The federal government lacks a comprehensive understanding of the sufficiency of its veterinarian workforce. More specifically, four of five component agencies GAO reviewed have assessed the sufficiency of their veterinarian workforce to perform routine activities and have identified current or future concerns. This includes USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), Food Safety

In summary, we found that the UI regular program recipiency rate gradually declined from the 1950s through the 1980s. Since the mid-1980s, the recipiency rate has shown modest increase, but still remains below the near-50 percent rate of the 1950s. We found significantly lower UI rates of receipt among low-wage unemployed workers compared with those of higher-wage unemployed workers. During the p

The overall rate of UI receipt has increased modestly from the mid-1980s to 2005, but still remains below the near-50 percent rate of the 1950s. A comparison of UI receipt by earning levels shows that low-wage workers were less likely to receive UI benefits than higher-wage workers. Moreover, the gap between the two groups has not narrowed over time. Between 1992 and 1995--the period covered in G

Labor's monitoring of programs it directly oversees has been limited. We found that in 2004 Labor reviewed only 4 percent of programs in the 23 states where it has direct oversight. According to federal program directors in those states, limited staff constrained their ability to do more reviews. Also, Labor has focused in recent years on registering new programs and recruiting apprentices. Altho

In summary, we found that while many states supported streamlined reporting, 36 states indicated that implementing the EMILE system, as proposed, would be very burdensome. Most states indicated that launching EMILE would require as much or more effort than was required of them to meet WIA reporting requirements in 2000. Labor has underestimated the magnitude and type of changes EMILE would requir

The section 501(c) tax-exempt sector has grown steadily in reported assets, revenues, and expenses. For example, between 1998 and 2002 (the most recent year of data), its reported assets grew to over $2.5 trillion---with 12 percent growth for 501(c) charities and 22 percent growth for other 501(c) entities (noncharities). Accordingly, this tax-exempt sector comprises a significant part of the nat

SAMHSA has not completed key planning efforts to ensure that it can effectively manage its programs. The agency has operated without a strategic plan since October 2002, and although SAMHSA officials are drafting a plan, they do not know when it will be completed. SAMHSA developed long-term goals and a set of priority issues that provide some guidance for the agency's activities, but they are not

Twenty-three states reported using employer tax revenues in 2002 to fund their own employment placement and training programs, and states most often provided job-specific training for workers. States used various types of employer taxes and reported spending a total of $278 million to address state-specific workforce issues. States invested in a variety of industries, but manufacturing was the mo

We identified a set of formula factors that are more clearly aligned with WIA target populations and are based on reliable and more timely data than those in the current and proposed formulas. We used these factors to develop potential alternative formulas that would better target funds to eligible populations. In general, these alternatives would result in some redistribution of funds due to the

Of the 14 one-stop centers in GAO's study that were identified as exemplary by government officials and workforce development experts, all had implemented a range of promising practices to streamline services for jobseekers, engage the employer community, and built a solid one-stop infrastructure. The one-stop centers GAO visited streamlined services for job seekers by ensuring access to needed s