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train_9900 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pension funding rules are intended to ensure that plans have sufficient assets to pay promised benefits to plan participants. However, recent terminations of large underfunded plans, along with continued widespread underfunding, suggest weaknesses in these rules that may threaten retirement incomes of these plans' part... | [
"In DB plans, formulas set by the employer determine employee benefits. DB plan formulas vary widely, but benefits are frequently based on participant pay and years of service, and typically paid upon retirement as a lifetime annuity, or periodic payments until death. Because DB plans promise to make payments in th... |
train_9901 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | FGM/C comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other harm to the female genitals for non-medical reasons. The rationale for FGM/C often includes cultural, religious, and social factors in families and communities. In the United States, women and girls believed ... | [
"FGM/C varies by the type of practice, by country, and by age. Women or girls at risk of or who have been subjected to FGM/C may enter the United States through a variety of immigration paths. Once in the United States, certain federal and state laws exist to penalize the practice of FGM/C. According to the World H... |
train_9902 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | For more than a decade, the Air Force focused its training on supporting operations in the Middle East. The Air Force has established goals for its combat aircrews to conduct training for the full range of core missions. Both the Senate and House Reports accompanying bills for the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization... | [
"The Secretary of the Air Force is responsible for recruiting, organizing, training, and equipping forces in order to meet the current and future operational requirements of DOD’s combatant commands. The Air Force is organized into 10 major commands that are assigned a major part of the Air Force mission. Numbered ... |
train_9903 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Public safety officials rely on thousands of separate radio systems to communicate during emergencies, which often lack interoperability, or the ability to communicate across agencies and jurisdictions. The 2012 act created FirstNet to establish a nationwide, interoperable, wireless broadband network for public safety ... | [
"The 2012 act established numerous responsibilities for FirstNet, most of which relate directly to developing the public safety network. For example, in establishing the network, FirstNet must issue open, transparent, and competitive Requests for Proposals (RFP) to private sector entities for the purpose of buildin... |
train_9904 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed maintenance depot closures and realignments, focusing on: (1) the reliability of the Department of Defense's (DOD) depot closure cost and savings estimates; (2) DOD efforts to provide employment and training opportunities at closing depots; (3) whether the military serv... | [
"The Department of Defense (DOD) annually spends $15 billion for depot maintenance work that involves the repair, overhaul, modification, and upgrading of aircraft, ships, tracked and wheeled vehicles, and other equipment. This work, which also includes limited parts manufacturing, technical support, testing, recla... |
train_9905 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | PPACA makes significant changes in the way health insurance in the United States is provided, including changes to private health insurance coverage. GAO was asked to examine the resources that CCIIO used and expects to use in implementing the private health insurance provisions of PPACA. GAO's objective was to identif... | [
"HHS is one of several federal agencies collectively responsible for implementing the provisions of PPACA related to private health insurance and health insurance exchanges. Within HHS, CMS is the primary component responsible for PPACA implementation. In 2011, CMS created CCIIO, one of six centers under CMS, to ov... |
train_9906 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed opportunities to improve the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) business operations, focusing on actions IRS needs to take to: (1) implement its business vision; (2) overcome management and technical weaknesses in its tax systems modernization (TSM) efforts; and (3) impro... | [
"To provide the requested overview of what we see as opportunities to improve IRS business operations, we synthesized several of our most recently issued products. These reports and testimony evaluate IRS’ performance in achieving major mission objectives to process returns more efficiently, improve service to taxp... |
train_9907 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2009 GAO conducted a study on the role of leverage in the recent financial crisis and federal oversight of leverage, as mandated by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. This testimony presents the results of that study, and discusses (1) how leveraging and deleveraging by financial institutions may have contrib... | [
"Many financial institutions use leverage to expand their ability to invest or trade in financial assets and to increase their return on equity. A firm can use leverage through a number of strategies, including by using debt to finance an asset or entering into derivatives. Greater financial leverage, as measured b... |
train_9908 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Army continues to transform units, known as Stryker brigades, into lighter, rapidly deployable, and more capable forces. Because Stryker brigades are an entirely new design, the fiscal year 2002 National Defense Authorization Act required the Army to conduct an evaluation of the design, to include deployment of the... | [
