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	  **Released on   Apr 5, 2024**
          Vehicle Repair: Information on Evolving Vehicle Technologies and Consumer Choice [Reissued with revisions on Apr. 5, 2024]
    GAO-24-106633
      Published:   Mar 21, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 5, 2024
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    "Right-to-repair" is the ability to repair your own vehicles or get repairs at auto dealerships or independent repair shops. In this Q&A report, we looked at the effects of changing technologies on the right-to-repair. For example, the use of technology to wirelessly transfer vehicle health and repair data with automakers could give dealerships an advantage. If independent repair shops don't have access to this data...
      **Released on   Mar 29, 2024**
          Small Business Research Programs: Increased Performance Standards Likely Affect Few Businesses Receiving Multiple Awards
    GAO-24-106398
      Published:   Mar 29, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 29, 2024
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    Small businesses are important drivers of economic growth, but they can face challenges accessing capital to fund research and development. To help, federal agencies award funding to small businesses. These awards are competitive, yet some businesses have received multiple awards. This has raised concerns about crowding out new businesses. In 2022, Congress increased standards for small businesses that receive the highest numbers of awards—like requiring...
      **Released on   Mar 28, 2024**
          Driver Assistance Technologies: NHTSA Should Take Action to Enhance Consumer Understanding of Capabilities and Limitations
    GAO-24-106255
      Published:   Mar 28, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 28, 2024
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    Driver assistance technologies are increasingly included in new vehicles. But drivers who don't understand these technologies may increase their risk of accidents by turning off safety features or over-relying on convenience features. The New Car Assessment Program is one way the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration educates drivers on vehicle technology. NHTSA's proposed updates to the program could help people better understand these technologies, but...
      **Released on   Mar 6, 2024**
          Small Business Administration: Progress and Work Remaining to Implement Key Management Improvements
    GAO-24-107395
      Published:   Mar 6, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 6, 2024
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    The Small Business Administration set up programs to help with the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Paycheck Protection Program. We testified about 23 recommendations we've made to improve this and other SBA programs. SBA has addressed 10 of our recommendations. For example, we recommended that it conduct a formal fraud risk assessment and develop a strategy to manage risks, and SBA has done so. However, SBA...
      **Released on   Jan 31, 2024**
          International Trade: USTR Should Improve Coordination on New Automotive Rules of Origin
    GAO-24-106330
      Published:   Jan 31, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 31, 2024
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    In 2020, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement changed rules for the largest trade category among the partners—automobiles. The agreement, which sets import rules on where materials and labor for autos and parts come from, is expected to raise U.S. automotive prices but also support job growth. The U.S. Trade Representative chairs an interagency committee responsible for providing advice and input on implementing, enforcing, and modifying the...
      **Released on   Jan 11, 2024**
          Prenatal Supplements: Amounts of Some Key Nutrients Differed from Product Labels
    GAO-24-106689
      Published:   Dec 12, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 11, 2024
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    Unlike medications, dietary supplements—including those for prenatal care—don't have to be evaluated for safety or effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration before reaching stores. This Q&A report assesses whether labels for over-the-counter prenatal supplements reflect actual amounts of vitamins and minerals in them. Our testing showed that 11 of 12 prenatal supplements had at least one nutrient above or below the levels noted on...
      **Released on   Jan 9, 2024**
          Vehicle Safety: Opportunities to Improve Repair Rates for Recalled Vehicles
    GAO-24-106356
      Published:   Jan 9, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 9, 2024
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    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration oversees vehicle recalls when a defect creates an unreasonable safety risk. Manufacturers must notify vehicle owners of recalls and usually fix the problem for free. NHTSA monitors repair rates and enforces rules that manufacturers must follow for the hundreds of safety recalls issued each year. Like NHTSA, we found that certain factors influence vehicle recall repair rates, such as...
      **Released on   Dec 21, 2023**
          Small Business Administration: Procedures for Reporting on Veteran-Owned Businesses Need Improvement
    GAO-24-106071
      Published:   Dec 21, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 21, 2023
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    Many veterans face challenges with raising capital to start small businesses—such as establishing credit and developing business relationships if they move to a new area after military service. The Small Business Administration must give special consideration to veterans for its lending programs. But the agency hasn't developed policies and procedures to do so. For example, SBA committed to processing applications for veteran-owned businesses promptly. However...
      **Released on   Dec 14, 2023**
          Small Business Contracting: SBA Could Improve Oversight of Individual Waiver Requests to the Nonmanufacturer Rule
    GAO-24-106196
      Published:   Dec 14, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 14, 2023
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    The federal government aims to award 23% of its contracts to small businesses, including manufacturers. If no small manufacturer exists for a product, agencies can request a waiver from the Small Business Administration to allow any sized manufacturer to supply the product instead. Recent SBA data indicated that agencies submitted about 670 waiver requests, roughly 80% of which SBA approved. But its waiver data is...
      **Released on   Dec 7, 2023**
          Federal Contracting: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Reporting of Waivers to Domestic Preference Laws
    GAO-24-106166
      Published:   Dec 7, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 7, 2023
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    Buy American and other domestic preference laws require federal agencies to buy goods made in the U.S. These laws can be waived, such as when a needed item isn't made here. To improve transparency, a law required the General Services Administration to make a website for agencies to post such waivers. The Office of Management and Budget helped determine website elements and reviews the waivers...
