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train_9800 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The attacks at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, and at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., on September 16, 2013, drew nationwide attention to insider threats at DOD installations. DOD defines an insider threat as the threat that an insider will use her or his authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to do harm t... | [
"Insiders have proven to be a threat to DOD facilities and personnel within the United States on multiple occasions. DOD acknowledged in its 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review that the United States is no longer a sanctuary for U.S. forces and the department must anticipate the increased likelihood of an attack on U.S... |
train_9801 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the timber sale programs of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service with those of Washington and Oregon, focusing on: (1) the major differences between the programs; and (2) how these differences affect agency and state planning processes. GAO found that: (1) t... | [
"The Forest Service and BLM manage timber programs on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon. These federal timberlands are often adjacent to state timberlands and share certain characteristics, such as prevailing climate, terrain, and species of trees. The Forest Service’s Pacific N... |
train_9802 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Executive Order 12866 directs federal agencies to assess the economic effects of their proposed significant regulatory actions, including a determination that a regulation's benefits justify the costs. In 2008, a federal appeals court directed DOT to update a regulatory impact analysis with an estimate of the social co... | [
"Executive Order 12866 directs federal agencies to assess the potential costs and benefits of their significant regulatory actions, consisting of several categories of regulatory actions, including those likely to result in a rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or that have a ... |
train_9803 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The demand for child care has increased dramatically in the past several decades as the number of mothers who work outside the home has grown. Welfare reform has further increased this demand. To support low-income parents moving into the workforce, welfare reform established the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).... | [
"Child care services are supplied by providers operating in varied settings: in center care, a child is cared for in a nonresidential setting and in family child care, a child is cared for in the home of a provider. Child care centers provide care outside of the home, but family child care is provided to a small nu... |
train_9804 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2003, the U.S. government extended its economic assistance to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) through an Amended Compact of Free Association. From 2004 to 2023, the United States will provide an estimated $1.5 billion to the RMI, with annually decreasing grants as well as increasing contributions to a tru... | [
"In 1986, the United States, the FSM, and the RMI entered into the original Compact of Free Association. The compact provided a framework for the United States to work toward achieving its three main goals: (1) to secure self-government for the FSM and the RMI, (2) to ensure certain national security rights for all... |
train_9805 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States has extended to Micronesia and the Marshall Islands a number of domestic programs in such critical areas as health care, education, job training, and telecommunications. GAO found that geographic, economic, and social conditions in both countries have limited the effectiveness of nine of the 13 progra... | [
"The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a grouping of 607 small islands with a total land area of about 270 square miles. FSM is located in the western Pacific, about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, lying just above the equator. FSM comprises four states—Chuuk, Pohnpei, Yap, and Kosrae—that had an estimated t... |
train_9806 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) insures the retirement future of nearly 44 million people in over 29,000 private-sector defined benefit pension plans. In July 2003, GAO designated PBGC's single-employer pension insurance program--its largest insurance program--as "high risk," including it on GAO's list ... | [
"PBGC was created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to pay benefits to participants in private DB plans in the event that an employer could not. PBGC may pay benefits, up to specified limits, if a plan does not have sufficient assets itself to pay promised benefits and the sponsoring co... |
train_9807 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Enlisted aides assist general and flag officers with tasks, such as uniform care, that might otherwise interfere with accomplishing their official duties. Section 504 of the fiscal year 2015 NDAA required DOD to submit to Congress a report specifying enlisted aide duties and allocation procedures; justifying aide autho... | [
"GFOs are senior officers who are in the four ranks of brigadier general and above (for the Navy, rear admiral (lower half) and above), and have high-level interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational responsibilities. These officers plan and implement military operations by integrated military forces across t... |
train_9808 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Attacks on federal facilities in the U.S. have highlighted the need to identify lessons learned from prior security incidents and apply that knowledge to security procedures governmentwide. Dozens of federal law enforcement agencies provide physical security services for domestic nonmilitary federal facilities. The ISC... | [
"ISC was established by Executive Order 12977 in 1995 after the Oklahoma City bombing. ISC is a membership organization that currently includes 51 federal departments and agencies. The 21 initial members of ISC were identified in the executive order and 30 additional members later requested and were approved member... |
train_9809 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the implementation of Executive Order 12866, which is intended to improve regulatory planning and review. GAO noted that: (1) the extent of federal agencies' cost-benefit analyses of proposed regulations depends on whether the regulatory action is economically signific... | [
"Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are pleased to be here today to discuss the implementation of Executive Order 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review.” Issued on September 30, 1993, the order was designed to, among other things, “enhance planning and coordination with respect to both new and existing ... |
train_9810 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Between 1987 and 2002, the Department of Defense (DOD) downsized the civilian workforce in 27 key industrial facilities by about 56 percent. Many of the remaining 72,000 workers are nearing retirement. In recent years GAO has identified shortcomings in DOD's strategic planning and was asked to determine (1) whether DOD... | [
"DOD owns and operates industrial activities that support the military mission by repairing; rebuilding; overhauling; and upgrading components, ammunitions, or end items to return them to a like-new condition or by manufacturing new systems components or ammunitions. As of January 2003, and as shown in figure 1, DO... |
train_9811 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The American Psychiatric Association's 2013 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines gambling disorder as persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior leading to clinically significant impairment or distress. Public Law 114-92 included a provision for GAO to review gambling... | [
"DOD established the Defense Health Agency on October 1, 2013, to provide administrative support for the services’ respective medical programs, combine common “shared” services, and coordinate the work of the services’ military treatment facilities with care purchased from the private sector. The Defense Health Age... |
