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train_5700 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States belongs to several inter-American organizations, including the OAS, PAHO, IICA, and PAIGH, which promote democracy, security, health care, agricultural development, and scientific exchange in the Western Hemisphere. The United States helps finance these organizations' operating expenses through assess... | [
"According to State, the OAS is the primary inter-American political forum through which the United States engages with other countries in the Western Hemisphere to promote democracy, human rights, security, and development. While PAHO, IICA, and PAIGH are independent organizations, the Charter of the Organization ... |
train_5701 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the use of outsourcing to achieve cost savings, management efficiencies, and operating flexibility in finance and accounting operations, focusing on: (1) the extent to which selected private-sector and nonfederal public organizations used outsourcing as a... | [
"A few organizations have outsourced parts of their operations for many years. Recently, however, interest in more widespread use of outsourcing has increased dramatically. This trend is documented in a recent research report which states that outsourcing has become “a growing business phenomenon and possibly even ... |
train_5702 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | NASA is undertaking a trio of closely related programs to continue human space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit: the SLS vehicle; the Orion capsule, which will launch atop the SLS and carry astronauts; and EGS, the supporting ground systems. NASA's current exploration efforts are estimated to cost almost $24 billion—... | [
"The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 directed NASA to develop a Space Launch System, to continue development of a crew vehicle, and prepare infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center to enable processing and launch of the launch system. To fulfill this direction, NASA formally established the SLS program in 2011. Then, ... |
train_5703 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has struggled to implement a fully integrated financial management system. The lack of such a system has affected the agency's ability to control program costs, raising concerns about the management of its most costly programs, including the space shuttle program... | [
"For more than a decade, we have reported that the lack of a modern integrated financial management system to produce accurate and reliable information has hampered NASA’s ability to oversee contracts and develop good cost estimates for NASA’s programs. In 1990 NASA’s lack of effective systems and processes for ove... |
train_5704 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Securing the nation's borders from illegal entry of aliens, contraband, terrorists and weapons of mass destruction, is a long-term challenge. In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched the Secure Border Initiative network (SBInet)--a program which was to provide the Border Patrol, within DHS's... | [
"After an internal assessment initiated in January 2010, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced in January 2011 that she had directed CBP to end the SBInet program as originally conceived. According to DHS, the Secretary’s decision was informed by an independent analysis of cost- effectiveness, a series of op... |
train_5705 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 2003, Congress has appropriated more than $20 billion through the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) to support Iraq rebuilding efforts. The majority of these efforts are being carried out through contracts awarded by the Departments of Defense (DOD) and State and the U.S. Agency for International Develop... | [
"The United States, along with its coalition partners and various international organizations and donors, has embarked on a significant effort to rebuild Iraq following multiple wars and years of neglect. In April 2003, Congress passed the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, which created the Iraq Re... |
train_5706 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | According to EPA, exposure to low doses of radiation does not cause immediate health effects but may increase a person's cancer risk. Federal agencies fund research on cancer risk, but uncertainties remain about risk assessments that federal agencies use to develop radiation protection regulations and guidance. GAO was... | [
"According to NRC’s website, radiation doses, such as those received by survivors of the atomic bombs in Japan, can cause cancers such as leukemia and colon cancer and, if levels are high enough, acute radiation syndrome. The symptoms of this syndrome range from nausea, fatigue, and vomiting to death within days or... |
train_5707 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2011 and 2012, OCC and the Federal Reserve signed consent orders with 16 mortgage servicers that required the servicers to hire consultants to review foreclosure files for errors and remediate harm to borrowers. In 2013, regulators amended the consent orders for all but one servicer, ending the file reviews and requ... | [
"Mortgage servicers are the entities that manage payment collections and other activities associated with home loans. Mortgage servicers can be large mortgage finance companies, commercial banks, or nondepository institutions. Servicing duties can involve sending borrowers monthly account statements, answering cust... |
train_5708 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Department of Defense (DOD) spending on service contracts approaches $100 billion annually, but DOD's management of services procurement is inefficient and ineffective and the dollars are not always well spent. Recent legislation requires DOD to improve procurement practices to achieve savings. Many private companies c... | [
"DOD is historically the federal government’s largest purchaser of services. Between 2001 and 2002, DOD’s reported spending for services contracting jumped almost 18 percent to about $93 billion. In addition to the sizeable sum of dollars involved, DOD contracts for a wide and complex range of services, such as pro... |
train_5709 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Each year, tens of thousands of aliens in the United States apply for asylum, which provides refuge to those who have been persecuted or fear persecution on protected grounds. Asylum officers in DHS's USCIS and immigration judges in DOJ's EOIR adjudicate asylum applications. GAO was asked to review the status of the as... | [
"To adjudicate asylum claims, USCIS asylum officers and EOIR immigration judges determine an applicant’s eligibility for asylum by assessing whether the applicant has credibly established that he or she is a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended... |
train_5710 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Effective coordination of the many agencies that participate in a criminal justice system is key to overall success. Although any criminal justice system faces coordination challenges, the unique structure and funding of the District of Columbia (D.C.) criminal justice system, in which federal and D.C. jurisdictional b... | [
"To assess how the structure of the D.C. criminal justice system affected systemwide operations, we first compiled a detailed description of the system’s structure, including its unique attributes. In doing this, we conducted interviews with and obtained and reviewed documents and data from, among other agencies, M... |
train_5711 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Facial recognition technology—which can verify or identify an individual from a facial image—has rapidly improved in performance and now can surpass human performance in some cases. The Department of Commerce has convened stakeholders to review privacy issues related to commercial use of this technology, which GAO was ... | [
"Facial recognition technology is one of several biometric technologies, which identify individuals by measuring and analyzing their physiological or behavioral characteristics. Biometric technologies have been developed to identify people using their faces, fingerprints, hands, eye retinas and irises, voice, and g... |
train_5712 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has the primary federal responsibility for reducing crashes involving large trucks and buses that operate in interstate commerce. FMCSA decides which motor carriers to review for compliance with its safety regulations primarily by using an automated, data-driven a... | [