"The Army continues to transform its forces toward its goal to be more strategically responsive and to dominate across the full spectrum of military operations — from small-scale contingencies to a major theater war. The transformation efforts, which began in 1999, attempted to balance lethality, mobility, and surv... |
train_9909 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's (BART) plans to extend its transit system to the San Francisco International Airport, focusing on the: (1) actions the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) must take before agreeing to fund the project; (2) factors that could affect... | [
"The BART rail system covers over 70 miles and serves more than 70 million annual riders throughout four counties in the San Francisco Bay area. Dating back to the opening of the BART system in 1972, transportation planners envisioned a system that would bring travelers and airport employees into the San Francisco ... |
train_9910 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the efforts of the federal public health agencies to detect the spread of drug use in the United States and their ability to respond to potential drug crises, focusing on: (1) how the public health service agencies have detected and responded to the crack cocaine epidem... | [
"The rapid and widespread increase in the use of crack—a smokable form of cocaine—in the 1980s has frequently been referred to as a drug epidemic. To identify emerging drug use problems, researchers and government agencies look for changing patterns in drug use, some of which may signal the onset of an epidemic. Pr... |
train_9911 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) how the Small Business Administration (SBA) conducts on-site reviews to monitor participating lenders' compliance with its 7(a) loan program policies and procedures; and (2) what actions SBA is taking to comply with the preferred lender oversight provisions of the ... | [
"The 7(a) program is SBA’s largest lending program and its primary vehicle for providing small businesses with access to credit. The program is intended to serve small business borrowers who could not otherwise obtain credit under suitable terms and conditions from the private sector. Under the program, SBA provide... |
train_9912 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the executive branch's estimate of the cost of expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on: (1) the reasonableness of the study's key assumptions; (2) verifying the pricing of individual cost elements and identifying the basis for the pricing; (... | [
"NATO was established in 1949 to help provide for its members’ common defense. The key provision of the treaty in this regard is article V, which states that an attack on one member shall be considered an attack on all members. To meet its military objectives, NATO (1) developed standards to help ensure that its me... |
train_9913 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The way in which the Department of Defense (DOD) has historically acquired its business systems has been cited as a root cause for its limited success in delivering promised system capabilities and benefits on time and within budget. In response, DOD recently revised its systems acquisition policies and guidance to inc... | [
"Best practices are tried and proven methods, processes, techniques, and activities that organizations define and use to minimize risks and maximize chances for success. As we have previously reported, using best practices can result in better outcomes—including cost savings; improved service and product quality; a... |
train_9914 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct in women's prisons, focusing on the: (1) applicable laws, policies, and procedures for addressing such misconduct; and (2) number, nature, and outcome of allegations that have been made in recent years. GAO noted that: (1... | [
"Generally, “sexual misconduct by correctional staff” refers to any type of improper conduct of a sexual nature directed at prisoners. Given the near total control and power imbalance inherent in a prison environment, there is widespread consensus among correctional officials, advocacy groups, and others that sexua... |
train_9915 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the states' roles in promoting and implementing innovative methods of environmental regulation, focusing on: (1) a draft agreement between EPA and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) on environmental regulation; and (2) the findings of a GAO repor... | [
"Since the early 1970s, EPA’s organization and approach toward environmental regulation have mirrored the statutes that authorize the agency’s programs. These statutes generally assign pollution control responsibilities according to the regulated environmental medium (such as water or air) or the category of pollut... |
train_9916 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs, focusing on program weaknesses that impede the Social Security Administration (SSA) from identifying and expanding beneficiaries' return-to-work capabilities. G... | [
"Advances in technology and medicine and economic changes have created more potential for people with disabilities to engage in employment. Moreover, there has been a trend toward greater inclusion of and participation by people with disabilities in the mainstream of society. These changes have sparked an increased... |
train_9917 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2015, more than 4,000 people were killed in crashes involving large trucks. To identify carriers with the highest crash risk, FMCSA uses information from roadside inspections and crashes to rank each carrier's safety performance relative to other carriers in seven categories, including one on vehicle maintenance. So... | [
