has historically been the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world—receiving $373 billion in 2016, according to U.S. government statistics. Ensuring that these foreign investments do not harm national security can be a challenge. CFIUS is an interagency...
by Kahlil Gibran
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer and poet. Despite being considered a political rebel, Gibran is still well read throughout the world and his works are considered inspirational. This collection includes the following: The Broken Wings Spirits Rebellious The Forerunner The Madman A Tear and a Smile
INSPECTORS GENERAL
Information on Vacancies and IG Community Views on Their Impact
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
The IG Act established OIGs to conduct and supervise audits and investigations; recommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness; and prevent and detect fraud and abuse. The Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016 included a provision for GAO to review prolonged IG vacancies...
IMMIGRATION DETENTION
Opportunities Exist to Improve Cost Estimates
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
In fiscal year 2017, ICE operated on a budget of nearly $3 billion to manage the U.S. immigration detention system, which houses foreign nationals whose immigration cases are pending or who have been ordered removed from the country. In recent years, ICE has consistently had to reprogram and transfer...
Warfighter Support
DOD Needs to Share F-35 Operational Lessons Across the Military Services
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
The Department of Defense (DOD) is increasing focus on the Pacific where potential adversaries including China and North Korea have made provocations. In January 2017, the Marine Corps began transferring F-35 aircraft to Iwakuni, Japan—representing the first overseas stationing of the F-35 since...
NASA COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
Continued Delays Pose Risks for Uninterrupted Access to the International Space Station
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
Since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011, the United States has been relying on Russia to carry astronauts to and from the space station. NASA's Commercial Crew Program is facilitating private development of a domestic system to meet that need safely, reliably, and cost-effectively before the seats it has contracted for on a Russian spacecraft run out in 2019...
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH
Observations on GAO Access to Information on Programs and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
In September 2014, the House Committee on Financial Services requested that GAO review OFR, an office within the Department of the Treasury. Among other things, GAO was asked to assess the agency’s usefulness to regulators and Congress in assessing systemic risk in the financial system and any delays...
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Resource and Achievement Trends
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Education has primary responsibility for administering many federal elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education programs. The agency plays a key role in supporting educational opportunities for students and managing federal student aid programs. GAO was asked to review trends in resources and achievement at Education. This report provides information on:..
Tax Information Returns
Shared Service Centers Generally Transmitted Federal Wage and Tax Data on Time for Tax Year 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Congress passed legislation in 2015 that required employers to file Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement (W-2), data with the Social Security Administration (SSA) by January 31 to ensure the data’s timely transmission…
PERSONNEL SECURITY CLEARANCES
Additional Actions Needed to Ensure Quality, Address Timeliness, and Reduce Investigation Backlog
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
A high-quality personnel security clearance process is necessary to minimize the risks of unauthorized disclosures of classified information and to help ensure that security-relevant information is identified and assessed. The passage of IRTPA initiated an effort to reform the security clearance process government-wide...
AVIATION SECURITY
TSA Uses Current Assumptions and Airport-Specific Data for Its Staffing Process and Monitors Passenger Wait Times Using Daily Operations Data
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
TSA employs about 43,000 TSOs who screen over 2 million passengers and their baggage each day at airports in the United States. TSA allocates TSOs to airports using both a computer-based staffing model and information from airports that are intended to provide each airport with the optimum number...
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
Limited Indications of Potential Fraud against Participants Identified
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
With the goal of providing safe, decent, affordable housing, HUD provides rental assistance to low-income households through its HCV program, administered locally by approximately 2,200 PHAs around the country. In fiscal year 2016, the HCV program received approximately $20 billion in funding and...