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			Federal Research: Key Practices for Scientific Program Managers
										Report
						GAO-24-106297
						Publicly Released on:     Apr 8, 2024
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						Published:     Apr 8, 2024
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					Federal Research: Key Practices for Scientific Program Managers

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Candice N.  Wright
            
            Director
      
            wrightc@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Education research
              Federal research
              Research and development
              Best practices
              Federal agencies
              Engineering
              Peer review
              Grant programs
              Scientists...
			
			Science & Tech Spotlight: At-Home Tools to Diagnose Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Related Diseases
										Report
						GAO-24-107306
						Publicly Released on:     Mar 25, 2024
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						Published:     Mar 25, 2024
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					Science & Tech Spotlight: At-Home Tools to Diagnose Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Related Diseases

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Karen Howard
            
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              Alzheimer's disease
              Diseases
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              Health care providers
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			Clinical Research: FDA Should Evaluate Its Efforts to Recruit and Retain Its Inspection Workforce
										Report
						GAO-24-106383
						Publicly Released on:     Mar 25, 2024
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						Published:     Feb 22, 2024
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					Clinical Research: FDA Should Evaluate Its Efforts to Recruit and Retain Its Inspection Workforce

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Mary Denigan-Macauley
            
            Director
      
            deniganmacauleym@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-7114
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making one recommendation that FDA evaluate its recruitment and retention efforts to determine their effectiveness and incorporate results, as appropriate, to help ensure the agency is using the most appropriate...
			
			Surface Transportation: DOT Considers Multiple Factors when Choosing the Volpe Center to Conduct Research
										Report
						GAO-24-106287
						Publicly Released on:     Mar 14, 2024
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						Published:     Mar 14, 2024
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					Surface Transportation: DOT Considers Multiple Factors when Choosing the Volpe Center to Conduct Research

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Elizabeth (Biza) Repko
            
            Director
      
            repkoe@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-2834
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Surface transportation
              Transportation
              Transportation research
              Transportation systems
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			Science & Tech Spotlight: Combating Deepfakes
										Report
						GAO-24-107292
						Publicly Released on:     Mar 11, 2024
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						Published:     Mar 11, 2024
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					Science & Tech Spotlight: Combating Deepfakes

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Brian Bothwell
            
            Director
      
            bothwellb@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Artificial intelligence
              Authentication
              Cybersecurity
              Elections
              Electronics
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              National security
              Science and technology
              Science and technology...
			
			Science & Tech Spotlight: Wearable Technologies in the Workplace
										Report
						GAO-24-107303
						Publicly Released on:     Mar 4, 2024
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						Published:     Mar 4, 2024
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					Science & Tech Spotlight: Wearable Technologies in the Workplace

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Karen Howard
            
            Director
      
            howardk@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Employee safety
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              Workers...
			
			Small Business Innovation Research: Better Data and Clarity on Eligibility of Venture Capital-Owned Businesses Are Needed
										Report
						GAO-24-107004
						Publicly Released on:     Feb 13, 2024
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						Published:     Feb 13, 2024
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					Small Business Innovation Research: Better Data and Clarity on Eligibility of Venture Capital-Owned Businesses Are Needed

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Candice N.  Wright
            
            Director
      
            wrightc@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making two recommendations, one to DOD and one to SBA. GAO is recommending that DOD monitor the effectiveness of its efforts to address the reliability issues in its data used to identify DOD's SBIR...
			
			Precision Agriculture: Benefits and Challenges for Technology Adoption and Use
										Report
						GAO-24-105962
						Publicly Released on:     Jan 31, 2024
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						Published:     Jan 31, 2024
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					Precision Agriculture: Benefits and Challenges for Technology Adoption and Use

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Brian Bothwell
            
            Director
      
            bothwellb@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


              

  
    
              Steve Morris
            
            Director
      
            morriss@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-3841
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Broadband
              Agricultural research
              Conservation...
			
			Artificial Intelligence: GAO's Work to Leverage Technology and Ensure Responsible Use
										Testimony
						GAO-24-107237
						Publicly Released on:     Jan 29, 2024
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						Published:     Jan 30, 2024
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					Artificial Intelligence: GAO's Work to Leverage Technology and Ensure Responsible Use

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Taka Ariga
            
            Chief Data Scientist and Director of the Innovation Lab
      
            arigat@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Artificial intelligence
              Automated systems
              Cybersecurity
              Science and technology
              Technology assessment
              Websites...
			
			Federal Regulation: Selected Emerging Technologies Highlight the Need for Legislative Analysis and Enhanced Coordination
										Report
						GAO-24-106122
						Publicly Released on:     Jan 25, 2024
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						Published:     Jan 25, 2024
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					Federal Regulation: Selected Emerging Technologies Highlight the Need for Legislative Analysis and Enhanced Coordination

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Yvonne Jones
            
            Director
      
            jonesy@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6806
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making three recommendations, that FDA document potential legislative changes, DOT provide the public with information on collaborative efforts, and FAA publicize an industry-facing initiative. The agencies...
			
			Higher Education: VA Should Provide Additional Information to Its Staff and Schools on the Rogers STEM Scholarship
										Report
						GAO-24-106492
						Publicly Released on:     Jan 17, 2024
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						Published:     Jan 17, 2024
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					Higher Education: VA Should Provide Additional Information to Its Staff and Schools on the Rogers STEM Scholarship

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Melissa Emrey-Arras
            
            Director
      
            emreyarrasm@gao.gov
      
            (617) 788-0534
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making four recommendations to VA, including developing additional information to aid VA staff who review scholarship applications and improving the information available to school officials. VA...
			