"The commercial motor-carrier industry is a vital part of the U.S. economy. As of December 2015, FMCSA estimated that there were 551,150 active carriers and approximately 6 million commercial drivers operating in the United States. The domestic commercial motor-carrier industry includes a range of businesses, inclu... |
train_9918 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Coast Guard estimates that there were more than 22 million small vessels operating in the United States in 2012. Terrorists, smugglers, and other criminals can use small vessels as platforms for their activities because small vessels are generally unregulated and largely anonymous. Law enforcement agencies face the... | [
"Larger vessels—such as cruise ships, container ships, and oil and natural gas tankers—can travel among small vessels that operate with little scrutiny or notice, and some of these larger vessels have suffered waterborne attacks overseas by terrorists or pirates who operated from small vessels. Although there have ... |
train_9919 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) acquisition and disposition of single-family properties. GAO found that: (1) HUD spent nearly $14 billion to acquire, manage, and dispose of nearly 200,000 single-family properties it sold during fis... | [
"The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) single-family mortgage insurance programs are intended to protect lenders from financial losses resulting from defaults on mortgage loans to home buyers. As part of this insurance protection, HUD acquires foreclosed properties from lenders and manages these p... |
train_9920 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Because of its interest in this area, Congress asked that we address the following questions: (1) To what extent have federal contractors violated federal environmental, labor and employment, antitrust, consumer protection, and tax laws (the areas of law specified in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule)? and ... | [
"Prior to January 2001, the FAR had not provided any elaboration on what it means for a prospective contractor to have “a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics.” The FAR simply restated the statutory language that a “responsible source” is one that has a “satisfactory record of integrity and business... |
train_9921 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the anomalous patterns of test rates among dialysis patients, focusing on: (1) the extent to which the rates for providing laboratory tests to Medicare patients varied among dialysis facilities; (2) the appropriateness of these rates; (3) reasons for the variation; and ... | [
"Medicare covers dialysis and related services for patients suffering from ESRD, the stage of kidney impairment that is considered irreversible and requires either regular dialysis or a kidney transplant to maintain life. Dialysis is the process of cleansing excess fluid and toxins from the blood of patients whose ... |
train_9922 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 1997, DOD has been required to prepare audited financial statements. However, long-standing and pervasive financial management weaknesses have precluded DOD from being auditable. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 mandated that DOD develop and maintain a plan that among other thing... | [
"Since 1997, DOD has been required to prepare annual audited department-wide financial statements. However, our prior work has shown that long-standing and pervasive financial management weaknesses have precluded DOD from being auditable. Specifically, GAO has reported that the efforts of DOD components to date to ... |
train_9923 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Census Bureau (Bureau) and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) collaborated on aspects of the 2010 Census and prior decennials, and those efforts generally went well in such areas as address list development. But both agencies face challenges: the Bureau needs to control the escalating cost of the decennial census and maint... | [
"The decennial census is a constitutionally mandated undertaking that is used, among other things, to apportion seats in Congress, redraw congressional districts, help annually allocate billions of dollars in federal aid to state and local governments, and inform investment decisions by the public and private secto... |
train_9924 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The nation's current air traffic control system is reaching its capacity limits as demand for air transportation grows. The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) represents a new system that will use state-of-the-art technologies and procedures. Transitioning to NextGen will require the Federal Aviation A... | [
"During the last few years, FAA has made significant progress in implementing businesslike processes and procedures for managing and acquiring air traffic control systems. This contrasts with the previous decade’s air traffic control modernization program which was characterized by chronic cost and schedule difficu... |
train_9925 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Three U.S. national strategies, developed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, directed U.S. law enforcement agencies (LEA) to focus on the prevention of terrorist attacks. The strategies called for LEAs to intensify their efforts to help foreign nations identify, disrupt, and prosecute terrorists. This testimony addresses... | [
