This report updates GAO's list of federal programs and operations at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. Several high-risk areas have improved enough to be removed from GAO's list. They include the year 2000 computer challenge, the 2000 census, Department of Agriculture's farm loan programs, the Superfund program, and the National Weather Service's information technology modernization. At the same time, GAO added one new area of concern to the 2001 high-risk list--human capital management. GAO is also continuing to monitor 21 other areas previously designated as high risk.

Below are the reports in this series:

High Risk Series: An Update GAO-01-263 Jan 1, 2001

Performance and Accountability Series:

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: A Governmentwide Perspective GAO-01-241 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Agriculture GAO-01-242 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Commerce GAO-01-243 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Defense GAO-01-244 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Education GAO-01-245 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Energy GAO-01-246 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Health and Human Services GAO-01-247 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Housing and Urban Development GAO-01-248 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of the Interior GAO-01-249 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Justice GAO-01-250 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Labor GAO-01-251 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of State GAO-01-252 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Transportation GAO-01-253 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of the Treasury GAO-01-254 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Veterans Affairs GAO-01-255 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: U.S. Agency for International Development GAO-01-256 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Environmental Protection Agency GAO-01-257 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: National Aeronautics and Space Administration GAO-01-258 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Nuclear Regulatory Commission GAO-01-259 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Small Business Administration GAO-01-260 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Social Security Administration GAO-01-261 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: U.S. Postal Service GAO-01-262 Jan 1, 2001