Featured Science and Technology Reports
The following GAO products provide a detailed overview of GAO’s extensive work in science & tech, as highlighted in Science and Technology: GAO’s Support for Congress (February 2025), across four categories:
Technology Assessments
These are in-depth reviews of critical technologies and their future implications for the nation. This list reflects the published assessments from 2019 through February 2025 in chronological order. For all GAO technology assessments, see our Science and Technology page.
Science & Tech Spotlights
These two-page summaries report on emerging science & tech topics and the policy questions they raise. This is the complete list of these products as of February 2025.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Related Reports
From 2018 through February 2025, GAO issued over 60 audit reports covering the use of AI in the federal government, as well as the wider societal implications of the technology.
Members of Congress, congressional staff, and federal government employees who have the appropriate clearances and an official need-to-know may also request access to the following restricted reports:
- Space Operations: National Space Defense Center Faces Enduring Challenges, GAO-23-105371C. Published May 11, 2023.
- National Security Space: Actions Needed to Better Use Commercial Satellite Imagery and Analytics, GAO-22-105072C. Published July 22, 2022.
- Chinese Language Skills Within The IC, GAO-22-104547C. Published June 08, 2022.
- DOD's Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Capabilities against China and Russia, GAO-22-104570. Published May 24, 2022.
- Artificial Intelligence: DOD Should Improve Strategies, Inventory Process, and Collaboration Guidance, GAO-22-104516SU. Published February 16, 2022.
Performance Audits
From 2019 through February 2025, GAO issued 67 audit reports that cover science and technology issues more broadly. This list does not include work conducted by GAO’s Information Technology and Cybersecurity team, highlights of which can be found here.