"State, Justice, and DHS each include LEAs that operate from U.S. embassies. LEAs abroad work on a wide array of law enforcement issues, including those that cover criminal enterprises, drug cartels, visa and immigration fraud, financial crimes, criminal and terrorist threats against U.S. embassies and personnel, a... |
train_9926 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative, focusing on: (1) the number and cost of systems designated for migration, the number of legacy systems already terminated or scheduled for termination, and savings result... | [
"The Department of Defense (DOD) began its Corporate Information Management initiative (CIM) in October 1989 to help meet the challenge of effectively managing its diverse operations as it downsized its forces and activities. At the time, the Department believed that the thousands of systems and numerous administra... |
train_9927 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the safety and soundness of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank (NCB), focusing on whether NCB is: (1) fiscally sound; and (2) able to repay its debt to the Department of the Treasury. GAO found that: (1) NCB is a private, cooperatively-owned financial institution wi... | [
"NCB’s mission is to support eligible cooperatives with credit and technical assistance and encourage broad-based ownership, control, and participation in NCB. In general, cooperatives eligible for NCB loans and services are organizations operating on a cooperative, not-for-profit basis to produce or furnish goods,... |
train_9928 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | SSA administers DI and SSI, two disability programs that provided $189 billion in cash benefits to eligible adults and children in 2012. Both the numbers of DI and SSI recipients, as well as program costs, have grown in recent years and are poised to grow further in the future. Both the initial determination of an indi... | [
"SSA administers two disability programs that provide monthly cash benefits to eligible individuals: DI, enacted in 1956, and SSI, enacted in 1972. DI provides monthly cash benefits to eligible workers unable to work because of a long-term disability and who have paid into the Social Security Trust Fund, whereas SS... |
train_9929 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | DOD's space system acquisitions have experienced problems over the past several decades that have driven up costs by hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars, stretched schedules by years, and increased performance risks. DOD has recognized the need to change its approach to developing space systems and is attemp... | [
"The majority of major acquisition programs in DOD’s space portfolio have experienced problems during the past two decades that have driven up cost and schedules and increased technical risks. Several programs have been restructured by DOD in the face of delays and cost growth. At times, cost growth has come close ... |
train_9930 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The National Strategy for Homeland Security sets forth a plan to improve homeland security through the cooperation of federal, state, local, and private sector organizations on an array of functions. These functions are organized into the six distinct "critical mission areas" of (1) intelligence and warning, (2) border... | [
"The National Strategy for Homeland Security sets out a plan to improve homeland security through the cooperation and partnering of federal, state, local, and private sector organizations on an array of functions. The strategy organizes these functions into six critical mission areas: Intelligence and Warning invol... |
train_9931 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal agencies issue thousands of regulations annually to address such national goals as public health and safety. Retrospective analysis can help agencies evaluate how existing regulations work in practice. GAO was asked to provide insights on agencies' retrospective analyses. This report identifies for selected age... | [
"Regulations are the means by which agencies establish legally binding requirements, codified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Typically, regulations require a desired action or prohibit certain actions by regulated parties. The regulatory process is governed by statutes, executive orders, and agencies’ po... |
train_9932 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO updated its 1997 report on federal investment trends. GAO noted that: (1) the annual levels of investment spending for the period 1998 through 2002 in the President's 1999 budget is estimated to range from slightly more than $2 billion to almost $11 billion higher each year than... | [
"We previously reported that the current budget structure does not highlight, for decision-making purposes, the differences between spending for long-term investment and current consumption because it treats all expenditures the same. Nor does the current budget process encourage the Congress to make explicit decis... |
train_9933 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) fiscal year (FY) 1999 budget request, focusing on: (1) actions HUD has taken or plans to take to improve its budget estimates; (2) the reasonableness of HUD's estimate for Section 8 tenant-based assistance; (3) HUD's justification for its Section 8 p... | [
"Established in 1965, HUD is the principal federal agency responsible for programs in four areas—housing assistance, community development, housing finance, and regulatory issues related to areas such as lead-based paint abatement and fair housing. To carry out its many responsibilities, HUD was staffed by 9,885 em... |
train_9934 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In fiscal year 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) spent over $51 billion on the Medicare Advantage program, which serves as an alternative to the traditional fee-for-service program. Under the Medicare Advantage program, companies wishing to participate must annually submit bids (effective with co... | [