"The interstate commercial motor carrier industry, primarily the trucking industry, is an important part of the nation’s economy. Trucks transport over 11 billion tons of goods annually, or about 60 percent of the total domestic tonnage shipped. Buses also play an important role, transporting an estimated 631 milli... |
train_5713 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed the General Services Administration's (GSA) progress in upgrading the security of federal buildings under its operation, focusing on: (1) what criteria GSA used to assess security risks and prioritize security upgrades for its buildings; (2) the implementation and operational status of GSA's security upgr... | [
"Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to be here today to discuss the General Services Administration’s (GSA) progress in upgrading the security of federal buildings under its operation. As you know, following the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the Pre... |
train_5714 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), citizens from 27 countries can travel to the United States visa free. Terrorism concerns involving VWP country citizens have led some to suggest eliminating or suspending the program, while the executive branch is considering adding countries to it. Legislation passed in 2007 led th... | [
"The Visa Waiver Program was created by legislation in 1986 to allow visa- free travel in some instances to citizens of select countries. According to State, the program facilitates international travel for foreign nationals seeking to visit the United States each year and allows State to allocate resources to visa... |
train_5715 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Eligible working families are believed to participate in the Food Stamp Program at a lower rate than the eligible population as a whole. As a result, many federal, state, and local officials believe the program is not living up to its potential as a component of the nation's work support system. This report examines: (... | [
"The federal Food Stamp Program is intended to help low-income individuals and families obtain a more nutritious diet by supplementing their income with benefits to purchase food. FNS pays the full cost of food stamp benefits and shares the states’ administrative costs—with FNS usually paying 50 percent—and is resp... |
train_5716 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on alternative land uses that could save water at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada, focusing on: (1) the aviation safety and operational requirements for the runway protection zone at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS); (2) the alternative land use strategies Fa... | [
"Fallon NAS was constructed in the 1940s on land that previously had been farmed using water provided by the Bureau of Reclamation's Newlands Reclamation Project. Prior to the project, which was authorized in 1903, early settlers irrigated about 20,000 acres using simple diversions from the Truckee and Carson river... |
train_5717 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The federal government has made some progress addressing previously identified issues with managing federal real property. This includes establishing FRPCchaired by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)which created the FRPP database managed by GSA. GAO was asked to determine the extent to which (1) the FRPP data... | [
"In 2010, federal agencies reported about 3.35 billion square feet of building space to the FRPP: 79 percent of the reported building space was federally owned, 17 percent was leased, and 4 percent was otherwise managed. The data indicated that the agencies used most of the space—about 64 percent—as offices, wareho... |
train_5718 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program aims to increase the participation of small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals--known as DBEs--in highway contracting. In 2009, U.S. DOT awarded, through state and local gove... | [
"U.S. DOT established a minority and women’s business enterprise program for its highway, airport, and transit programs by regulation in 1980. The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA) contained the first statutory DBE provision authorizing a U.S. DOT DBE program. As amended, the provision requires t... |
train_5719 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the long-term earnings and employment rates for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants with those for non-participants. GAO found that: (1) JTPA participants receiving training had significantly higher earnings and employment rates than non-participants during... | [
"Enacted in 1982, JTPA is the largest federal employment training program, with titles II-A and II-C intended to prepare economically disadvantaged adults and youths, respectively, for entry into the labor force. JTPA emphasizes state and local government responsibility for administering federally funded job traini... |
train_5720 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The security of U.S. commercial aviation is a long-standing concern, and substantial efforts have been undertaken to strengthen it. One such effort is the development of a new Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) to identify passengers requiring additional security attention. The development of CA... | [
"During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the government directed that all passengers and their carry-on baggage be screened for dangerous items before boarding a flight. As the volume of passengers requiring screening increased and an awareness of terrorists’ threats against the United States developed, a computeriz... |
train_5721 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on explosives and narcotics detection technologies that are available or under development, focusing on: (1) funding for those technologies; (2) characteristics and limitations of available and planned technologies; and (3) deployment of these technologies b... | [
"The increased threat of terrorism is an urgent national issue. The President directed the establishment of a commission on July 25, 1996, headed by Vice President Gore, whose charter included reviewing aviation security. The commission was charged with reporting to the President within 45 days its initial findings... |
train_5722 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The economic well being of the U.S. is dependent on the expeditious flow of people and goods through the transportation system. The attacks on September 11, 2001, illustrate the threats and vulnerabilities of the transportation system. Prior to September 11, the Department of Transportation (DOT) had primary responsibi... | [
"The nation’s transportation system is a vast, interconnected network of diverse modes. Key modes of transportation include aviation; highways; motor carrier (i.e., trucking); motor coach (i.e., intercity bus); maritime; pipeline; rail (passenger and freight); and transit (e.g., buses, subways, ferry boats, and lig... |
train_5723 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) are large livestock and poultry operations that raise animals in a confined situation. CAFOs may improve the efficiency of animal production, but the large amounts of manure they produce can, if improperly managed, degrade air and water quality. The Environmental Protection... | [
"The livestock and poultry industry is vital to our nation’s economy, supplying meat, milk, eggs, and other animal products. However, the past several decades have seen substantial changes in America’s animal production industries. As a result of domestic and export market forces, technological changes, and industr... |
train_5724 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Increasing wildland fire threats to communities and ecosystems, combined with rising costs of addressing those threats--trends that GAO and others have reported on for many years--have not abated. On average, the acreage burned annually by wildland fires from 2000 to 2005 was 70 percent greater than the acreage burned ... | [
"Over the past decade, the number of acres burned annually by wildland fires in the United States has substantially increased. Federal appropriations to prepare for and respond to wildland fires, including appropriations for fuel treatments, have almost tripled. Increases in the size and severity of wildland fires,... |