train_9812 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In the 1990s, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) undertook the Northeast High-Speed Rail Improvement Project to make infrastructure improvements that would enable Amtrak to meet a statutory goal of providing 3-hour intercity passenger rail service between Boston and New York City. Amtrak shared respon... | [
"The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 created Amtrak to provide intercity passenger rail service because existing railroads found such service to be unprofitable. Amtrak operates a 22,000-mile network, primarily over freight railroad tracks, providing service to 46 states and the District of Columbia. Amtrak owns... |
train_9813 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the progress being made by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in ensuring that the thousands of banks it oversees are ready to handle the year 2000 computer conversion challenge. GAO noted that: (1) the year 2000 problem poses a serious dilemma for banks ... | [
"The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is the deposit insurer of approximately 11,000 banks and saving institutions. Together, these institutions are responsible for about $6 trillion in assets and have insured deposits totaling upwards of $2.7 trillion. FDIC also has responsibility for directly supervising app... |
train_9814 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | CMS established the Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program in 1998 to help address poor nursing home performance. States select a subset of homes as SFFs from a list of the 15 poorest performing homes in each state, but the program is limited to 136 homes nationwide because of resource constraints. CMS guidance directs s... | [
"Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act establish minimum standards that all nursing homes must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, respectively. Provisions added by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 focused the standards on the quality of care actually provided by a home... |
train_9815 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | While four previous base closure rounds have afforded the Department of Defense (DOD) the opportunity to divest itself of unneeded property, it has, at the same time, retained more than 350,000 acres and nearly 20 million square feet of facilities on enclaves at closed or realigned bases for use by the reserve componen... | [
"To enable DOD to more readily close unneeded bases and realign others to meet its national security requirements, the Congress enacted base realignment and closure (BRAC) legislation that instituted base closure rounds in 1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995. A special commission established for the 1988 round made recommen... |
train_9816 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO reviewed the Air Force's interim cost comparison of operating its former Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center (AGMC) prior to its closure with the current privatized-in-place cost as the Boeing Guidance Repair Center (BGRC). GAO noted that: (1) the Air Force's interim comparison estimates that BGRC's first-year ... | [
"“The Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center (AGMC) depot will be closed; some workload will move to other depot maintenance activities including the private sector.” After the BRAC recommendation to close AGMC was finalized, (1) the Air Force moved a small portion of AGMC’s Air Force workload to other Air Force d... |
train_9817 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) policy regarding depot-level maintenance and repair, focusing on the: (1) future role of defense depots; and (2) inconsistency of DOD policy with current statutes and congressional directives. GAO found that: (1) the DOD depot mainten... | [
"DOD annually spends about $15 billion on depot maintenance activities at 29 major defense depots and at about 1,300 private contractors. Depot maintenance involves repairing, overhauling, modifying, and upgrading defense systems and equipment. It also includes limited manufacture of parts, technical support, modif... |
train_9818 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the collection of diesel fuel excise taxes, focusing on: (1) changes in diesel fuel tax collections in 1994; (2) concerns about Internal Revenue Service (IRS) changes to diesel fuel taxation requirements; and (3) fraudulent claims involving excise tax refunds. GAO found... | [
"The federal government generally imposes an excise tax of 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel fuel that is used on highways. In calendar year 1994, diesel excise tax collections totaled about $6.7 billion. Although most of the funds collected by IRS are transferred to the Federal Highway Trust Fund, 6.8 cents per gall... |
train_9819 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the implications of having the Social Security Trust Fund invest in the stock market, focusing on the impact of such investing on the: (1) Social Security Trust Fund; (2) U.S. economy; and (3) federal budget. GAO noted that: (1) allowing the Social Security Trust Fund t... | [
"The Social Security program faces a long-term financing challenge primarily due to changing demographics. In response, numerous options have surfaced to reduce benefits or increase revenues. One proposed option is to invest a portion of the Social Security trust fund in the stock market with the intention of earni... |
train_9820 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relies on a critical network to electronically communicate, capture, exchange, and access law enforcement and investigative information. Misuse or interruption of this critical network, or disclosure of the information traversing it, would impair FBI's ability to fulfill its mi... | [
"Information security is critical for any organization that depends on information systems and computer networks to carry out its mission or business. It is especially important for government agencies, where the public’s trust is essential. The dramatic expansion in computer interconnectivity and the rapid increas... |
train_9821 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Interstate compacts are legal agreements between states that are designed to resolve concerns that transcend state lines, such as allocating interstate waters. While some compacts assign their administration to existing state agencies, compacts requiring greater coordination among states may establish an interstate age... | [
"Interstate compacts are legal agreements between states that bind member states to their provisions in the same manner as contracts entered into by individuals or corporations. Traditionally, compacts were negotiated by special joint commissions appointed by the state governors. Increasingly, however, compacts hav... |
train_9822 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO has identified managing the federal government's real property portfolio—which includes warehouses— as a high-risk area, due to long-standing problems such as reliance on long-term leasing. In 2013, federal civilian agencies reported that they occupied approximately 19,000 warehouses consisting of approximately 90-... | [
"The federal government’s real property portfolio is vast and diverse and includes about 400,000 buildings that are located throughout the country and are held or leased by different federal agencies, both civilian and defense. In addition to warehouses, it includes office buildings, courthouses, laboratories, land... |
train_9823 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2002, GAO reported that immigration benefit fraud was pervasive and significant and the approach to controlling it was fragmented. Experts believe that individuals ineligible for these benefits, including terrorists and criminals, could use fraudulent means to enter or remain in the U.S. You asked that GAO evaluate ... | [
"USCIS is responsible for processing millions of immigration benefit applications received each year for various types of immigration benefits, determining whether applicants are eligible to receive immigration benefits, and detecting suspicious information and evidence to refer for fraud investigation and possible... |
train_9824 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | From 1946 to 1966, the government constructed five dams as flood control projects on the Missouri River in North Dakota and South Dakota. The reservoirs created behind the dams flooded portions of seven Indian reservations--Fort Berthold, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, Lower Brule, Crow Creek, Yankton, and Santee. The ... | [
