Congressional Reports:
OMB and Other Agency Reporting Requirements
GGD-92-90FS: Published: Aug 31, 1992. Publicly Released: Aug 31, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on reporting requirements mandated by Congress, focusing on the number of: (1) such requirements under management-oriented legislation; and (2) the required reports the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other federal agencies provided to the House Committee on Government Operations or to Congress during its last two sessions.
GAO found that: (1) legislation requires over 800 federal agency reports; (2) reports outnumbered requirements because a single requirement may generate numerous reports; (3) as of March 1992, there were 3,719 reporting requirements, and 3,331 reports provided to the 102nd Congress; and (4) both Congress and the executive branch expressed concern about the volume and growth of reporting requirements, particularly about the duplication, burdensomeness and usefulness of many reports, but little has been done about the problem.
Sep 28, 2018
U.S. Postal Service:
Enhancing Procedures Could Improve Product ScanningGAO-18-638: Published: Sep 28, 2018. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2018.
Sep 20, 2018
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Grants Workforce:
Actions Needed to Ensure Staff Have Skills to Administer and Oversee Federal GrantsGAO-18-491: Published: Sep 20, 2018. Publicly Released: Sep 20, 2018.
Sep 17, 2018
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2020 Census:
Census Bureau Improved the Quality of Its Cost Estimation but Additional Steps Are Needed to Ensure ReliabilityGAO-18-635: Published: Aug 17, 2018. Publicly Released: Sep 17, 2018.
Sep 12, 2018
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Federal Acquisitions:
Congress and the Executive Branch Have Taken Steps to Address Key Issues, but Challenges EndureGAO-18-627: Published: Sep 12, 2018. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2018.
Sep 5, 2018
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Managing for Results:
Government-wide Actions Needed to Improve Agencies' Use of Performance Information in Decision MakingGAO-18-609SP: Published: Sep 5, 2018. Publicly Released: Sep 5, 2018.
Aug 30, 2018
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2020 Census:
Continued Management Attention Needed to Address Challenges and Risks with Developing, Testing, and Securing IT SystemsGAO-18-655: Published: Aug 30, 2018. Publicly Released: Aug 30, 2018.
Aug 27, 2018
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2020 Census:
Actions Needed to Address Challenges to Enumerating Hard-to-Count GroupsGAO-18-599: Published: Jul 26, 2018. Publicly Released: Aug 27, 2018.
Aug 15, 2018
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Federal Employee Misconduct:
Actions Needed to Ensure Agencies Have Tools to Effectively Address MisconductGAO-18-48: Published: Jul 16, 2018. Publicly Released: Aug 15, 2018.
Jul 30, 2018
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Buying Commercial Products:
Assessment of the E-Commerce Portal Implementation PlanGAO-18-578: Published: Jul 30, 2018. Publicly Released: Jul 30, 2018.
Jul 26, 2018
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2020 Census:
Bureau Has Made Progress with Its Scheduling, but Further Improvement Will Help Inform Management DecisionsGAO-18-589: Published: Jul 26, 2018. Publicly Released: Jul 26, 2018.
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