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	  **Released on   Apr 10, 2024**
          Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office
    GAO-24-107438
      Published:   Apr 10, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 10, 2024
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    In fiscal year 2023, GAO's work yielded $70.4 billion in financial benefits. Our average return on investment for the past 6 years is $133 for every $1 invested in GAO. In this testimony before the House Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations, U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro discusses GAO's FY 2025 budget request. Our budget request will enable GAO to continue to meet key areas...
      **Released on   Mar 27, 2024**
          Bureau of Indian Education: Improved Oversight of Schools' COVID-19 Spending is Needed
    GAO-24-105451
      Published:   Mar 27, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 27, 2024
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    The Bureau of Indian Education and its schools used $1.5 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds to Give students laptops and resources for distance learning Buy COVID tests and supplies The bureau monitors schools' COVID spending in several ways, such as reviewing financial reports and collecting financial information from school visits. The bureau's policy calls for additional oversight of schools at high risk for financial...
      **Released on   Mar 7, 2024**
          DHS Annual Assessment: Most Programs Are Meeting Current Goals, but Some Continue to Face Cost and Schedule Challenges [Reissued with revisions on Mar. 7, 2024]
    GAO-24-106573
      Published:   Feb 22, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 7, 2024
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    This is our 9th annual assessment of the Department of Homeland Security's major acquisition programs. We reviewed 16 programs with DHS-approved baselines—which establish goals for how the system being acquired should perform, when it should be delivered, and what it should cost. Fifteen of these programs met their cost and schedule goals, but most of these programs have updated their goals at least once since...
      **Released on   Feb 15, 2024**
          The Nation's Fiscal Health: Road Map Needed to Address Projected Unsustainable Debt Levels
    GAO-24-106987
      Published:   Feb 15, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Feb 15, 2024
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    The federal government faces an unsustainable long-term fiscal path that poses serious economic, security, and social challenges if not addressed. Our review of the nation's fiscal health found: Debt is projected to grow faster than the economy, reaching 200% of GDP by 2050 if revenue and spending policies are unchanged Large budget deficits drive the growing debt, as Medicare and Social Security spending outpace revenue...
      **Released on   Feb 8, 2024**
          Veterans Affairs: Improvements Needed in Estimating Funding for Potential Future Health Emergencies
    GAO-24-106359
      Published:   Feb 8, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Feb 8, 2024
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    Veterans Affairs received about $36.7 billion in supplemental funds for its COVID-19 pandemic response. VA used the funds to support services at VA medical facilities and for new efforts like expanding IT infrastructure for telehealth services. At the pandemic's start, the Veterans Health Administration requested funds to continue operations. But VHA didn't have the tools to develop a base estimate of potential costs for an...
      **Released on   Jan 16, 2024**
          Revolving Funds: Key Features
    GAO-24-107270
      Published:   Jan 17, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 16, 2024
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    In this testimony, we describe key features of revolving funds—a type of appropriation that allows an agency to fund an operation more like a business. The money that the operation collects—such as user fees or proceeds from the sale of goods or services—is available to the agency for that operation without the need for further congressional action and without fiscal year limitations. Agencies must have...
      **Released on   Dec 14, 2023**
          COVID-19 Relief: Treasury Could Improve Its Administration and Oversight of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
    GAO-24-106027
      Published:   Dec 14, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 14, 2023
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    In March 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act appropriated $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to help with the COVID-19 pandemic . Treasury is responsible for administering and monitoring these funds. Officials in selected states and localities identified challenges with how Treasury administers these funds. For example, Treasury has a contact center to respond to recipients' questions. Some state and local officials...
      **Released on   Dec 11, 2023**
          Economic Downturns: Effects of Automatic Spending Programs and Taxes
    GAO-24-106056
      Published:   Nov 16, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 11, 2023
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    "Automatic stabilizers" adjust federal spending and taxes during an economic downturn. These budget mechanisms can help keep the economy afloat when unemployment is high and incomes fall. Our Q&A report documents the effects of automatic stabilizers in recent economic downturns. Specifically, they: Prevented the economy from getting worse by generating additional economic activity Helped support people's wellbeing by alleviating poverty and improving nutrition through government...
      **Released on   Nov 15, 2023**
          COVID-19 Relief Funds: State Experiences Could Inform Future Federal Relief Funding
    GAO-24-106152
      Published:   Nov 15, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 15, 2023
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    States received hundreds of billions in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Selected state budget office staff we spoke with said they experienced some challenges with planning for and using the funds, such as delays and changes to federal guidance. They also noted that: Using pre-existing federal programs to distribute the funds was more efficient for states and the flexibility of new programs allowed them to address...
      **Released on   Nov 9, 2023**
          Financial Audit: Bureau of the Fiscal Service's FY 2023 and FY 2022 Schedules of Federal Debt
    GAO-24-106340
      Published:   Nov 9, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 9, 2023
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    Treasury's Fiscal Service issues debt to borrow money for federal operations, and reports the debt on financial statements called the Schedules of Federal Debt. As of Sept. 30, 2023, the federal debt was $33.2 trillion—up $2.2 trillion from FY 2022—and interest on the debt was $875.5 billion, an increase of $151.9 billion from FY 2022. We audit and issue opinions annually on the Schedules and...
