USDA must ensure that its programs are being implemented efficiently and services are being delivered effectively, which requires it to review the progress it and its agencies have made in achieving program goals and developing strategies to improve performance and accountability. GAO's work notes cases in which USDA programs have either met or fallen short of meeting program goals. In April 2010

We included nine areas for which we provided specific numbers of programs in Section I of our March 1 report. These areas contain hundreds of government programs that are fragmented across multiple agencies or, in some cases, within the same agency or department. The end of this report contains enumerated lists of programs in each of the nine areas and provides funding information where available

GAO found that consultants to private companies stress that: (1) no option is superior in all situations; and (2) in choosing among the various available options, many issues must be considered, including a particular employer's location, business characteristics, labor force composition and needs, and workplace goals. For employer-sponsored day care centers, the literature on annual operating co

Based on responses to GAO questionnaires, agencies were not always certain which assistance activities and programs were subject to title VI, and some said many activities which GAO believed to be subject to title VI were exempt. Some agencies lacked reasonable assurance that title VI was fully implemented. Agencies did not collect racial and ethnic data, negotiate voluntary compliance, resolve c

GAO identified 87 federal laws and executive orders which deal with civil rights and nondiscrimination and classified them in the following eight categories: employment, public services, benefits and facilities (except housing and education), housing, education, credit, public accommodations, voting and jury service, and criminal and general civil remedy. Information presented included: citations

Some displaced persons are receiving little or no relocation assistance because the coverage provided by the act is limited. When federal financial assistance is provided to organizations other than state agencies, few relocation benefits are provided because of the belief that the act does not apply under these conditions. Businesses may suffer because the benefits are not provided to pay for in