Hugues Dumont: 210 books

Book cover of INTER-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS

INTER-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS

U.S. Share of Assessed Contributions and U.S. Agencies’ Efforts to Monitor Assistance Agreements

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018

The United States belongs to several inter-American organizations, including the OAS, PAHO, IICA, and PAIGH, which promote democracy, security, health care, agricultural development, and scientific exchange in the Western Hemisphere. The United States helps finance these organizations’ operating...
Book cover of VETERANS AFFAIRS CONTRACTING

VETERANS AFFAIRS CONTRACTING

Improvements in Buying Medical and Surgical Supplies Could Yield Cost Savings and Efficiency

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018

VA spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on medical supplies to meet the health care needs of about 7 million veterans. To provide a more efficient, cost-effective way for its medical centers to order supplies, the VA established the MSPV-NG program...
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DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE

Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018

Between fiscal years 2005 and 2016, Congress annually appropriated between $2.5 to $9.6 billion in MILCON funding for the active component of the U.S. military to use for projects worldwide. Reliable project construction cost estimates are of great importance, since those estimates drive these appropriations...
Book cover of GENERIC DRUGS

GENERIC DRUGS

FDA Should Make Public Its Plans to Issue and Revise Guidance on Nonbiological Complex Drugs

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018

Generic versions of brand-name drugs provide substantial cost savings for patients and the U.S. health care system. FDA, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has approved generic versions of NBCDs. Some industry stakeholders have asserted that, because it is difficult...
Book cover of DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Continued Actions Needed to Address Management Challenges

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

DOE’s NNSA is responsible for managing the nuclear weapons stockpile and supporting nuclear nonproliferation efforts. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management works to decontaminate and decommission facilities contaminated from decades of nuclear weapons production...
Book cover of NUCLEAR WEAPONS

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

NNSA Should Adopt Additional Best Practices to Better Manage Risk for Life Extension Programs

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018

Weapons in the U.S. nuclear stockpile are aging. NNSA and the Department of Defense undertake LEPs to refurbish or replace nuclear weapons’ aging components. Prior LEPs experienced cost overruns, schedule delays, and scope reductions, and prior GAO reports identified the need for NNSA to use EVM...
Book cover of VA HEALTH IT MODERNIZATION

VA HEALTH IT MODERNIZATION

Historical Perspective on Prior Contracts and Update on Plans for New Initiative

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018

VA operates the largest health care delivery system in America and VistA is essential to helping deliver the health care services and ensure the quality of health care received by the nation’s veterans and their dependents. The system has been in operation for more than 30 years, is costly to maintain,...
Book cover of MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

CMS Needs to Fully Align Its Antifraud Efforts with the Fraud Risk Framework

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018

CMS, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides health coverage for over 145 million Americans through its four principal programs, with annual outlays of about $1.1 trillion. GAO has designated the two largest programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as high risk partly...
Book cover of NUCLEAR SECURITY

NUCLEAR SECURITY

CBP Needs to Take Action to Ensure Imported Radiological Material Is Properly Licensed

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018

Thousands of shipments containing radiological material enter the United States each year through airports across the country. Radiological material is used in various medical and industrial applications, and possession requires a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or one of the...
Book cover of DOD CONTRACTED SERVICES

DOD CONTRACTED SERVICES

Long-Standing Issues Remain about Using Inventory for Management Decisions

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018

DOD obligated about $150 billion on contracted services—such as information technology support and maintenance of defense facilities—in fiscal year 2016. DOD has faced long-standing challenges in effectively managing its service acquisitions...
Book cover of VETERANS AFFAIRS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

VETERANS AFFAIRS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Historical Perspective on Health System Modernization Contracts and Update on Efforts to Address Key FITARA-Related Areas

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018

The use of IT is crucial to helping VA effectively serve the nation’s veterans and, each year, the department spends billions of dollars on its information systems and assets. However, VA has faced challenges spanning a number of critical initiatives related to modernizing its major systems. To...
Book cover of FEDERAL CRIMINAL RESTITUTION

FEDERAL CRIMINAL RESTITUTION

Most Debt Is Outstanding and Oversight of Collections Could Be Improved

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018

One of the goals of federal criminal restitution is to restore victims of federal crimes to the position they occupied before the crime was committed by providing compensation. Various entities within the federal government are involved in the process of requesting, ordering, and collecting restitution for crime victims, including DOJ and the judiciary...
Book cover of FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Agencies Are Implementing Requirements but Need to Take Additional Actions

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018

FOIA requires federal agencies to provide the public with access to government records and information based on the principles of openness and accountability in government. Each year, individuals and entities file hundreds of thousands of FOIA requests for information on numerous topics that contribute...
Book cover of National Roadside Survey

National Roadside Survey

NHTSA Changed Methodology to Address Driver Concerns

by Hugues Dumont
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018

National Roadside Survey: NHTSA Changed Methodology to Address Driver Concerns 
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