What GAO Found Through Operation Warp Speed—a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD)—the federal government is accelerating efforts to develop vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19. A typical vaccine development process can take...
What GAO Found The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in catastrophic loss of life and substantial damage to the global economy, stability, and security. According to federal data, the U.S. had an average of 116,000 new COVID-19 cases per day from November 1 through November 12, 2020. Between January 2020...
What GAO Found Banks and credit unions collect, use, and share consumers' personal information—such as income level and credit card transactions—to conduct everyday business and market products and services. They share this information with a variety of third parties, such as service providers and...
What GAO Found The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recently taken steps intended to strengthen its processes for addressing consumer product defect cases, such as by developing a web portal to facilitate firms' participation in its Fast Track program for expedited recalls. However, GAO...
What GAO Found Federal agencies used the Defense Production Act (DPA) to help address medical supply shortages from COVID-19. The DPA gives agencies the authority to (1) prioritize contracts for medical supplies so those orders get preference over others, and (2) expand domestic production of medical...
What GAO Found Some English learners and their families had difficulty fully participating in distance learning during spring 2020 due to a lack of necessary technology, language barriers, and the demands of meeting basic family needs. English learners lost opportunities to practice their language skills,...
What GAO Found Since GAO last reported in 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made progress in completing and reporting on reviews to determine if recipients of farm program payments comply with requirements for being actively engaged in farming, including contributions shown in the table....
What GAO Found The 12 million wage-earning adults (ages 19 to 64) enrolled in Medicaid—a joint federal-state program that finances health care for low-income individuals—and the 9 million wage-earning adults in households receiving food assistance from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
What GAO Found The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) operates the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (the Early Detection Program) to provide cancer screening and diagnostic services to people who are low-income and uninsured or underinsured. For those screened...
Mission Capable Rates for Selected Department of Defense Aircraft GAO examined 46 types of aircraft and found that only three met their annual mission capable goals in a majority of the years for fiscal years 2011 through 2019 and 24 did not meet their annual mission capable goals in any fiscal year...