# Reports News from the GAO

Reports News from the GAO.

- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation: Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage Payment; Conservation Reserve Program; Dairy Indemnity Payment Program; Marketing Assistance Loans, Loan Deficiency Payments, and Sugar Loans; and Oriental Fruit Fly Program GAO reviewed the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, and Commodity Credit Corporation's (collectively, the Agencies) new rule titled "Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage Payment;...
- Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments What GAO FoundGAO estimated total direct annual financial losses to the government from fraud to be between $233 billion and $521 billion, based on data from fiscal years 2018 through 2022. The...
- Homeland Security: DHS Internal Entities Facilitate Information Sharing in Key Areas and Collaborate as Needed What GAO FoundGAO identified nine Department of Homeland Security (DHS) groups that are focused on sharing information internally within the department. GAO found the purpose of these groups was...
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) GAO reviewed the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, and Natural Resources Conservation Service's (collectively, the Agencies) new rule entitled "Conservation Stewardship...
- Counternarcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and Assessment of Its Activities What GAO FoundThe amount of funding available for Department of Defense (DOD) counternarcotics and counter–transnational organized crime activities changed from about $750 million in fiscal year (...
- Restrictive Housing: Actions Needed to Enhance BOP and ICE Management and Oversight What GAO FoundFederal correctional and immigration detention facilities can place individuals in restrictive housing settings in certain circumstances. Restrictive housing generally consists of...
- Medicare and Medicaid: Additional Actions Needed to Enhance Program Integrity and Save Billions What GAO FoundThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimated a combined total of over $100 billion in improper payments in the Medicare and Medicaid programs in fiscal year 2023. This...
- Persistent Chemicals: Navy Efforts to Address PFAS at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam What GAO FoundAs of February 2024, DOD testing had not detected any per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the active drinking water shaft at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. PFAS are a large...
- Prescription Drugs: Selected States' Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers What GAO FoundPrivate health plans contract with pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) to administer their prescription drug benefits and help control costs. Each of the five states selected for review—...
- F-35 Sustainment: Costs Continue to Rise While Planned Use and Availability Have Decreased What GAO FoundThe F-35 Lightning II aircraft (F-35) is the Department of Defense's (DOD) most ambitious and costly weapon system and its most advanced fighter aircraft. DOD operates and sustains...
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service: Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program; Request for Applications GAO reviewed the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) new rule entitled "Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program; Request for Applications." GAO found...
- Environmental Protection Agency: Asbestos Part 1; Chrysotile Asbestos; Regulation of Certain Conditions of Use Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rule entitled "Asbestos Part 1; Chrysotile Asbestos; Regulation of Certain Conditions of Use Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA...
- Securities and Exchange Commission: The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors GAO reviewed the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC or the Commission) new rules entitled "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors." GAO found that...
- Social Security Administration: Omitting Food From In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations GAO reviewed the Social Security Administration's (SSA) new rule entitled "Omitting Food From In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations." GAO found that the final rule (1) updates the...
- Economic Development: Additional Training Could Help Small Lenders Implement Technology What GAO FoundCommunity development financial institutions (CDFI) are lenders that provide financial products and services to underserved communities, and minority depository institutions (MDI),...
- Synergy Group Alliance, LLC Synergy Group Alliance, LLC, a small business of Richland, Washington, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. 89233123RNA000175,...
- Military Health Care: DOD Should Improve Its Process for Clinical Adverse Actions against Providers What GAO FoundThe Defense Health Agency (DHA) uses its clinical adverse action process to investigate concerns about a health care provider's quality of care, and if warranted, to take action to...
- Coast Guard Health Care: Information on Telehealth Usage What GAO FoundThe Coast Guard began offering video and telephone telehealth appointments to its personnel in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to officials. The Coast Guard...
- Broadband Deployment: Agencies Should Take Steps to Better Meet Deadline for Processing Permits What GAO FoundThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service process the most applications from telecommunications providers to install communications use equipment or facilities—including...
- Justice40: Additional Efforts Needed to Improve Tribal Applicants' Access to Federal Programs   Under Environmental Justice Initiative What GAO FoundThe Justice40 Initiative is the administration's goal for 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments to flow to disadvantaged communities. GAO reviewed six...
- Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office In fiscal year 2023, GAO’s work yielded $70.4 billion in financial benefits, a return of about $84 for every dollar invested in GAO. Our average return on investment for the past 6 years is $133 to...
- COVID-19 Relief: State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of September 30, 2023 The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, allocated $350 billion to Tribes, states, the District of Columbia, localities, and U.S...
- Higher Education: Employment Discrimination Case Referrals Between Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Could Be Improved What GAO FoundThe proportions of Black or African American (Black) and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) college faculty increased from fiscal years 2003 through 2021. Yet, there were lower...
- IRS Direct File: Actions Needed during Pilot to Improve Information on Costs and Benefits What GAO FoundThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported to Congress in May 2023 that it estimated the annual costs of a Direct File tax system could range from $64 million to $249 million...
- MindPoint Group, LLC MindPoint Group, LLC (MindPoint), of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to ShorePoint, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB)...