train_5725 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The states and the federal government have supported the development of electricity generation projects in a variety of ways. In recent years, state and federal supports have been targeted toward renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, although there have been some supports for projects using traditional sour... | [
"This section describes (1) utility-scale electricity generation in the United States, (2) federal and state regulation of electricity markets, and (3) federal actions that have supported utility-scale electricity generation projects. Developers of utility-scale electricity generation projects build new projects to... |
train_5726 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of the requirement to disclose the liability associated with the disposal of various types of assets, specifically conventional ammunition. GAO noted that: (1) DOD has not yet implemented the federal accounting standard... | [
"In October 1990, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) was established by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Comptroller General of the United States to consider and recommend accounting standards to address the financial and budgetar... |
train_5727 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Lives of first responders and those whom they are trying to assist can be lost when first responders cannot communicate effectively as needed. This report addresses issues of determining the status of interoperable wireless communications across the nation, and the potential roles that federal, state, and local governm... | [
"Interoperable communications is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a necessary means for achieving an important goal—the ability to respond effectively to and mitigate incidents that require the coordinated actions of first responders, such as multi-vehicle accidents, natural disasters, or terrorist attacks. Publ... |
train_5728 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The District of Columbia Family Act of 2001 was enacted to (1) redesignate the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as the Family Court of the Superior Court, (2) recruit trained and experienced judges to serve in the Family Court, and (3) promote consistency and efficiency in the assignmen... | [
"The District of Columbia Family Court Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-114) was enacted on January 8, 2002. The act stated that, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment, the chief judge of the Superior Court shall submit to the president and Congress a transition plan for the Family Court of the Superior Court... |
train_5729 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Goals 2000 Program, focusing on determining how: (1) its funds have been spent at both the state and local levels, including the levels of funding for developing standards and assessments as well as health education; and (2) state and local officials view Goals 2000... | [
"The Goals 2000: Educate America Act, which became law in 1994 and was amended in 1996, is intended to promote coordinated improvements in the nation’s education system at the state and local levels. All states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Territories are currently participating in the pr... |
train_5730 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) program, focusing on: (1) the likelihood of WAAS satisfying key performance requirements within current program cost and schedule estimates; (2) the importance of avoiding delays in FAA's timetable for shutting down (decommis... | [
"In the 1980s, FAA began considering how a satellite-based navigation system could eventually replace the ground-based system that had long provided navigation guidance to aviation. In August 1995, after years of study and research, FAA contracted with Wilcox Electric to develop WAAS. However, because of concerns a... |
train_5731 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that a potential gap between future needs and current spending for wastewater infrastructure of $150 billion to $400 billion could occur over the next decade. A number of entities are involved in planning, financing, building, and operating this infrastructure. So... | [
"Americans rely on wastewater systems to protect public health and the environment. These systems are composed of a network of pipes, pumps, and treatment facilities that collect and treat wastewater from homes, businesses, and industries before it is discharged to surface waters. EPA sets standards for the quality... |
train_5732 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress enacted the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) to ensure the availability of industrial resources to meet defense needs. Amendments to the Act allow its use for energy supply, emergency preparedness, and critical infrastructure protection and require agencies to report on foreign offsets, which are incentive... | [
"The DPA is intended to facilitate the supply and timely delivery of products, materials, and services to military and civilian agencies in times of peace as well as in times of war. Since it was enacted in 1950, DPA has been amended to broaden its definition beyond military application. Congress has expanded DPA’s... |
train_5733 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Although transit service is generally safe, recent high-profile accidents on several large rail transit systems--notably the June 2009 collision in Washington, D.C., that resulted in nine fatalities and 52 injuries--have raised concerns. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) oversees state agencies that directly ove... | [
"Rail transit is an important component of the nation’s transportation network, particularly in large metropolitan areas. Rail transit systems provide around 4.3 billion passenger trips annually. The five largest heavy rail systems carried 3.2 billion passengers in 2008, 90 percent of all heavy rail trips. The NYCT... |
train_5734 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | DOE is the only domestic supplier for many of the over 300 different isotopes it sells that are critical to medical, commercial, research, and national security applications. Previous shortages of some isotopes, such as helium-3, an isotope used to detect radiation at seaports and border crossings, highlight the import... | [
"To identify which isotopes are produced, sold, or distributed either by the Isotope Program or NNSA and how the two agencies make isotopes available for commercial and research applications, we reviewed the DOE Isotope Program’s information on available isotopes, isotope sales data, and information on NNSA’s isoto... |
train_5735 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) was created as a private, nonprofit corporation to support legal assistance for low-income individuals on civil legal matters, primarily through federal grants and is primarily funded through federal appropriations. Effective internal controls over grant awards and oversight of gran... | [
"LSC relies heavily on its Office of Compliance and Enforcement (OCE) and its Office of Program Performance (OPP) to carry out activities related to grant awards, grantee program effectiveness, and grantee compliance responsibilities. According to LSC officials, LSC established OCE in 1997 and OPP in 1999 to (1) he... |
train_5736 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2008, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports that there were about 300 fatalities from bus crashes in the United States. Although bus crashes are relatively rare, they are particularly deadly since many individuals may be involved. FMCSA tries to identify unsafe motor coach carriers and take... | [
"FMCSA’s primary mission is to reduce the number and severity of crashes involving large commercial trucks and buses conducting interstate commerce. It carries out this mission in the following ways: issuing, administering, and enforcing federal motor carrier safety and hazardous materials regulations; and gatherin... |
train_5737 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO has sought to assist the Congress and the executive branch in considering the actions needed to support the transition to a more high performing, results-oriented, and accountable federal government. At the Committee's request, GAO provided perspective on the proposal to reinstate the authority for the President to... | [
"The federal government is in a period of profound transition and faces an array of challenges and opportunities to enhance performance, ensure accountability, and position the nation for the future. As you know, our country’s transition into the 21st century is characterized by a number of key trends including: th... |