"The Flood Control Act of 1944 established a comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes, such as hydroelectric power production, in the Missouri River Basin. The Pick-Sloan Plan—a joint water development program designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of... |
train_9825 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Despite the availability of federal, state, and other sources of student aid, concerns have been raised that adult undergraduates--those 24 and older--receive inadequate assistance in meeting the costs of postsecondary education, particularly those adults who take one to five credits per term (or less than halftime). T... | [
"Each year millions of adults participate in organized learning in the United States, in a wide range of venues. In 1999, an estimated 90 million persons 16 and older reported that they had participated in some sort of formal learning activity, ranging from personal development courses—such as family genealogy or c... |
train_9826 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The increase in leveraged buyouts (LBO) of U.S. companies by private equity funds prior to the slowdown in mid-2007 has raised questions about the potential impact of these deals. Some praise LBOs for creating new governance structures for companies and providing longer term investment opportunities for investors. Othe... | [
"A private equity-sponsored LBO generally is defined as an investment by a private equity fund in a public or private company (or division of a company) for majority or complete ownership. Since 2000, the number and value of LBOs of U.S. target companies completed by private equity funds have increased significantl... |
train_9827 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO reviewed the views of pilots and aircrew members of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve regarding the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) of the Department of Defense (DOD). In December 1997, the Secretary of Defense announced a plan to inoculate U.S. forces against the potential battlefield use of... | [
"Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It can infect humans; however, it occurs most commonly in warm-blooded animals (herbivores) in the agricultural regions of countries with less standardized and less effective public health programs. Human anthrax occur... |
train_9828 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO provided information on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) efforts to ensure that taxpayers report investment income earned from bonds sold at original issue discount (OID), focusing on the completeness and use of IRS Publication 1212. GAO found that: (1) IRS asserts that OID bond issuers can rely on Publication ... | [
"Generally, the term “OID” covers bonds sold at a discount, that is, below their redemption value. For example, an OID bond issue with a face value of $100 million may be sold for $60 million. The $40 million difference is OID income. Taxpayers are to pay taxes on OID income as it accrues over a bond’s life, even t... |
train_9829 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | VA operates the largest health care network in the United States, with over 2,700 health care sites, including hospitals and outpatient facilities. However, many facilities are outdated, and VA estimates that its capital needs will require up to $63 billion over the next 10 years. In recent years, VA has increasingly l... | [
"VA generally provides inpatient care at large VA medical facilities owned by the federal government and outpatient care in both federally-owned and leased facilities. Outpatient facilities vary in size, from under 20,000 square feet to more than 200,000 square feet, and include minor leases that cost under $1 mill... |
train_9830 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | U.S. forces are conducting more complex operations, requiring increased interoperability between the military commands, services, and other organizations. Department of Defense (DOD) planning guidance calls for transforming military training by increasing the jointness in training. The overall intent of DOD's Training ... | [
"Service military training has historically focused on individual service competencies, with less emphasis on joint operations involving joint commands, other services, and emerging operations with other governmental and nongovernmental agencies and international partners. While this has allowed the services to mee... |
train_9831 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The federal government has a longstanding role in conducting education research and collecting education data, and IES has a broad mission to provide this information to a wide variety of stakeholders. With a fiscal year 2013 budget of just under $600 million, IES is Education's primary research and evaluation arm. GAO... | [
"Prior to the establishment of IES, federal education research was carried out by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, a federal agency that—according to observers both within and outside the federal government—was challenged by frequent leadership changes, competing interests, and lack of a focused ... |
train_9832 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed how child care programs are changing at the state level through the revisions in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, focusing on: (1) how much federal and state funds states are spending on child care subsidy programs and how they are allocating these resources; (2... | [
"To better help low-income families meet their child care needs, the Congress combined four programs with different target populations into one program—the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)—with a single set of eligibility criteria and requirements. This program, now referred to as the Child Care and D... |
train_9833 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | IRS's collection program pursues individuals and businesses that failed to fully pay their taxes or file returns. Since 2009, the total tax debt inventory has increased 23 percent to $380 billion, while collection staff declined 23 percent. Given its large workload and declining resources, it is important that IRS make... | [
"The mission of the collection program is to collect delinquent taxes and secure delinquent tax returns through the fair and equitable application of the tax laws, including the use of enforcement tools when appropriate. The collection program’s mission also includes educating its customers to facilitate future com... |
train_9834 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Air Force expeditionary aerospace force concept seeks to spread deployments more evenly across its forces and increase the predictability of deployments. By dual-tasking some fighter squadrons the Air Force could fulfill two requirements as the 2010 Concept envisions. Although significant challenges could impede th... | [
"In October 1999, the Air Force designated most of its combat, mobility, and support forces into 10 similar groups of forces termed Aerospace Expeditionary Forces. This approach was implemented to help the Air Force manage its commitments to theater commanders and reduce the constant deployment burden on its people... |
train_9835 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the compliance of the Inspectors General (IG) offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Department of the Treasury with section 38(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1991, focusing on... | [
"To meet our first objective, we reviewed reports on two banks that failed during the second year of the MLR mandate and two banks that failed during the first year of the mandate but whose losses were not recognized until the second year. In these latter two cases, FDIC’s initial estimates of the banks’ losses wer... |
train_9836 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | As concerns about terrorism have grown, Executive Branch responsibilities and authorities have received greater attention, which led to the 1998 appointment of a national coordinator in the National Security Council. Both Congress and the President have recognized the need to review and clarify the structure for overal... | [
"Appendix I describes, in chronological order, selected federal interagency policy and planning documents related to combating terrorism that form the foundation for the federal government’s efforts to combat terrorism and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure against attack. These documents delineate federa... |