      **Released on   Nov 7, 2023**
          Federal Spending Transparency: Opportunities to Improve USAspending.gov Data
    GAO-24-106214
      Published:   Nov 7, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 7, 2023
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    Many federal agencies must report their spending data on USAspending.gov to help the government—and the public—track federal funds. In this Q&A report, we found that 49 agencies didn't report data to USAspending.gov. And neither Treasury nor the Office of Management and Budget have clear responsibility to determine which agencies should report. Also, some agencies reported amounts of COVID-19 spending to the website that didn't match...
      **Released on   Oct 27, 2023**
          Freely Associated States: Agencies Should Enhance Procedures to Address Millions of Dollars in Questionable Spending
    GAO-23-106160
      Published:   Sep 27, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 27, 2023
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    Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau receive millions of dollars in U.S. grants from federal agencies. Each country must get an annual audit of its use of these funds. Within 6 months, the granting agency must decide how the country should address any audit findings—including questions about grant spending. Then the agency must work with the country to resolve these questions. The Departments of Health...
      **Released on   Oct 11, 2023**
          COVID-19 Relief: States' and Localities' Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of March 31, 2023
    GAO-24-106753
      Published:   Oct 11, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 11, 2023
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    This Q&A report reviews the billions of dollars the Department of the Treasury has awarded to state and local governments to help them cover COVID-19 recovery costs. As of March 31, 2023: States have reported spending $88.2 billion, or 45% of their awards. Localities have reported spending $47.9 billion, or 38% of their awards. The largest category of spending was for revenue lost due to...
      **Released on   Sep 28, 2023**
          Tracking the Funds: Specific FY 2023 Provisions for Federal Agencies
    GAO-23-106561
      Published:   Sep 28, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 28, 2023
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    As part of FY 2023 appropriations, Members of Congress could request to designate a certain amount of funding for specific projects in their communities. While agencies often have discretion over how they award funds, Congress has directed them to distribute these funds to the designated recipients. We're tracking these funds to help ensure transparency. FY 2023 appropriations included about $15.3 billion for 7,234 projects. This...
          Tracking the Funds: Agencies Have Begun Executing FY 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
    GAO-23-106318
      Published:   Sep 28, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 28, 2023
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    As part of FY 2022 appropriations, Members of Congress could request to designate a certain amount of funding for specific projects in their communities. While agencies often have discretion over how they award funds, Congress has directed them to distribute these funds to the designated recipients. We're tracking the funds to help ensure transparency. FY 2022 appropriations included $9.1 billion for 4,963 projects. At the...
      **Released on   Sep 19, 2023**
          COVID-19: U.S. Territory Experiences Could Inform Future Federal Relief
    GAO-23-106050
      Published:   Sep 19, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 19, 2023
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    U.S. territories—American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—received more than $32 billion in COVID-19 relief funds through over 100 programs. Territory government officials said they funded key priorities, but some programs were easier to use than others because: Territory governments already knew how to administer and report on pre-existing programs Some agencies provided more support...
      **Released on   Sep 14, 2023**
          White House Spending: FY 2022 Certificated Expenditures of the President and Vice President Were for Authorized Purposes
    GAO-23-106450
      Published:   Sep 14, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 14, 2023
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    The President and Vice President of the United States are legally allowed to spend funds for certain specified purposes—e.g., official travel, residential maintenance, entertainment—and account for them solely with "official certificates." Spending that's authorized this way is known as certificated expenditures. We examined these certificated expenditures for fiscal year 2022 and determined that they were spent for the purposes authorized under the relevant law.
      **Released on   Sep 7, 2023**
          DOD Service Contracts: Actions Needed to Identify Efficiencies and Forecast Budget Needs
    GAO-23-106123
      Published:   Sep 7, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 7, 2023
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    The Department of Defense spends hundreds of billions of dollars on contracts for services, such as program administration and tech support. DOD policy requires the military departments to collect and review data about their service contracts with a value of $10 million or more. Having such data available could help DOD contract more efficiently and save money. While the Navy collects and reviews this data...
          Space Launch System: Cost Transparency Needed to Monitor Program Affordability
    GAO-23-105609
      Published:   Sep 7, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 7, 2023
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    Last year, NASA launched its Artemis I flight test using a Space Launch System rocket, or SLS. NASA plans to spend billions of dollars to produce more rockets. It also needs to build progressively stronger versions of these rockets for use on Artemis missions into the 2030s. Original SLS cost baselines, or committed costs, were tied to the launch of Artemis I. Without a baseline...
      **Released on   Jul 21, 2023**
          Fiscal Year 2024 Performance Plan
    GAO-23-900466
      Published:   Jul 21, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 21, 2023
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