train_5738 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Personnel security clearances allow government and industry personnel to gain access to classified information that, through unauthorized disclosure, can in some cases cause exceptionally grave damage to U.S. national security. In 2012, the Director of National Intelligence reported that more than 4.9 million federal g... | [
"Multiple executive-branch agencies are responsible for different phases in the federal government’s personnel security clearance process. In 2008, the Director of National Intelligence, for example, was designated Security Executive Agent by Executive Order 13467 and, in this capacity, is responsible for developin... |
train_5739 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The use of IT is integral to OPM's ability to carry out its responsibilities in modernizing federal employee retirement claims processing. Since 1987, the agency has undertaken a number of initiatives that were aimed at modernizing its paper-intensive processes and antiquated systems, but that were unsuccessful. GAO wa... | [
"As the central human resources agency for the federal government, OPM is tasked with ensuring that the government has an effective civilian workforce. In carrying out its mission, the agency delivers human resources products and services, including policies and procedures for recruiting and hiring, provides health... |
train_5740 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established a program known as U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) to collect, maintain, and share information, including biometric identifiers, on certain foreign nationals who travel to and from the United States. By congressional mandate, DH... | [
"The US-VISIT expenditure plan partially satisfies 8 of the 11 legislative conditions required of DHS. For example, the plan partially satisfies the legislative conditions that it contain a listing of all open GAO and DHS Office of Inspector General recommendations. Specifically, while the plan did include a listin... |
train_5741 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | A complete count of the nations population is an enormous challenge requiring the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) to balance requirements for accuracy with the need to control escalating costs. The 2010 Census was the costliest U.S. Census in history at about $13 billion, and was about 56 percent more costly than the $8 b... | [
"The cost of the census, in terms of cost for counting each housing unit, has been escalating over the last several censuses. The average cost for counting a housing unit increased from about $16 in 1970 to around $97 in 2010 constant dollars (see fig. 1). Meanwhile, the return of census questionnaires by mail (the... |
train_5742 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On January 12, 2010, an earthquake in Haiti caused about 230,000 deaths, resulted in 300,000 injuries, and displaced about 2 million persons. Following immediate relief efforts, Congress provided $1.14 billion for reconstruction in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010. USAID is responsible for implementing $651 mi... | [
"More than 75 percent of Haiti’s population lives on less than $2 a day, and Haiti’s unemployment rate is estimated at 60 to 70 percent. These conditions were exacerbated when a large earthquake devastated parts of the country, including the capital, on January 12, 2010. Since the earthquake, Haiti has suffered fro... |
train_5743 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Under the current Social Security benefit formula, retired workers receive benefits that equal about 50 percent of pre-retirement earnings for a low-wage worker but only about 30 percent for a relatively high-wage worker. Factors other than earnings also influence the distribution of benefits, including the program's p... | [
"In the midst of the Great Depression, Social Security was enacted to help ensure that the elderly would have adequate retirement incomes and would not have to depend on welfare. The program was designed to provide benefits that workers had earned to some degree through their contributions and those of their employ... |
train_5744 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In August 2000, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) space shuttle program was at a critical juncture. Its workforce had declined significantly since 1995, its flight rate was to double to support the assembly of the International Space Station, and costly safety upgrades were planned to enhance t... | [
"The space shuttle is the world’s first reusable space transportation system. It consists of a reusable orbiter with three main engines, two partially reusable solid rocket boosters, and an expendable external fuel tank. Since it is the nation’s only launch system capable of carrying people to and from space, the s... |
train_5745 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO has documented many problems resulting from the fragmented nature of the federal food safety system and recommended fundamental restructuring to ensure the effective use of scarce government resources. In this report, GAO (1) identified overlaps in food safety activities at USDA, FDA, EPA, and NMFS; (2) analyzed th... | [
"Many federal agencies, as well as state and local entities, play a part in the U.S. food safety regulatory system. While the federal agencies regulate the food production chain from farms to food manufacturers, state and local agencies primarily regulate food safety in retail food establishments. Table 1 summarize... |
train_5746 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since the February 2006 bombing of the Al-Askari Mosque in Samara that triggered the displacement of thousands of Iraqis, the United States has taken a lead role in resettling the displaced. The administration has indicated its intent to assist those Iraqis who supported the United States in Iraq. In addition, Congress... | [
"According to the International Organization for Migration, the February 2006 bombing of the Al-Askari Mosque in Samara triggered sectarian violence, which increased the number of displaced Iraqis. Although military operations, crime, and general insecurity remained factors, sectarian violence became the primary dr... |
train_5747 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To expand the capabilities of the nation's active duty forces, the Department of Defense (DOD) relies on the 1.2 million men and women of the Reserve and National Guard. Currently, reserve components constitute nearly half of the total armed forces. Although DOD requires reservists to use TRICARE DOD's health care syst... | [
"Reserve components participate in military conflicts and peacekeeping missions in areas such as Bosnia, Kosovo, and southwest Asia, and assist in homeland security. From fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2001, an average of about 11,000, or 1 percent, of the roughly 900,000 reservists were mobilized each year. ... |
train_5748 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2008 established VAs Paralympics Program to promote the lifelong health of disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces through physical activity and sports. Additionally, the act authorized VA to provide a grant to USOCs Paralympics Division, and allowed USOC to enter in... | [
"VA’s Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events’ mission is to motivate, encourage, and sustain participation and competition in adaptive sports among veterans and members of the Armed Forces with disabilities. This is to be accomplished through collaboration with VA clinical personnel as well ... |
train_5749 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Under the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997, the federal government has a goal of awarding at least 23 percent of prime, or direct, contracting dollars to small businesses each fiscal year. The Department of Energy (DOE), like other federal agencies, shares in the responsibility for meeting this goal. In fisca... | [
"DOE has about 50 major sites around the country where the department carries out its missions, including developing, maintaining, and securing the nation’s nuclear weapons capability; cleaning up the nuclear and hazardous wastes resulting from more than 50 years of weapons production; and conducting basic energy a... |