train_9837 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO is required to audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government. Because of the significance of the federal debt held by the public to the governmentwide financial statements, GAO audits the Bureau of the Public Debt's (BPD) Schedules of Federal Debt annually. The audit of these schedules is done ... | [
"The Schedules of Federal Debt including the accompanying notes present fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, the balances as of September 30, 2009, 2008, and 2007 for Federal Debt Managed by BPD; the related Accrued Interest Payables and Net Unamortized... |
train_9838 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Navy envisioned a revolutionary approach for the LCS program: dual ship designs with interchangeable mission packages intended to provide mission flexibility at a lower cost. This approach has fallen short, with significant cost increases and reduced expectations about mission flexibility and performance. The Navy ... | [
"When the Navy first conceived the LCS in the early 2000s, the concept was that two shipbuilders would build prototypes based on commercial designs—Lockheed Martin’s Freedom variant and Austal USA’s Independence variant. The Navy planned to experiment with these ships to determine its preferred design variant. Howe... |
train_9839 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 1935, the federal National Labor Relations Act provided U.S. workers the right to bargain over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with their employers, forming the framework for collective bargaining in the United States. The Act allowed workers to join together to form unions and required th... | [
"The NLRA, enacted in 1935, is the cornerstone of labor relations and collective bargaining in the United States, providing the basic framework governing private sector labor-management relations. It provides employees the right to form unions and bargain collectively and requires employers to recognize employee un... |
train_9840 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 seeks to maximize collections of delinquent nontax debt owed to the federal government. However, the act also seeks to reduce losses by requiring proper screening of potential borrowers and information sharing within and among federal agencies. The major information sources o... | [
"During a hearing on DCIA implementation held by your subcommittee in June 2000, concerns were raised that there were federal nontax debtors who were delinquent on more than one federal debt. Our October 10, 2001, testimony before the subcommittee reiterated concerns about delinquent federal nontax debtors’ obtaini... |
train_9841 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is responsible for improving commercial vehicle safety and uses education and outreach as part of its efforts. The House report accompanying the fiscal year 2005 Department of Transportation (DOT) appropriations bill asked GAO to report on FMCSA's education and ou... | [
"FMCSA, established as a separate administration under DOT by the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 is responsible for improving the safety of commercial vehicle operations on the nation’s highways. FMCSA is engaged in several programs and activities to carry out its mission, including developing and enf... |
train_9842 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | There have been various reported incidents of individuals being potentially exposed to environmental hazards while on military installations. Indeed, some incidents, such as contaminated air due to burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq and contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, have received considerable atten... | [
"Various environmental laws govern the identification, study, and cleanup of environmental contamination at military installations. Under a key law, a public health agency has responsibilities for assessing the presence and nature of health hazards at certain DOD sites, among other items. In addition, statutes also... |
train_9843 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This testimony discusses our work on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), under which the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has the authority to purchase and insure up to $700 billion in troubled assets held by financial institutions through its Office of Financial Stability (OFS). As Congress may know, Treasu... | [
"As of March 27, 2009, Treasury had disbursed $303.4 billion of the $700 billion in TARP funds (see table). Most of the funds (about $199 billion) went to purchase preferred shares of 532 financial institutions under the Capital Purchase Program (CPP)—Treasury’s primary vehicle under TARP for stabilizing financial ... |
train_9844 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Composite materials, made by combining materials such as carbon fibers with epoxy, have been used in airplane components for decades. Although composites are lighter and stronger than most metals, their increasing use in commercial airplane structures such as the fuselage and wings has raised safety concerns. Boeing's ... | [
"Airplane manufacturers have been using composite materials in general aviation and military applications for decades. Prior to the mid-1980s, airplane manufacturers used composite materials in transport category airplanes in secondary structures (e.g., wing edges) and control surfaces (e.g., panels). In 1988, Airb... |
train_9845 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is the Department of Defense's (DOD) most complex and ambitious aircraft acquisition, seeking to simultaneously produce and field three different versions of the aircraft for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners. The total investment required now exceeds $1 ... | [
"The JSF is a joint, multinational acquisition program for the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and eight international partners. The program began in November 1996 with a 5-year competition between Lockheed Martin and Boeing to determine the most capable and affordable preliminary aircraft design. Lockheed Martin... |
train_9846 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To help prevent accidents resulting from drug use by individuals in safety-sensitive positions, the Department of Transportation (DOT) requires motor carriers to conduct drug testing of their employees. These drug tests involve collecting a urine specimen from employees. To ensure the integrity of the urine specimen an... | [
"Six operating administrations under DOT have issued regulations requiring antidrug programs in the aviation, highway, railroad, mass transit, pipeline, and maritime industries. Antidrug programs for commercial truck drivers are regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which is the oper... |
train_9847 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | For years, GAO has raised concerns about the ability of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (Service) to track the amounts it obligates for and spends on timber sales and to use this information in managing the sales. Timber sales are generally carried out by ranger districts (the lowest level of the Service... | [
"Both the Forest Service and BLM conduct timber sales as part of their management of public land. However, the agencies differ in their organizational structure and in the sources of funding they use for carrying out timber sales. Timber sales activities involve staff time and, in some cases, equipment and supplies... |
train_9848 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | NOAA's aircraft play a critical role in collecting scientific data to help NOAA advance understanding of changes in the environment and manage ocean and coastal resources. NOAA uses its aircraft for a wide range of scientific missions. In fiscal year 2013, NOAA's aircraft flew hundreds of flights and logged about 3,900... | [
"Since NOAA was established in 1970, the agency has operated aircraft to aid in the collection of earth observation data to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts; collect data necessary for weather and water forecasts; and help conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and r... |
train_9849 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The concept of enterprise architecture emerged in the mid- 1980s as a means for optimizing integration and interoperability across organizations. In the early 1990s, GAO research of successful public and private sector organizations led it to identify enterprise architecture as a critical success factor for agencies th... | [