      **Released on   Dec 6, 2023**
          Cosmetic Safety: Better Planning Would Enhance FDA Efforts to Implement New Law
    GAO-24-105542
      Published:   Dec 6, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 6, 2023
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    Cosmetics include makeup, shampoo, toothpaste, and more—and many people use multiple cosmetics in their daily or weekly routines. Research has shown that cosmetics may contain harmful substances that can be present intentionally, e.g., as preservatives, or unintentionally, e.g., as natural impurities in ingredients. In late 2022, a law expanded the Food and Drug Administration's authority to oversee cosmetic safety. While FDA has taken steps to...
      **Released on   Nov 30, 2023**
          Disaster Loan Program: SBA Should Include Key Issues in Its Review of How the Program Affects Underserved Communities
    GAO-24-106682
      Published:   Nov 30, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 30, 2023
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    The Small Business Administration's Disaster Loan Program helps homeowners, renters, and businesses recover from disasters that can cause billions of dollars in damage each year. SBA has identified lending criteria—such as credit history—as one barrier to loan access in underserved communities, like those with high poverty rates. For 13 hurricanes in fiscal years 2018-2022, we found that SBA approved applicants from some underserved communities less...
      **Released on   Nov 28, 2023**
          Small Business Research Programs: Information Regarding Subaward Use and Data Quality
    GAO-24-106399
      Published:   Nov 28, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 28, 2023
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    Agencies that participate in the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs have helped small businesses bring new technologies to market—such as a low-cost, energy-efficient alternative to fluorescent lights. Small businesses that receive these awards are allowed to use subcontractors and consultants (such as other companies, academic institutions, and nonprofits) to assist with these projects. We estimated that about 70% of award...
      **Released on   Nov 16, 2023**
          Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Are Implementing Programs to Manage Foreign Risks and Plan Further Refinement
    GAO-24-106400
      Published:   Nov 16, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 16, 2023
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    Federal agencies award research and development funds to small businesses through small business research programs. However, foreign governments sometimes try to steal such U.S.-funded research and technology. The Small Business Administration issued best practices in 2023 to guide agencies' efforts to manage foreign risks—e.g., ensuring that agencies conduct due diligence regarding foreign affiliations when awarding funds. We found that the 11 agencies participating in these...
      **Released on   Nov 15, 2023**
          Financial Audit: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's FY 2023 and FY 2022 Financial Statements
    GAO-24-106737
      Published:   Nov 15, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 15, 2023
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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau works to enhance citizens' financial education and ensure that banks, lenders, and other financial companies treat people fairly. The agency spent $2.75 billion in FY 2023 to do its work. We audit and issue an opinion annually on CFPB's financial statements and on related internal controls (e.g., processes to reasonably assure that transactions are properly authorized and recorded). In FY...
      **Released on   Nov 9, 2023**
          Small Business Subcontracting: Some Contracting Officers Face Challenges Assessing Compliance with the Good Faith Standard
    GAO-24-106225
      Published:   Nov 9, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 9, 2023
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    Some federal contracts require that contractors make goals to subcontract at least part of the work to small businesses. If a contractor doesn't make a good faith effort to meet these goals, it could face penalties. Most agencies we reviewed don't report agency-level data on whether contractors are meeting their small business goals—making it hard to know the extent that contractors are complying in good...
      **Released on   Oct 30, 2023**
          Credit Cards: Pandemic Assistance Likely Helped Reduce Balances, and Credit Terms Varied Among Demographic Groups
    GAO-23-105269
      Published:   Sep 29, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 30, 2023
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    In 2022, 82% of U.S. adults had at least one credit card. We examined U.S. credit card usage by analyzing a large sample of credit card data from June 2013-December 2021. We found that many people likely used their pandemic stimulus payments to pay down their credit card balances. Pandemic assistance was also associated with better credit scores and fewer delinquencies. Our comparison of billing...
      **Released on   Sep 29, 2023**
          Small Business Research Programs: Most Agencies Allow Applicants to Define Needs and Propose Solutions
    GAO-23-106338
      Published:   Sep 29, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 29, 2023
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    Federal agencies help fund small businesses' technology research and development through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. Most agencies allow businesses that apply for funding to define problems and pitch innovative solutions within broad topic areas for some or all of their awards. In contrast, some agencies define the problems themselves and only solicit solutions. Allowing businesses to define the problems could attract more diverse small...
      **Released on   Sep 19, 2023**
          Motor Carrier Operations: Improvements Needed to Federal System for Collecting and Addressing Complaints against Truck, Moving, and Bus Companies
    GAO-23-105972
      Published:   Sep 19, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 19, 2023
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    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration aims to reduce crashes, injuries, and deaths involving large trucks and buses. To that end, FMCSA collects complaints against companies that operate these vehicles. The complaints can be related to safety—e.g., speeding or reckless driving—or to problems like unfair business practices. FMCSA reviews these complaints, but its guidance is not clear. Specifically, FMCSA guidance doesn't define key terms or...
      **Released on   Sep 13, 2023**
          Violent Extremism: Agencies' and Financial Institutions' Efforts to Link Financing to Domestic Threats
    GAO-23-105928
      Published:   Sep 13, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   Sep 13, 2023
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    Linking the financial transactions of domestic violent extremists to suspicious or violent activity can be difficult for financial institutions and federal agencies. The transactions often don't raise red flags because these extremists frequently use their own funds and might not need large amounts to carry out attacks. In addition, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shares financial information related to ongoing terrorism investigations with law enforcement...
    
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