train_5750 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) price-setting process, focusing on: (1) whether DISA is being reimbursed for the services provided; and (2) the accuracy of DISA's financial management information. GAO noted that: (1) DISA has difficulty: (... | [
"The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is responsible for managing the Defense Information Services business area. This business area provides a wide range of services relating to computer center operations and voice, data, and video telecommunications. For fiscal year 1998, DISA estimated that the business... |
train_5751 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The F-35 Lightning II, the Joint Strike Fighter, is DODs most costly and ambitious aircraft acquisition. The program is developing and fielding three aircraft variants for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners. The F-35 is critical to long-term recapitalization plans as it is intended to ... | [
"The F-35 program made progress in 2012 on several fronts. The program met or substantially met most of its key management and development testing objectives for the year. We also found that the program made progress in addressing key technical risks, as well as improving software management, manufacturing, and sup... |
train_5752 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This testimony discusses our past work examining the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) progress and efforts in planning, developing, and deploying its global nuclear detection architecture (GNDA). The overall mission of the GNDA is to use an integrated system of radiation detection equipment and interdiction acti... | [
"In our past work on GNDA, we made recommendations about the need for a strategic plan to guide the development of the GDNA. Among other things, in July 2008, we recommended that DHS develop an overall strategic plan for the GNDA that (1) clearly defines the objectives to be accomplished, (2) identifies the roles a... |
train_5753 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Even with nearly 80,000 flights each day within the national airspace system, there has not been a fatal commercial aviation accident in more than 4 years. The U.S. airspace system is arguably one of the safest in the world, with key aviation stakeholdersthe FAA, airlines, airports, aircraft manufacturers, and the Nat... | [
"Among its responsibilities for aviation safety, FAA issues certificates that approve the design and production of new aircraft and equipment before they are introduced into service; these certificates demonstrate that the aircraft and equipment meet FAA’s airworthiness requirements. FAA also grants approvals for s... |
train_5754 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | DHS had approximately 29,000 employees earning AUO, a type of premium pay intended to compensate eligible employees for substantial amounts of irregular, unscheduled overtime. DHS components' use of AUO has been a long-standing issue since at least 2007, when reviews identified the inappropriate use of AUO in DHS. GAO ... | [
"DHS has several components with employees who earned AUO as overtime compensation. Table 1 describes the various components with employees earning AUO at the start of fiscal year 2014. Employees who work hours in addition to their regularly scheduled workweek may be entitled to compensation for the work performed,... |
train_5755 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the International Monetary Fund (IMF), focusing on the: (1) conditions IMF negotiates with its borrower countries; and (2) trade policies of borrower countries. GAO noted that: (1) IMF has a process for establishing and monitoring financial arrangements with member cou... | [
"The IMF’s first purpose is promoting international monetary cooperation. Its Articles of Agreement, as amended, provide that it may make its resources available to members experiencing balance-of-payments problems; this is to be done under “adequate safeguards.” The IMF’s approach to alleviating a country’s balanc... |
train_5756 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In February 2007, a series of Washington Post articles disclosed troublesome deficiencies in the provision of outpatient services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, raising concerns about the care for returning servicemembers. These deficiencies included a confusing disability evaluation system and servicemembers in o... | [
"DOD and VA offer health care benefits to active duty servicemembers and veterans, among others. Under DOD’s health care system, eligible beneficiaries may receive care from military treatment facilities or from civilian providers. Military treatment facilities are individually managed by each of the military servi... |
train_5757 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | DOE participates in the annual process to assess the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, which is now made up largely of weapons that are beyond their original design lifetimes. In 2007, faced with a mounting backlog of required tests, DOE's NNSA announced plans to use its Enhanced Surveillance Progra... | [
"The size and composition of the nuclear stockpile have evolved as a consequence of the global security environment and the national security needs of the United States. According to NNSA’s Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan for Fiscal Year 2016, the stockpile peaked at 31,255 weapons in 1967, and in Septemb... |
train_5758 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense (DOD) uses military bands to enhance the morale of the troops, provide music for ceremonies, and promote public awareness. Bands across the military services support a range of activities, including funerals for military service members, events attended by high-level officials, and community-r... | [
"The military services have two types of bands: (1) premier and specialty bands and (2) regional and field bands. The premier and specialty bands are predominately located in the National Capital Region and have a ceremonial mission, but they also engage in community-relations activities. For example, the bands’ pe... |
train_5759 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The surge in mortgage foreclosures that began in late 2006 and continues today was initially driven by deterioration in the performance of nonprime (subprime and Alt-A) loans. Nonprime mortgage originations increased dramatically from 2000 through 2006, rising from about 12 percent ($125 billion) of all mortgage origin... | [
"The nonprime mortgage market has two segments: Subprime: Generally serves borrowers with blemished or limited credit histories, and the loans feature higher interest rates and fees than prime loans. Alt-A: Generally serves borrowers whose credit histories are close to prime, but the loans have one or more high-ris... |
train_5760 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Social Security Administration's (SSA): (1) progress in meeting challenges; and (2) status as an independent agency. GAO found that: (1) while SSA is starting to manage for results and improve financial accountability, it has not taken steps to contri... | [
"SSA began as an independent agency with a mission of providing retirement benefits to the elderly. A three-member, independent Social Security Board was established in 1935 to administer the Social Security program. The Chairman of the Board reported directly to the President until July 1939, when the Board was pl... |
train_5761 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | As a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has committed to a transformation to increase its focus on national security. The FBI has shifted agent resources to its top priorities of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and cyber crime. Some of these agent res... | [
"Prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, national security, including counterterrorism, was a top-tier priority for the FBI. However, this top tier combined national security responsibilities with other issues, and the FBI’s focus and priorities were not entirely clear. According to a Congressional Research... |
train_5762 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO provided information on the safety of highway railroad crossings, commuter passenger rails and adequacy of track safety inspections. GAO found that: (1) the leading cause of death associated with the railroad industry involved railroad crossing accidents; (2) about half of rail-related deaths occur because of colli... | [