"The concept of using an architecture to describe an enterprise emerged in the mid-1980s, and over the years, the field of enterprise architecture has continued to evolve and mature. In the early 1990s, we identified an architecture as a critical success factor in allowing organizations to effectively apply IT to m... |
train_9850 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | As operations overseas continue, the Department of Defense (DOD) is experiencing a growing demand for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets to provide valuable information in support of military operations. While the 2006 Quadrennial Review emphasized the need for the ISR community to improve the ... | [
"The term “intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance,” or “ISR,” encompasses multiple activities related to the planning and operation of sensors and assets that collect, process, and disseminate data in support of current and future military operations. Intelligence data can take many forms, including optical,... |
train_9851 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | As a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and launch of the Global War on Terrorism, the National Guard has experienced the largest activation of its forces since World War II. The Guard consists of 350,000 Army Guard soldiers and 107,000 Air Guard members. With its unique dual status, it performs state ... | [
"The National Guard, comprised of the Army and Air National Guard, has a unique dual mission that consists of both federal and state roles. In their federal status, the Army and Air National Guard are part of the Army and Air Force’s reserve components, along with the Army Reserve and the Air Force Reserve, respect... |
train_9852 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the 50-percent penalty, also called a discount, that states suffer under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Act enforcement for operating vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance (I&M) test-and-repair networks instead of test networ... | [
"According to EPA, motor vehicles produce much of the pollution that forms ozone (nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons), and they are likewise a major source of carbon monoxide in urban areas. About 30 percent of the nitrogen oxides, about 50 percent of the hydrocarbons, and about 90 percent of the carbon monoxide emit... |
train_9853 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This testimony discusses H.R. 3268, the "Government Accountability Office (GAO) Act of 2007" and other GAO reforms, to discuss the results of the survey that Congress previously requested that the Employee Advisory Council (EAC) conduct of all GAO employees (except Senior Executive Service/SL and interns) on GAO's Band... | [
"The EAC was established by Comptroller General David Walker to provide a consolidated forum for him to meet with representatives from the various employee liaison groups (e.g. Advisory Council for Persons with Disabilities, Blacks In Government, Gay and Lesbian Employee Association, etc.) so that these groups coul... |
train_9854 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the financial condition of the Rural Utilities Service's electricity, telecommunications, and waste disposal loan portfolios and the financial characteristics of borrowers having electricity and telecommunications loans. GAO noted that: (1) at the end of fiscal year 199... | [
"USDA is the federal government’s principal provider of loans used to assist the nation’s rural areas in developing their utility infrastructure. Through RUS, USDA finances the construction, improvement, and repair of electrical, telecommunications, and water and waste disposal systems. The agency provides credit a... |
train_9855 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 1975, a fire at a nuclear power plant damaged critical control cables and hampered operators' ability to monitor the status of the plant's reactor. NRC subsequently issued deterministic fire safety regulations for plants to follow, but differences in plant design, coupled with changes in NRC guidance, made it diffic... | [
"This section discusses the development of NRC’s fire safety regulations, NRC’s adoption of risk-informed regulation, and the status of the nuclear industry’s adoption of the risk-informed fire safety approach. NRC’s deterministic fire safety approach and its risk-informed fire safety approach contain requirements ... |
train_9856 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Foreign students and scholars have made substantial contributions to U.S. research efforts and technology development. However, according to a federal government intelligence assessment, foreign access to sensitive U.S. technology has imposed a significant but unquantifiable cost to the United States. Given this risk, ... | [
"In November 2003, GAO reported that university research is a vital part of the nation’s research and development efforts, primarily funded by the federal government because of the broad consensus that university research is a long-term national investment in the future. The federal investment in university researc... |
train_9857 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Nonlethal weapons (NLW) provide an alternative when lethal force is undesirable. The Department of Defense (DOD) defines NLW as those that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property an... | [
"Defense considered appropriate. Since that time, the joint non-lethal weapons program, with the Commandant of the Marine Corps assigned executive agent, has assumed a role in the requirements development process as well as research, development, test and evaluation. DOD Directive 3000.3 assigns the Under Secretary... |
train_9858 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On October 21, 2001, the U.S. Postal Service closed its Brentwood mail processing facility after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that an employee there had contracted inhalation anthrax, an often-fatal form of the disease. On October 21 and 22, two other Brentwood employees died of inhala... | [
"Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. The bacterium is commonly found in the soil and forms spores (like seeds) that can remain dormant for many years. Although anthrax can infect humans, it occurs most commonly in plant-eating animals. Human anthra... |
train_9859 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To prepare for forecasted air traffic growth, FAA is planning for and implementing NextGen in partnership with other federal agencies and the aviation industry. NextGen is a complex undertaking that requires acquiring new integrated air traffic control systems; developing new flight procedures, standards, and regulatio... | [
"FAA must deliver systems, procedures, and capabilities that provide operators with a return on their investments in NextGen avionics in order to convince operators to continue making such equipment investments. For example, a large percentage of the current fleet is equipped to fly more precise performance-based n... |
train_9860 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) performance during the 1994 tax filing season, focusing on: (1) IRS individual income tax returns and refunds processing; and (2) taxpayer accessibility to IRS information. GAO found that: (1) during the 1994 filing season, the numbe... | [
"Our objective was to assess IRS’ performance during the 1994 filing season. Specifically, we focused on IRS’ ability to (1) process income tax returns and refunds accurately and efficiently and (2) provide taxpayers access to forms, information, and electronic filing methods.",
"To achieve our objective, we vali... |
train_9861 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Army's Hunter pilot program, an alternative approach for providing relocation services for its personnel stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia, focusing on: (1) data collected to date; (2) GAO's observations on how the Army plans to e... | [
"DOD has long been concerned about the quality of service it provides military personnel and their families when they relocate. DOD reported that in 1996 it paid roughly $2.8 billion to move 800,000 families. Despite the fact that it moves more household effects than any U.S. corporation, DOD has found that its sys... |
train_9862 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 1966 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) established the public's right of access to government information, on the basis of openness and accountability. The 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act (e-FOIA) Amendments extended these principles to include electronic access to information. Under the act, the Departm... | [