"The Medicare program has a long-standing history of offering its beneficiaries managed care coverage through private plans as an alternative to the traditional FFS program. In 1997, Congress passed the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which replaced an existing managed care program with the Medicare+Choice program in ... |
train_9935 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | IT systems are critical to FDA's ability to achieve its mission. GAO previously reported on limitations in a number of FDA's key IT areas, including data availability and quality, information infrastructure, the ability to use technology to improve regulatory effectiveness, and investment management. GAO recommended FD... | [
"Within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, FDA is responsible for the protection of public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and ensuring the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and pr... |
train_9936 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Increasing retirements and declining fertility rates, among other factors, could affect the labor force growth in many developed countries. To maintain the size and productivity of the labor force, many governments and employers have introduced strategies to keep workers, such as women and low-skilled workers, in the w... | [
"According to the Department of Labor, in 2005, about 60 percent of U.S. women age 16 and older were in the workforce, compared to 46 percent in 1975. Some U.S. employers offer alternative work arrangements to help workers manage both work and other life responsibilities. One type of alternative work arrangement al... |
train_9937 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Increasing the housing allowance should help satisfy servicemembers' demand for civilian housing. Of those servicemembers who receive an allowance or live in military housing, about 72 percent said that they would prefer civilian housing if the costs were the same, but only about two-thirds now live in civilian housing... | [
"Amid reports of low military morale, Congress has sought reliable information to assess the proposals proffered by DOD to improve the quality of life for military members, such as the proposal to increase housing allowances for military personnel. In 1999, we worked with DOD to design the Survey of Active Duty Per... |
train_9938 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Renewable energy projects can affect thousands of acres of federal land and involve significant infrastructure. BLM directs renewable energy developers to obtain bonds to cover the costs of returning the land to its pre-developed condition when the project terminates, a process called reclamation. Reclamation can cost ... | [
"As detailed in our report, in 2008, BLM issued a wind energy development policy that includes provisions for bonding wind energy projects on federal land. Among other things, the policy established a minimum bond amount of $2,000 per meteorological tower for site- specific and project area testing rights-of-way an... |
train_9939 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | A complete and accurate census is becoming an increasingly daunting task, in part because the nation's population is growing larger, more diverse, and more reluctant to participate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau). When the census misses a person who should have been included, it results in an undercount, ... | [
"Although the Bureau goes to great lengths to conduct an accurate count, some degree of coverage error in the form of persons missed or counted more than once is inevitable. Historically, undercounts have plagued the census, although Bureau efforts to evaluate count accuracy have indicated that undercounts have gen... |
train_9940 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided an overview of the U.S. agricultural research, education, and extension system, focusing on: (1) how well certain agricultural research users believe the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and land grant universities are meeting users' research needs and disseminating the... | [
"For over a century, productivity-enhancing agricultural research has been an important catalyst in creating a vigorous agricultural economy and a plentiful, low-cost supply of food and fiber. Together with extension and education, agricultural research has helped transform U.S. agriculture into a productive, techn... |
train_9941 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Recovery from major disasters is a complex undertaking that involves the combined efforts of federal, state, and local government in order to succeed. While the federal government provides a significant amount of financial and technical assistance for recovery, state and local jurisdictions work closely with federal ag... | [
"While the federal government provides significant financial assistance after major disasters, state and local governments play the lead role in disaster recovery. Experiences from past disasters can provide states and local communities with potential good practices to consider. These practices are creating a recov... |
train_9942 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To help defray the cost of prescription drugs for beneficiaries with limited means, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) included the low-income subsidy (LIS) in the Part D prescription drug insurance program. To qualify for the LIS, beneficiaries must be enrolled in a Part D... | [
"All Medicare beneficiaries who have either Part A or Part B coverage and reside in the United States (the 50 states and the District of Columbia) can obtain Part D coverage. Under Part D, both the beneficiary and the plan pay a portion of the cost of covered prescription drugs. In general, beneficiaries are respon... |
