Federal Disaster Relief Programs
CED-78-13: Published: Nov 17, 1977. Publicly Released: Sep 8, 1978.
Additional Materials:
- Full Report:
Contact:
Information on federal disaster relief programs, which is based on data contained in GAO-issued reports and a report soon to be issued and in Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports, is submitted for inclusion in a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry print. The material includes information on: protecting against production loss; protecting against loss from disease, poisoning, or contamination; providing emergency credit assistance; and providing emergency livestock feed assistance. Federal protection against production loss is provided in the form of the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) disaster payment program and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's crop insurance program. The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) provides protection against loss from disease, poisoning, and contamination through its beekeeper indemnity payment program. Emergency credit assistance is provided through the Farmers Home Administration's emergency loan program. Emergency livestock feed assistance is provided through the emergency livestock feed program administered by CCC, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Disaster Assistance Administration's (FDAA) emergency feed program, the FDAA hay transportation assistance program administered by ASCS, and the FDAA cattle transportation assistance program, also administered by ASCS.
Oct 26, 2020
Intellectual Property:
CBP Has Taken Steps to Combat Counterfeit Goods in Small Packages but Could Streamline EnforcementGAO-20-692: Published: Sep 24, 2020. Publicly Released: Oct 26, 2020.
Sep 30, 2020
-
Federal Criminal Restitution:
Department of Justice Has Ongoing Efforts to Improve Its Oversight of the Collection of Restitution and Tracking the Use of Forfeited AssetsGAO-20-676R: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020.
Sep 10, 2020
-
Federal Tactical Teams:
Characteristics, Training, Deployments, and InventoryGAO-20-710: Published: Sep 10, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 10, 2020.
Sep 8, 2020
-
VA Police:
Actions Needed to Improve Data Completeness and Accuracy on Use of Force Incidents at Medical CentersGAO-20-599: Published: Sep 8, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 8, 2020.
Aug 13, 2020
-
Anti-Money Laundering:
FinCEN Should Enhance Procedures for Implementing and Evaluating Geographic Targeting OrdersGAO-20-546: Published: Jul 14, 2020. Publicly Released: Aug 13, 2020.
Jul 29, 2020
-
Federal Prison Industries:
Actions Needed to Evaluate Program EffectivenessGAO-20-505: Published: Jul 29, 2020. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2020.
Jul 8, 2020
-
Gun Control:
DOJ Can Further Improve Guidance on Federal Firearm Background Check RecordsGAO-20-528: Published: Jul 8, 2020. Publicly Released: Jul 8, 2020.
Jun 22, 2020
-
Federal Prisons:
Additional Analysis Needed to Determine Whether to Issue Pepper Spray to Minimum Security PrisonsGAO-20-342: Published: Jun 22, 2020. Publicly Released: Jun 22, 2020.
May 26, 2020
-
Bureau of Prisons:
Improved Planning Would Help BOP Evaluate and Manage Its Portfolio of Drug Education and Treatment ProgramsGAO-20-423: Published: May 26, 2020. Publicly Released: May 26, 2020.
May 12, 2020
-
Forensic Technology:
Algorithms Used in Federal Law EnforcementGAO-20-479SP: Published: May 12, 2020. Publicly Released: May 12, 2020.
Looking for more? Browse all our products here
Explore our Key Issues on Justice and Law Enforcement
Explore our other Key Issues here