"FOIA established a legal right of access to government records and information, on the basis of the principles of openness and accountability in government. Before the act, an individual seeking access faced the burden of establishing a right to examine government records. FOIA also established a “right to know” s... |
train_9863 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | TSA, within the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for securing the nation's civil aviation system while facilitating the movement of passengers and commerce at approximately 440 airports nationwide. TSA tests passenger and baggage screening technologies developed by industry to ensure they support TSA mis... | [
"TSA uses security-related technologies to help secure approximately 1.8 million passengers, 1.2 million checked bags, and 3 million carry-on bags on 25,000 flights at roughly 440 federally regulated airports every day. As of August 2015, TSA had deployed about 15,000 units of security-related technology to airport... |
train_9864 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided additional information on the Social Security Administration's (SSA) implementation of the new eligibility standard. GAO noted that: (1) SSA has made considerable progress in implementing the welfare reform changes in eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) c... | [
"The Congress made the eligibility criteria for children to receive SSI more restrictive in order to help ensure that only needy children with severe disabilities are eligible for benefits. From the end of 1989 through 1996, the number of children younger than 18 receiving SSI had more than tripled, from 265,000 to... |
train_9865 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 2005, the Department of Defense (Defense), with support from the Department of State (State), has directed U.S. efforts to develop the Afghan National Police (ANP) into a force capable of enforcing the rule of law and supporting actions to defeat insurgency, among other activities. This testimony discusses (1) U.... | [
"Afghanistan’s security institutions, including its police and judiciary, were severely damaged prior to the U.S. and coalition overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001. Reconstitution of the ANP formally began in February 2002 when donor nations agreed to establish a multiethnic, sustainable, 62,000- member profess... |
train_9866 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal law enforcement components used more than 16,000 confidential informants in fiscal year 2013 as part of criminal investigations. Informants can be critical to an investigation, but without appropriate oversight, problems can occur that undermine the credibility of the informant's role in an investigation. The A... | [
"Confidential informants provide information and take action at the direction of law enforcement agencies to further investigations, and agencies may rely on confidential informants in situations in which it could be difficult to utilize an undercover officer. An informant can be motivated by many factors, includin... |
train_9867 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Among other things, the Office of National Capital Region Coordination is to coordinate efforts within the National Capital Region (NCR) to ensure execution of domestic preparedness activities. In our May 2004 report and June 2004 testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, GAO recommended that the NCR deve... | [
"The Homeland Security Act established the Office of National Capital Region Coordination within the Department of Homeland Security. The ONCRC is responsible for overseeing and coordinating federal programs for and relationships with state, local, and regional authorities in the NCR and for assessing and advocatin... |
train_9868 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to improve its readiness assessment and reporting process, focusing on whether: (1) DOD plans to make improvements to its unit readiness database, including adding specific readiness indicators; (2) a monthly review process inst... | [
"The Department of Defense’s (DOD) operations and maintenance accounts represent a significant portion of the defense budget (37 percent of the budget in fiscal year 1998) and support key aspects of readiness, including field training exercises and the maintenance of equipment. While the Secretary of Defense has st... |
train_9869 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' (Corps) civil works mission has grown over the years, while its three-tiered headquarters, division, and district structure has remained the same since it was created in 1893. GAO was asked to examine for the Civil Works Program (1) over time, how the Corps has realigned its organizatio... | [
"The Corps is the world’s largest public engineering, design, and construction management agency. Located within the Department of Defense (DOD), the Corps has both military and civilian responsibilities. The Military Program provides engineering, construction, and environmental management services to DOD, other U.... |
train_9870 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Invasive weeds, native or nonnative plant species, cause harm to natural areas such as rangelands or wildlife habitat and economic impacts due to lost productivity of these areas. While the federal investment in combating invasive species is substantial most has been concentrated on agricultural lands, not on natural a... | [
"As we have reported in the past, the impact of all types of invasive species in the United States is widespread, and their consequences for the economy and the environment are profound. Invasive species are found on agricultural cropland and in natural and urban areas, and can be either terrestrial or aquatic. Inv... |
train_9871 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To identify areas facing shortages of health care providers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relies on its health professional shortage area (HPSA) designation system. HHS designates geographic, population-group, and facility HPSAs. HHS also gives each HPSA a score to rank its need for providers relat... | [
"Any agency or individual may request a HPSA designation for a geographic area, population group, or facility. According to HRSA officials, the vast majority of HPSA designation requests are submitted by state primary care offices. These requests are received and reviewed by the Shortage Designation Branch within H... |
train_9872 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended that the Department of Defense (DOD) establish 12 joint bases by consolidating the management and support of 26 separate installations, potentially saving $2.3 billion over 20 years. In response to a direction from the House Armed Services Committee r... | [
"The 2005 BRAC Commission final report noted that all installations employ military, civilian, and contractor personnel to perform common functions in support of installation facilities and personnel and that all installations execute these functions using similar or near similar processes. The report also noted th... |
train_9873 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed Tennessee's Medicaid capitated managed care program (TennCare), focusing on: (1) TennCare's basic design and objectives; (2) the degree to which the program is meeting these objectives; and (3) the experiences of TennCare insurers and medical providers and their implica... | [
"Medicaid was established in 1965 as a jointly funded federal-state program providing medical assistance to qualified low-income persons. Each state designs and administers its own Medicaid program, subject to federal requirements for eligibility, services covered, and provider payments. States decide whether to co... |
train_9874 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The attacks of September 11, 2001, intensified long-standing concerns about the adequacy of safeguards and security at four nuclear weapons production sites and three national laboratories that design nuclear weapons--most of these facilities store plutonium and uranium in a variety of forms. These facilities can becom... | [
"Since its creation in 1977, DOE has been responsible for developing, producing, and maintaining nuclear weapons; preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; designing, building, and maintaining naval nuclear propulsion systems; and ensuring the security of the nuclear weapons complex. In 2000, how... |
