3,287円 Congress annually faces difficult decisions on what to fund among competing priorities and interests, and often postpones final funding decisions to allow additional time for deliberations. In all but four of the last 40 years, Congress has passed CRs to keep government services in operation unti...

3,287円 The number of individuals receiving long term care services from Medicaid in community residential settings is expected to grow. These settings, which include assisted living facilities, provide a range of services that allow aged and disabled beneficiaries, who might otherwise require nursing ho...

3,287円 A severe GMD or HEMP event could potentially have significant impactsー including power outagesーon the nation’s electric grid, which could affect other sectors that depend on electricity, such as communications. In response, NERC created two regulatory standards requiring certain U.S. and Canadi...

3,287円 DOE’s NNSA is responsible for managing the nuclear weapons stockpile and supporting nuclear nonproliferation efforts. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management’s mission includes decontaminating and decommissioning facilities that are contaminated from decades of nuclear weapons production...

3,287円 Education has primary responsibility for administering many federal elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education programs. The agency plays a key role in supporting educational opportunities for students and managing federal student aid programs. GAO was asked to review trends in resources ...

3,287円 Weapons in the U.S. nuclear stockpile are aging. NNSA and the Department of Defense undertake LEPs to refurbish or replace nuclear weapons’ aging components. Prior LEPs experienced cost overruns, schedule delays, and scope reductions, and prior GAO reports identified the need for NNSA to use EVM ...

3,287円 GPS provides positioning, navigation, and timing data to civilian and military users who depend on this satellite-based system. Since 2000, DODーled by the Air Forceーhas been working to modernize GPS and to keep the current system of satellitesーknown as the GPS constellationーoperational, altho...

3,287円 Manufacturing plays a key role in the U.S. economy as a source of economic growth, high-paying jobs, and innovation. According to a 2014 report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, small- and medium-sized manufacturers are particularly important to U.S. competitivenes...

3,287円 WIOA was enacted in 2014 and requires DOL, Education, and HHS to collaborate on an ongoing basis to implement the law. WIOA requirements involving interagency collaboration include issuing regulations, developing a common performance system, and overseeing state planning. In prior work, GAO ident...

3,287円 To address concerns with the current Medicare FFS cost-sharing design, various groups have proposed modernizing the design to make it simpler and include features found in private plans. These proposals have generally included a single deductible, modified cost-sharing requirements (e.g., a unifo...

3,287円 Law enforcement encounters with individuals with mental illness may require special training and skills and can sometimes involve volatile situations, risking tragic injuries or even death...

3,287円 Under CAPTA, states perform a range of prevention activities, including addressing the needs of infants born with prenatal drug exposure. The number of children under the age of 1 entering foster care increased by about 15 percent from fiscal years 2012 through 2015. Child welfare professionals a...