"On October 25, 1995, Americans were reminded of the dangers that drivers/passengers often face when they travel over railroad crossings in the United States. On that day, in Fox River Grove, Illinois, seven high school students were killed when a commuter train hit a school bus. The potential for tragedies like th... |
train_5763 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | American Indians and Alaska Natives generally face worse economic conditions than the rest of the U.S. population. The Economic Development Administration (EDA) within the Department of Commerce provides grants to distressed communities, including to American Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities, to generate employ... | [
"American Indian tribes are among the most economically distressed groups in the United States. According to data from the 2000 U.S. Census, American Indian tribes’ median per capita income of $9,200 in 1999 was less than half the $21,600 per capita income for the entire U. S. population. In addition, the percentag... |
train_5764 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) state strategies to reduce teen pregnancy and how states fund these efforts; (2) how welfare reform affected states' strategies; (3) the extent to which programs that are part of states' prevention strategies are evaluated; and (4) what teen pregnanc... | [
"Nationally, teen birth rates have declined steadily in the last several years. From 1991 to 1997, the number of teens having engaged in sexual activity has also decreased; for sexually active teens, the rate of condom use has increased. However, the teen birth rate in the United States is high at about 54 per 1,00... |
train_5765 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This testimony discusses U.S. diplomatic readiness, and in particular the staffing and foreign language challenges facing the Foreign Service. The Department of State (State) faces an ongoing challenge of ensuring it has the right people, with the right skills, in the right places overseas to carry out the department's... | [
"Despite some progress in addressing staffing shortfalls since 2006, State’s diplomatic readiness remains at risk for two reasons: persistent staffing vacancies and experience gaps at key hardship posts that are often on the forefront of U.S. policy interests. First, as of September 2008, State had a 17 percent ave... |
train_5766 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO is required to annually audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government. Proper accounting and reporting practices are essential in the public sector. The U.S. government is the largest, most diverse, most complex, and arguably the most important entity on earth today. Its services--homeland secu... | [
"As I mentioned earlier, as has been the case for the previous 6 fiscal years, the federal government continues to have a significant number of material weaknesses related to financial systems, fundamental recordkeeping and financial reporting, and incomplete documentation. Several of these material weaknesses (ref... |
train_5767 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The air cargo industry contributed over $37 billion to the U.S. economy in 2008 and provides government, businesses, and individuals with quick delivery of goods. Although part of an aviation system with an extraordinary safety record, there have been over 400 air cargo accidents and over 900 incidents since 1997, rais... | [
"The U.S. economy depends on the air cargo industry for the delivery of small, time-sensitive packages under 100 pounds, freight of 100 pounds or more, and mail. Air cargo carriers fall into two distinct categories: (1) all- cargo carriers that transport only cargo and (2) passenger carriers that transport cargo as... |
train_5768 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Rebuilding Iraq is a U.S. national security and foreign policy priority and constitutes the largest U.S. assistance program since World War II. Billions of dollars in grants, loans, assets, and revenues from various sources have been made available or pledged to the reconstruction of Iraq. The United States, along with... | [
"From May 2003 through June 2004, the CPA was the UN-recognized coalition authority led by the United States and the United Kingdom that was responsible for the temporary governance of Iraq and for overseeing, directing, and coordinating the reconstruction effort. Within the CPA, the Project Management Office (PMO)... |
train_5769 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This testimony summarizes the information contained in GAO's October 2015 report, entitled VA Mental Health: Clearer Guidance on Access Policies and Wait-Time Data Needed ( GAO-16-24 ). The way in which the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) calculates veteran mental health wait t... | [
"The 100 veterans included in our review received a full mental health evaluation in an average of 4 days of the date they preferred to be seen (known as the preferred date). The full mental health evaluation is the primary entry point to mental health care. At the five VAMCs we visited, the average time in which a... |
train_5770 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Under the Superfund program, EPA may address the long-term cleanup of certain hazardous waste sites by placing them on the NPL and overseeing the cleanup. To be eligible for the NPL, a site must be sufficiently contaminated, among other things. EPA regions have discretion to choose among several other approaches to add... | [
"This section discusses EPA’s process for assessing sites under the Superfund program and the approaches identified by EPA for conducting long-term cleanups at sites eligible for the NPL under the Superfund program and under other available approaches. Under the Superfund program, EPA assesses hazardous waste sites... |
train_5771 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Until the 2000-2001 flu season, the production and the distribution of flu vaccine generally went smoothly. In the fall of 2000, however, stories began to circulate about delays in obtaining flu vaccines. GAO reviewed (1) the circumstances that contributed to the delay and the effects the delay had on prices paid for v... | [
"Vaccination is the primary method for preventing influenza and its more severe complications. Flu vaccine is produced and administered annually to provide protection against particular influenza strains expected to be prevalent that year. When the match between the vaccine and the circulating viruses is close, vac... |
train_5772 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense's (DOD) difficulty in implementing business systems that are efficient and effective continues despite the billions of dollars that it invests each year. For a decade now--since 1995--we have designated DOD's business systems modernization as "high-risk." GAO was asked to (1) provide a histori... | [
"The Navy, with reported assets totaling $321 billion in fiscal year 2004, would be ranked among the largest corporations in the world if it were a private sector entity. According to the Navy, based upon the reported value of its assets, it would be ranked among the 15 largest corporations on the Fortune 500 list.... |
train_5773 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 2003 Roadmap for Peace process sponsored by the United States and other nations obligates the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Government of Israel to undertake security efforts as a necessary precursor for achieving the long-standing objective of establishing a Palestinian state as part of the two-state solution... | [
"The Palestinian territories, comprising the West Bank and Gaza, cover 2,402 square miles and have a combined population of over 4 million people. (See fig. 1.) Both the PA and Israel administer areas within the West Bank. The U.S. government, along with other countries, has provided intermittent security assistanc... |
train_5774 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 1991 the U.S. Department of Justice sued nine colleges and universities, alleging that they had restrained competition by making collective financial aid determinations for students accepted to more than one of these schools. Against the backdrop of this litigation, Congress enacted a temporary exemption from antitr... | [
"We provided the group of schools using the antitrust exemption, Secretary of Education, and Attorney General with a copy of our draft report for review and comments. The group of schools using the exemption reviewed a draft of this report and stated it was a careful and objective report, but raised concerns about ... |