train_9875 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the data available on burn injuries to children and the implications of these data for the effect of the recent amendments to the children's sleepwear standard, focusing on: (1) how many burn injuries involving children's sleepwear occurred annually before and after t... | [
"CPSC was established in 1972 under the Consumer Product Safety Act (P.L. 92-573) to regulate consumer products that pose an unreasonable risk of injury, to assist consumers in using products safely, and to promote research and investigation into product-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses. CPSC has the authori... |
train_9876 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2010, auto manufacturers recalled more vehicles than any other year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the federal oversight authority for vehicle recalls. However, many recalled vehicles are never fixed, posing a risk to vehicle operators, other drivers, and pedestrians. After... | [
"The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 established safety standards for motor vehicles. NHTSA was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 to carry out safety activities, which range from setting vehicle safety standards to working with states and local communities to reduce drunken driving... |
train_9877 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In May 2002, GAO reported on breakdowns in purchasing controls at the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Alaskan Region that resulted in improper and wasteful purchases. Many of the weaknesses were associated with the use of government credit cards--referred to as purchase cards--and raised concerns that similar p... | [
"The General Services Administration (GSA) administers the federal government’s credit card program. GSA contracts with commercial banks to issue credit cards to federal employees to make official government purchases. FAA’s purchase cards are issued by Bank of America. The FAA purchase card, unless otherwise prohi... |
train_9878 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The use of wireless phone service in the United States has risen dramatically over the last 20 years, with an estimated 270 million subscribers as of December 2008. Americans increasingly rely on wireless phones as their primary or sole means of telephone communication. Concerns have been raised in recent years about t... | [
"According to our survey results, overall, wireless phone service consumers are satisfied with the service they receive. Specifically, we estimate that 84 percent of adult wireless phone users are very or somewhat satisfied with their wireless phone service, and that approximately 10 percent are very or somewhat di... |
train_9879 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Chemicals play an important role in everyday life, but some may be harmful to human health and the environment. Chemicals are used to produce items widely used throughout society, such as cleansers and plastics as well as industrial solvents and additives. However, some chemicals, such as lead and mercury, are highly t... | [
"Because chemical companies are generally not required to develop and submit toxicity information to EPA, when the agency decides to review existing chemicals, it generally has only limited information on the risks that the chemicals pose to human health and the environment. Furthermore, EPA’s authority under TSCA ... |
train_9880 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the handling of allegations of misconduct made against senior officials between 1990 and 1995 at the 28 Offices of Inspector General (OIG), focusing on: (1) whether the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and OIG had policies and procedures for handli... | [
"The PCIE is an interagency council that is charged with promoting integrity and effectiveness in federal programs. It was established by Executive Order No. 12301 in 1981 and was comprised principally of the presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed IGs. Executive Order No. 12805, signed in 1992, reflected cha... |
train_9881 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) predicts that air traffic in the United States will increase 20 percent by 2024. If not mitigated, the noise associated with these flights could significantly diminish the quality of life for communities surrounding airports and constrain an airports ability to expand. Over th... | [
"Since the late 1950s, noise from aircraft and other airport operations has generated controversy within many surrounding communities and can be a constraint on airport development and aircraft operations. As we have previously reported, noise is one of the top environmental concerns at airports.such as cities, cou... |
train_9882 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 2005 London subway bombings and 2006 rail attacks in Mumbai, India highlighted the vulnerability of passenger rail and other surface transportation systems to terrorist attack and demonstrated the need for greater focus on securing these systems. This testimony is based primarily on GAO's September 2005 passenger r... | [
"Each weekday, 11.3 million passengers in 35 metropolitan areas and 22 states use some form of rail transit (commuter, heavy, or light rail). Commuter rail systems typically operate on railroad tracks and provide regional service between a central city and adjacent suburbs. Commuter rail systems are traditionally a... |
train_9883 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The majority of large-scale acquisition programs in the Department of Defense's (DOD) space portfolio have experienced problems during the past two decades that have driven up costs by billions of dollars, stretched schedules by years, and increased technical risks. To address the cost increases, DOD altered its acquis... | [
"A long-standing problem in DOD space acquisitions is that program and unit costs tend to go up significantly from initial cost estimates, while in some cases, the capability that was to be produced goes down. Figures 1 and 2 reflect differences in total program and unit costs for satellites from the time the progr... |
train_9884 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (ATP), focusing on: (1) its short-term results; and (2) NIST future plans for evaluating ATP. GAO found that as a result of ATP: (1) total U.S. research on advanced technologies for ... | [
"ATP was established by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-418). The program is intended to assist U.S. businesses in creating and applying the generic technology and research results necessary to (1) commercialize significant new scientific discoveries and technologies rapidly and (2) refi... |
train_9885 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Census Bureau is responsible for collecting and providing data about the people and economy of the United States. The bureau has long used some form of automation to tabulate the data it collects. Critical to the bureaus ability to perform these duties are its information systems and the protection of the informat... | [
"The Census Bureau’s mission is to collect and provide comprehensive data about the nation’s people and economy. Core activities include conducting decennial, economic, and government censuses; conducting demographic and economic surveys; managing international demographic and socioeconomic databases; providing tec... |
train_9886 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Unemployment Insurance (UI), established in 1935, is a complex system of 53 state programs that in fiscal year 2004 provided $41.3 billion in temporary cash benefits to 8.8 million eligible workers who had become unemployed through no fault of their own. Given the size of the UI program, its importance in helping worke... | [
"The UI program was established in 1935 and serves two primary objectives: (1) to temporarily replace a portion of earnings for workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own and (2) to help stabilize the economy during recessions by providing an infusion of consumer dollars into the economy. UI is mad... |
train_9887 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 2002, Congress has directed GAO to assess the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) annual fiscal year cost, schedule, testing, and performance progress in developing the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This year's report specifically assesses MDA's progress in (1) delivering missile defense assets as scheduled... | [
