Funding to support small businesses and their employees, who were impacted by the pandemic, totaled over $1 trillion. While this assisted more than 10...
Social Security makes up a substantial percentage of the retirement income for many older Americans. But significant financial challenges threaten the...
Widespread cancellations and delays seemed commonplace during the last holiday travel season. But while airlines are taking actions to address the...
Noncompete agreements have historically been applied to highly skilled workers and executives with access to company secrets and other proprietary...
The Department of Defense's budget makes up about half of all federal discretionary spending. But the DOD's financial statements have long been the...
To combat child trafficking, the U.S. partners with other countries through Child Protection Compacts. We'll find out more from GAO's Chelsa Kenney...
U.S. agencies sometimes provide funding to foreign businesses and other entities when it helps support U.S. trade and other goals. This financial...
Fusion energy has long promised to be a potentially transformative source of energy that avoids some of the risks and environmental impacts that other...
Food prices generally increase by about 2 percent each year. But from 2021 to 2022, food prices rose by 11 percent, the largest annual increase in...
Regenerative medicine is an emerging field of health care that has the potential to cure previously untreatable diseases, repair or replace human...
The United States and its global partners are experiencing a massive wave of cybercrimes. Here in the U.S., federal law enforcement have received...
American farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers are increasingly facing the impacts of climate change. Federal insurance programs can help...
The IRS relies heavily on outdated computer software and hardware to perform its day-to-day operations. This includes things that would impact...
COVID-19 has underscored the importance of being able to rapidly develop, manufacture, and distribute medical countermeasures--such as drugs, vaccines...
Who owns a nursing home is often an important factor impacting the quality of care residents living in that home receive. For nursing homes that...
The U.S. Navy plays a critical role in U.S. national defense, as well as world commerce and keeping the seas open to trade. It faces a number of...
Pediatric cancer is among the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. But there have been relatively few new drugs...
Commercial and personal use of drones is expected to grow rapidly over the next several years. How is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
When Medicaid and Medicare programs pay for nursing home or hospice care, the government requires participating hospitals, nursing homes and hospice...
Broadband and 5G technology are important technologies used in daily activities across the U.S. Yet, millions of Americans lack access to them...
Reports of sexual exploitation of children online increased by 35% during COVID-19. To address this alarming trend, federal agencies have efforts...
Paying for college is one of the biggest financial decisions students and their families make. In FY 2022, the Department of Education provided $112...
The Department of Defense and its industrial base depend on information technology systems and electronic data to do their work. But these systems are...
The Veterans Community Care Program was created to improve veterans' access to health care. Under the program, veterans can receive health care...
