What GAO Found Aiming a laser at an aircraft can distract or disorient pilots and is a federal crime. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigates laser incidents, pursues civil penalties, and assists the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Attorneys with investigations. Given the...
What GAO Found The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is responsible for administering the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), which requires financial institutions to file reports about suspicious financial transactions. FinCEN provides BSA report access to law enforcement agencies, which use those reports...
What GAO Found Students affected by college closures may be eligible to have their federal student loans forgiven through a “closed school discharge” from Education. However, GAO found that outreach to student borrowers about their potential eligibility for a discharge 1) is not timely, 2) does not...
What GAO Found From fiscal years 2010 through 2022, Congress and the President enacted 47 continuing resolutions (CRs) that ranged from 1 day to 176 days (see figure). Duration and Number of Continuing Resolutions and Lapses in Appropriations, Fiscal Years 2010-2022 The three selected agencies and programs...
What GAO Found Fisheries managers comprised of eight Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils) and the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Division (HMS Division) have generally used climate information to a limited extent in fisheries management activities....
What GAO Found The U.S. military relies on its Global Positioning System (GPS) to provide position, navigation, and timing data crucial to its operations. Access to these data, collectively known as PNT, and GPS face multiple threats, including: (1) anti-satellite weapons, (2) jamming, (3) spoofing,...
What GAO Found The Defense Health Agency is responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of health care delivered by individual providers at its military medical treatment facilities. However, GAO found that four selected facilities and the Defense Health Agency did not always adhere to the agency's...
What GAO Found The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of hospitals' abilities to evaluate and care for an increased volume of patients exceeding normal operating capacity, known as medical surge. All eight hospitals in GAO's review reported multiple challenges related to staff, supplies,...
What GAO Found According to representatives GAO interviewed about selected international retirement savings plans, most of the plans require eligible employers to automatically enroll some of their workforce, unless workers explicitly opt out (see figure). This automatic enrollment is intended to help...
What GAO Found Although available data do not explicitly identify workers at risk of losing their jobs to automation, they provide insight into the skills needed for jobs projected to be in high demand over the next decade. For example, Department of Labor (DOL) data show that in-demand jobs require...