"MDA’s BMDS is being designed to counter ballistic missiles of all ranges— short, medium, intermediate, and long. Since ballistic missiles have different ranges, speeds, sizes, and performance characteristics, MDA is employing an integrated and layered architecture to provide multiple opportunities to destroy balli... |
train_9888 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congressional interest in the security of offshore energy infrastructure has increased because of the lives lost and the substantial damages that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon incident in April 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard--a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)--is the lead federal agency for mar... | [
"The nation’s economy and security are dependent, in part, on domestic offshore exploration and production of oil and natural gas. OCS facilities play a significant and growing role in domestic production. For example, oil production from offshore sources helped offset declines in land-based production in recent de... |
train_9889 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reported on the changes made to the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Summer Food Service Program, focusing on the: (1) effects these changes had on the number of sponsors and children participating in the program in 1997; and (2) potential effect of the reduced subsidies for t... | [
"The Summer Food Service Program is a federal entitlement program that provides funds for program sponsors to serve free, nutritious meals to low-income children when school is not in session. It is administered by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, which provides money to state agencies to operate the program and ... |
train_9890 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense (DOD) has spent an estimated $12 billion on the development and production of tactical radios over the last 5 years--about as much as was spent producing Virginia Class submarines ($10.8 billion) in the same period. Survivability and lethality in warfare are increasingly dependent on superior ... | [
"Survivability and lethality in warfare are increasingly dependent on smaller, highly mobile, joint forces that rely on superior information and communication capabilities. DOD’s existing tactical radio systems lack the functionality and flexibility necessary to achieve and maintain information superiority or to su... |
train_9891 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Longstanding problems in United Nations (UN) management underscore the pressing need to reform and modernize the United Nations in areas ranging from management, oversight, and accountability to operational activities in specific countries. The United States has strongly advocated the reform of UN management practices ... | [
"Although the UN has undergone various cycles of reform since its creation in 1945, UN member states continue to have concerns about inefficient UN management operations. In September 2005, world leaders gathered at the UN World Summit in New York to discuss a variety of issues of importance to the UN, including ma... |
train_9892 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense (DOD) and its military services are responsible for complying with a broad range of environmental laws and other requirements that apply to the lands they manage, including more than 425 major military installations covering about 25 million acres across the United States. Through its environm... | [
"DOD’s operations at military installations and other defense sites in the United States are subject to the same environmental laws and regulations, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, as is private industry. Additionally, DOD policy calls for its organizational components to achieve, maintain, and m... |
train_9893 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In July 2010, GAO reported on federal efforts to combat foreclosure rescue schemes--schemes that promise but do not deliver foreclosure prevention assistance. Subsequently, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act required GAO to study interagency efforts to crack down on these schemes. This report... | [
"The recent foreclosure crisis has resulted in significant opportunities for individuals and companies to take advantage of homeowners who are at serious risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. In 2010, we reported that national default and foreclosure rates rose sharply from 2005 through 2009 to the highest lev... |
train_9894 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2005, Americans will pay about $2.1 trillion in combined federal taxes, including income, payroll, and excise taxes, or about 16.8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, the amount of taxes paid does not reflect the total cost to taxpayers of the federal tax system. In addition to taxes paid, taxpayers al... | [
"The current tax system in the United States consists primarily of five types of taxes: (1) personal income taxes; (2) corporate income taxes; (3) social insurance taxes (employee and employer contributions for Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment compensation); (4) estate and gift taxes, and (5) a variety o... |
train_9895 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Army and Marine Corps use live and simulation-based training to meet training goals and objectives. Service officials have noted benefits from the use of simulation-based training--both in terms of training effectiveness and in cost savings or cost avoidance. A House report accompanying the bill for the National De... | [
"All Army and Marine Corps training —whether for individuals or units —is task-based, and each task has an associated set of conditions and standards. For example, the conditions may specify daytime or nighttime training, and the standard, a measure of a unit’s or individual’s proficiency in performing a task, coul... |
train_9896 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 has laid a foundation of results-oriented agency planning, measurement, and reporting in the federal government. Performance planning and measurement have slowly, yet increasingly, become a part of agencies' cultures. For planning and performance measurement to ... | [
"GPRA helped create a governmentwide focus on results by establishing a statutory framework for performance management and accountability, with the necessary infrastructure to generate meaningful performance information. GPRA introduced planning and reporting requirements that seek to shift the focus of federal man... |
train_9897 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | School vouchers, a school choice program designed to provide students with public funds to attend private schools, feature prominently in policy discussions about education reform. The OSP was reauthorized by Congress in 2011 by the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, and has garnered national attention as th... | [
"Congress passed the D.C. School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 in January 2004, which directed the Secretary of Education to award a grant on a competitive basis for up to 5 years to an entity or entities to use to make scholarship payments to parents of eligible students to be used for This Act private school tuiti... |
train_9898 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to identify and dispose of property that is excess to its needs, focusing on the: (1) criteria the Department uses to guide the identification and disposal of excess property; (2) extent to which the Department's property records... | [
"Although most of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) real and personal property is under the control of its contractors, several DOE offices have the responsibility for managing this property. Overall, the office of Field Management is responsible for real property management and field oversight, and the office of Pr... |
train_9899 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since its creation in 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been developing new information technology (IT) systems to perform both mission-critical and support functions; however, it has faced challenges in developing these systems. One way to manage the inherent risks of developing and acquiring systems... | [
"DHS’s mission is to lead the unified national effort to secure America by preventing and deterring terrorist attacks and protecting against and responding to threats and hazards to the nation. DHS is also responsible for ensuring that the nation’s borders are safe and secure, welcoming lawful immigrants and visito... |
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