			Research Security: Strengthening Interagency Collaboration Could Help Agencies Safeguard Federal Funding from Foreign Threats
										Report
						GAO-24-106227
						Publicly Released on:     Jan 11, 2024
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						Published:     Jan 11, 2024
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					Research Security: Strengthening Interagency Collaboration Could Help Agencies Safeguard Federal Funding from Foreign Threats

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Candice N.  Wright
            
            Director
      
            wrightc@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is recommending that OSTP facilitate information sharing among agencies on identifying foreign ownership, control, or influence. OSTP concurred with this recommendation...
			
			National Institute of Standards and Technology: Strengthening Disclosure Requirements and Assessing Training Could Improve Research Security
										Report
						GAO-24-106074
						Publicly Released on:     Dec 14, 2023
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						Published:     Dec 14, 2023
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					National Institute of Standards and Technology: Strengthening Disclosure Requirements and Assessing Training Could Improve Research Security

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Candice N.  Wright
            
            Director
      
            wrightc@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making three recommendations: one to OSTP on issuing timely research security guidance; and two to NIST on strengthening disclosure requirements for domestic associates and...
			
			Artificial Intelligence: Actions Needed to Improve DOD's Workforce Management
										Report
						GAO-24-105645
						Publicly Released on:     Dec 14, 2023
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						Published:     Dec 14, 2023
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					Artificial Intelligence: Actions Needed to Improve DOD's Workforce Management

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Alissa H. Czyz
            
            Director
      
            czyza@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-3058
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making three recommendations to DOD to assign responsibility and establish a timeline for completing the additional steps to define and identify its AI workforce; and update its Human Capital Operating Plan to be consistent with key department...
			
			Artificial Intelligence in Natural Hazard Modeling: Severe Storms, Hurricanes, Floods, and Wildfires
										Report
						GAO-24-106213
						Publicly Released on:     Dec 14, 2023
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						Published:     Dec 14, 2023
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					Artificial Intelligence in Natural Hazard Modeling: Severe Storms, Hurricanes, Floods, and Wildfires

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Brian Bothwell
            
            Director
      
            bothwellb@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Artificial intelligence
              Floods
              Hurricanes
              Natural disasters
              Natural hazards
              Public and private partnerships
              Research and development...
			
			Artificial Intelligence: Agencies Have Begun Implementation but Need to Complete Key Requirements
										Report
						GAO-24-105980
						Publicly Released on:     Dec 12, 2023
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						Published:     Dec 12, 2023
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					Artificial Intelligence: Agencies Have Begun Implementation but Need to Complete Key Requirements

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Kevin Walsh
            
            Director
      
            walshk@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6151
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making 35 recommendations to 19 agencies, including OMB, to fully implement federal AI requirements. Specifically, GAO is recommending that:

Fifteen agencies update their AI use case inventories to include required information and...
			
			Low-Dose Radiation: Agency Leadership and Collaboration Are Needed to Set the Direction of Future Research
										Report
						GAO-24-106317
						Publicly Released on:     Dec 7, 2023
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						Published:     Dec 7, 2023
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					Low-Dose Radiation: Agency Leadership and Collaboration Are Needed to Set the Direction of Future Research

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Candice N.  Wright
            
            Director
      
            wrightc@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO is making two recommendations for DOE's Office of Science to lead a collaborative effort for an interagency low-dose radiation research program and to work with Congress if the office finds that it should share or hand...
			
			National Science Foundation: Additional Steps Would Improve Cost Estimate for Antarctic Research Infrastructure Project
										Report
						GAO-24-106380
						Publicly Released on:     Dec 5, 2023
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						Published:     Dec 5, 2023
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					National Science Foundation: Additional Steps Would Improve Cost Estimate for Antarctic Research Infrastructure Project

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Candice N.  Wright
            
            Director
      
            wrightc@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
            

GAO recommends that NSF ensure the AIMS project meets the well-documented characteristic of a reliable cost estimate. NSF concurred with the recommendation and noted it plans to develop a corrective action...
			
			Quantum Technologies: Defense Laboratories Should Take Steps to Improve Workforce Planning
										Report
						GAO-24-106284
						Publicly Released on:     Dec 5, 2023
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						Published:     Dec 5, 2023
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					Quantum Technologies: Defense Laboratories Should Take Steps to Improve Workforce Planning

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Candice N.  Wright
            
            Director
      
            wrightc@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
            

This report includes four recommendations for the defense laboratories to fully adopt leading practices for strategic workforce planning. DOD concurred with all four recommendations.


      
      
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			Science & Tech Spotlight: Ocean Warming
										Report
						GAO-24-107068
						Publicly Released on:     Nov 30, 2023
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						Published:     Nov 30, 2023
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					Science & Tech Spotlight: Ocean Warming

      
    
    

  
    
      
              

  
    
              Brian Bothwell
            
            Director
      
            bothwellb@gao.gov
      
            (202) 512-6888
      
    
  


          
  
      
              Climate
              Climate change
              Ecosystems
              Global warming
              Ocean currents
              Ocean temperatures
              Sea level rise
              Communities
              Sea level
              Fishing industry...
		


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