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What GAO Found Consumer scores are indicators that group consumers based on their past actions and characteristics. Score creators use...
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What GAO Found Based on the limited procedures GAO performed in reviewing the independent public accountant's (IPA) audit of the...
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What GAO Found The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) helps contractors comply with affirmative action provisions for veterans...
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Fast Facts The Coast Guard invests millions of dollars each year in "non-major" IT acquisition programs—those with assets totaling less...
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What GAO Found The Department of Energy's (DOE) two petroleum product reserves as currently structured—holding 2 million barrels of heating...
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What GAO Found During its audit of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) fiscal years 2021 and 2020 financial statements, GAO...
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What GAO Found In May 2021, GAO identified three priority recommendations for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since...
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What GAO Found From February 2020 through June 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) relied primarily on existing...
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Technology Modernization Fund: Past Awards Highlight Need for Continued Scrutiny of Agency Proposals
What GAO Found The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) provides awards to agencies to, among other things, modernize aging federal information...
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What GAO Found Available data for fiscal years 2017-2019 show that about 36 percent of beneficiaries in the Department of...
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What GAO Found The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) each...
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What GAO Found In fiscal year 2021, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sites had underway almost 600 research and development...
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What GAO Found A majority of all states had some protections from discrimination in place for youth in foster care...
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Tribal Funding: Actions Needed to Improve Information on Federal Funds That Benefit Native Americans
Office of Management and Budget The Director of OMB should issue clear guidance as part of the annual budget data...
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What GAO Found During the audits of the 2021 and 2020 financial statements of the two funds that the Federal...
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What GAO Found The Department of Defense (DOD) has reported implementing more than 70 percent of four selected cybersecurity requirements...
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Why This Matters Current technologies are energy intensive and may not meet the exponentially increasing demand for data storage. Without...
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What GAO Found Federal tax information consists of federal tax returns and return information and is covered by the confidentiality...
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What GAO Found In May 2021, GAO identified 11 priority recommendations for the Department of State. Since then, State has...
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Bureau of Indian Affairs The BIA Director should identify options for providing additional technical assistance that is specifically designed to...
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What GAO Found Audit Rates. From tax years 2010 to 2019, audit rates of individual income tax returns decreased for all...
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What GAO Found GAO found that tax data are not consistently linked to households' demographic information. The Internal Revenue Service...