train_5775 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington) contains the remains of more than 330,000 military servicemembers, their family members, and others. In June 2010, the Army Inspector General identified problems at the cemetery, including deficiencies in contracting and management, burial errors, and a failure to notify next of ... | [
"The Army has taken a number of steps since June 2010 at different levels to provide for more effective management and oversight of contracts supporting Arlington, including improving visibility of contracts, establishing new support relationships, formalizing policies and procedures, and increasing the use of dedi... |
train_5776 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program to collect, maintain, and share data on selected foreign nationals entering and exiting the United States at air, sea and land ports of entry (POEs). These data, including biometric identi... | [
"US-VISIT is a large, complex governmentwide program intended to achieve the goals of (1) enhancing the security of U.S. citizens and visitors, (2) facilitating legitimate travel and trade, (3) ensuring the integrity of the U.S. immigration system, and (4) protecting the privacy of visitors. The program is intended... |
train_5777 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the implications of welfare reform on public housing agencies and their tenants, focusing on the: (1) impact of welfare reform on the revenue, employment status of tenants, and roles of selected housing agencies; and (2) Department of Housing and Urban Development's (... | [
"The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193), generally known as welfare reform, imposed time limits on the receipt of welfare benefits and established work requirements to promote self-sufficiency for families on welfare. In addition, the act shifted important respons... |
train_5778 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO has reported that DOD has not collected uniform data on sexual assaults involving members of the armed forces. In 2008, Congress required DOD to implement a centralized, case-level database for the collection and maintenance of these data. In 2012, DSAID reached initial operational capability to capture sexual assa... | [
"In October 2004, Congress included a provision in the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 that required the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive policy for DOD on the prevention of and response to sexual assaults involving members of the armed forces. In part, the le... |
train_5779 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Disability Insurance (DI) program paid almost $123 billion in benefits in fiscal year 2010 to more than 10 million workers and dependents. The program is poised to grow further as the baby boom generation ages. GAO examined (1) what is known about the extent to which SSA makes... | [
"The DI program was established in 1956 to provide monthly cash benefits to individuals unable to work because of severe long-term disability. In fiscal year 2010, the program’s average monthly benefit was about $922. To be eligible for benefits, workers with disabilities must have a specified number of recent work... |
train_5780 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Medicaid, a joint federal-state health care program, is a significant component of federal and state budgets, with estimated outlays of $576 billion in fiscal year 2016. The program's size and diversity make it particularly vulnerable to improper payments. In fiscal year 2016, improper payments were an estimated 10.5 p... | [
"Under the Medicaid program’s federal-state partnership, CMS is responsible for overseeing the program, while state Medicaid agencies are responsible for the day-to-day administration of the program. Although subject to federal requirements, each state develops its own Medicaid administrative structure for carrying... |
train_5781 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) resolution of the First City Bancorporation of Texas, focusing on: (1) why FDIC decided to resolve the corporation by providing financial assistance instead of using other available resolution alternatives; and (2) the ... | [
"By the late 1970s, the First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., through its subsidiary banks, had a high concentration of loans to the energy industry in the Southwest United States and was regarded as a principal lender in that industry. In the early and mid-1980s, when the energy industry experienced financial ... |
train_5782 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Each year, DHS acquires a wide array of systems intended to help its component agencies execute their many critical missions. GAO has previously reported that DHS's process for managing its major acquisitions is maturing. However, non-major acquisitions (generally those with cost estimates of less than $300 million) ar... | [
"DHS’s acquisition management policy, commonly referred to as MD-102, as implemented by the DHS Instruction Manual, establishes two overarching categories of acquisitions: acquisitions of capital assets— such as information technology (IT) systems or aircraft—and acquisitions of services—such as those provided by s... |
train_5783 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal statistical information is used to make appropriate decisions about budgets, employment, and investments. GAO was asked to (1) describe selected characteristics of federally funded statistical or research surveys, (2) describe agencies' and Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) roles in identifying and preven... | [
"The purpose of the PRA is to (1) minimize the federal paperwork burden for individuals, small businesses, state and local governments, and other persons; (2) minimize the cost to the federal government of collecting, maintaining, using, and disseminating information; and (3) maximize the usefulness of information ... |
train_5784 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Job Corps—funded at about $1.6 billion in program year 2013—is the nation's largest residential, educational, and career training program for economically disadvantaged youth. In program years 2011 and 2012, ETA projected that Job Corps' costs would exceed its appropriations, and took action to resolve these gaps. In M... | [
"ETA administers Job Corps’ 125 centers through its national Office of Job Corps under the leadership of a National Director and a field network of six regional offices located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, and San Francisco (see fig. 1). Job Corps is operated primarily through contracts, which... |
train_5785 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The joint explanatory statement for the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, called for GAO to report on the resources of the HUD OIG in light of HUDs recently expanded roles and responsibilities. In response, GAO (1) compared the budgets, staffing levels, and monetary accomplishments of the HUD OIG to that of comparable... | [
"For fiscal year 2011, HUD’s three largest offices administered programs that accounted for about 93 percent of HUD’s total budgetary resources of approximately $134.3 billion. Specifically, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) had total budgetary resources of approximately $71.2 billion (about 53 percen... |
train_5786 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the cost-effectiveness and performance of the General Services Administration's (GSA) real property management services to determine whether GSA contracting decisions were sound; and (2) private sector real property management approaches to determine whether GSA ma... | [
"GSA is the central management agency responsible for policy and oversight of administrative services (except personnel) and is a central provider of real property services, such as buildings acquisition and management, for federal agencies. GSA and its Public Buildings Service (PBS) have been undergoing a lengthy ... |
train_5787 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed the National Cemetery System's (NCS) plans to accommodate the increasing demand for burial benefits and what it can do to extend the service period of existing cemeteries. GAO noted that: (1) NCS has adopted a 5-year strategic plan for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 with the goal of ensuring that burial i... | [
"The National Cemeteries Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-43) authorized NCS to bury eligible veterans and their family members in national cemeteries. Before 1973, all national cemeteries were operated under the authority of the Department of the Army. However, P.L. 93-43 shifted authority to VA for all national cemeteries ex... |
train_5788 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Medicare program makes about $500 billion in payments per year and continues to have a significant amount of improper payments--almost $48 billion in fiscal year 2010. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Integrity Program (MIP) is designed to identify and address fraud, waste, and abuse, wh... | [
"CMS has indicated that the primary principle of program integrity is to pay claims correctly. MIP is designed to address fraud, waste, and abuse, including improper payments, by (1) preventing fraud through effective enrollment of providers and through education of providers and beneficiaries; (2) detecting potent... |
train_5789 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Following the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, many servicemembers experienced health problems that they attributed to their military service in the Persian Gulf. However, a lack of servicemember health and deployment data hampered subsequent investigations into the nature and causes of these illnesses. Public Law 105-85, ena... | [
"In May 1997, we reported on DOD’s actions to improve deployment health surveillance before, during, and after deployments, focusing on Operation Joint Endeavor, which was conducted in the countries of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Hungary. We commented on the provisions of a joint medical surveillance policy dr... |
train_5790 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | HRSA is charged with improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. HRSA carries out its mission by providing funding and support to a wide variety of programs, which have grown in number and size since the agency was established in 1982. To manage these progra... | [
"HRSA was established in 1982, and its mission is to improve health and achieve health equity through access to quality services, a skilled health workforce, and innovative programs. HRSA’s strategic plan contains four main goals: (1) improve access to quality health care and services, (2) strengthen the health wor... |
train_5791 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 2000, the annual number of new international parental child abduction cases reported to the Department of State--many of which likely involved air travel--has nearly tripled. Such abductions occur when a parent, family member, or person acting on behalf thereof, takes a child to another country in violation of th... | [
"International parental child abductions reported to the State Department have been increasing. The State Department reported that it received 1,135 new requests for assistance in international parental child abduction cases in fiscal year 2009, the most recent fiscal year with comparable data. The annual number of... |
train_5792 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | As part of its responsibilities for securing civil aviation, TSA ensures that all passengers and their accessible property are screened and prohibits individuals from carrying onto aircraft items that it determines to be a threat.TSA maintains a public list of such items, known as the Prohibited Items List, and updates... | [
"As part of its responsibilities for civil aviation security, TSA enforces law and regulations requiring that passengers be screened to ensure that potential weapons, explosives, and incendiaries are not carried into an airport sterile area or on board a passenger aircraft. To provide the general public with guidan... |
train_5793 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense (DOD) uses contractors to provide a wide variety of services for U.S. military forces deployed overseas. We were asked to examine three related issues: (1) the extent of contractor support for deployed forces and why DOD uses contractors; (2) the extent to which such contractors are considered... | [
"Since the early 1990s, DOD has used contractors to meet many of its logistical and operational support needs during combat operations, peacekeeping missions, and humanitarian assistance missions, ranging from Somalia and Haiti to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. Today, contractors are used to support deployed forc... |
train_5794 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal government grants to state and local governments have risen substantially, from $7 billion in 1960 to almost $450 billion budgeted in 2007. The single audit is an important mechanism of accountability for the use of federal grants by nonprofit organizations as well as state and local governments. However, the q... | [
"In the early 1980s, Congress had concerns about a lack of adequate oversight and accountability for federal assistance provided to state and local governments. Before passage of the Single Audit Act in 1984 (the act), the federal government relied on audits of individual grants to help gain assurance that state an... |
train_5795 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress and the administration are reexamining tax expenditures used by corporations as part of corporate tax reform. These tax expenditures-- special exemptions and exclusions, credits, deductions, deferrals, and preferential tax rates--support federal policy goals, but result in revenue forgone by the federal govern... | [
"The United States taxes domestic corporations on their worldwide income, regardless of where it is earned, and provides credits for foreign income taxes paid. A U.S. parent corporation may directly or indirectly own multiple corporations, including both domestic and foreign subsidiaries. The U.S. taxes the worldwi... |
train_5796 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The tax gap--the difference between the tax amounts taxpayers pay voluntarily and on time and what they should pay under the law--has been a long-standing problem in spite of many efforts to reduce it. Most recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimated a gross tax gap for tax year 2001 of $345 billion and esti... | [
"The tax gap is an estimate of the difference between the taxes—including individual income, corporate income, employment, estate, and excise taxes—that should have been paid voluntarily and on time and what was actually paid for a specific year. The estimate is an aggregate of estimates for the three primary types... |
train_5797 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act (CGFAA) mandated that GAO annually audit all claim payments made to compensate the victims of the Cerro Grande Fire in northern New Mexico. For this third report on this topic, GAO determined whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is now a part of the Emergenc... | [
"On May 4, 2000, the National Park Service initiated a prescribed burn on federal land at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, in an effort to reduce the threat of wildfires in the area. The plan was to burn up to 900 acres. On May 5, 2000, the prescribed burn exceeded the capabilities of the National Park Serv... |
train_5798 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decisionmaking process with respect to regulating cement kiln dust, focusing on: (1) EPA priorities in making its kiln dust determination; (2) whether EPA is authorized to modify hazardous waste management requirements in regu... | [
"The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires EPA to identify which wastes should be regulated as hazardous waste under subtitle C and establish regulations to manage them. For example, hazardous waste landfills, such as those used for disposing ash from hazardous waste incinerators, generally must co... |
train_5799 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO reviewed whether the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) should incorporate new business assumptions into the stress test used to establish risk-based capital requirements. The stress test is designed to estimate, for a 10-year period, how much capital the Federal National Mortgage Association (F... | [
"Congress established and chartered the enterprises—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—as government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) that are privately owned and operated. Their mission is to enhance the availability of mortgage credit across the nation during both good and bad economic times by purchasing mortgages from lende... |
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