train_9943 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress created the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to assist taxpayers in resolving problems with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to propose changes to IRS's practices to mitigate problems affecting taxpayers in general. TAS uses case advocacy and systemic advocacy, respectively, to address these two goals. GA... | [
"TAS is an independent office within IRS created to assist taxpayers in resolving problems with IRS, identify areas in which taxpayers have problems in dealing with IRS, and propose administrative and legislative changes to mitigate such problems. TAS is the successor to the Problem Resolution Program (PRP) which I... |
train_9944 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the qualifications and experience of the Department of Defense's (DOD) financial management workforce, focusing on the Navy's and the Marine Corps' key financial managers. GAO noted that: (1) the four Navy financial management executives included in thi... | [
"The CFO Act of 1990 was enacted to address longstanding problems in financial management in the federal government. The act established CFO positions throughout the federal government and mandated that, within each of the largest federal departments and agencies, the CFO oversee all financial management activities... |
train_9945 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | For several years, the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Congress have encouraged the defense logistics support community to pursue partnerships with the private sector to combine the best commercial processes and practices with DOD's extensive maintenance capabilities. In January 2002, DOD issued policy encouraging ... | [
"DOD spends about $19 billion annually on depot maintenance, which includes repairing, rebuilding, and overhauling weapon systems such as ships, tanks, and aircraft. DOD estimates that approximately 53 percent of its fiscal year 2002 depot-level workload will be performed in DOD-owned facilities, and that the remai... |
train_9946 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | One of the primary functions of any security system is the control of people moving into or out of protected areas, such as physical buildings, information systems, and our national border. Technologies called biometrics can automate the identification of people by one or more of their distinct physical or behavioral c... | [
"When used for personal identification, biometric technologies measure and analyze human physiological and behavioral characteristics. Identifying a person’s physiological characteristics is based on direct measurement of a part of the body—fingertips, hand geometry, facial geometry, and eye retinas and irises. The... |
train_9947 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The federal government plans to spend more than $74 billion on IT investments in fiscal year 2013. Given the size of these investments and the criticality of many of them to the health, economy, and security of the nation, it is important that OMB and federal agencies provide appropriate oversight of and adequate trans... | [
"OMB assists the President in overseeing the preparation of the federal budget submission and supervising budget administration in executive branch agencies. In helping to formulate the President’s spending plans, OMB is responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures; asse... |
train_9948 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)the agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare programmore than 1.5 million health providers and suppliers of medical equipment were enrolled in the Medicare program in 2011, and 30,000 more enroll each m... | [
"Medicare comprises 12 percent of the federal budget and is the third largest federal program after defense and Social Security. For fiscal year 2011, HHS reported an estimate of almost $29 billion in Medicare FFS improper payments. Our Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government suggests that agencies... |
train_9949 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In March 2006, the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian) announced that it had entered into a 30-year contract with Showtime Networks Inc., (Showtime) to create a digital on-demand television channel. Members of Congress and other interested parties, particularly filmmakers, raised issues about the contract's potential... | [
"The Smithsonian is a unique entity possessing a dual nature, described by former Chief Justice Taft, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents in 1927, as a “private institution under the guardianship of the Government.” Initially established by Congress in 1846 to carry out the federal government’s trust responsibil... |
train_9950 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The finances of servicemembers and their families have been an ongoing concern of Congress and the Department of Defense (DOD), especially in light of more frequent deployments to support conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Adverse effects that may result when servicemembers experience financial problems include loss of... | [
"Because large numbers of Americans lack knowledge about basic personal economics and financial planning, U.S. policymakers and others have focused on financial literacy, i.e., the ability to make informed judgments and to take effective actions regarding the current and future use and management of money. While in... |
train_9951 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant demonstrated that unexpected nuclear accidents with extreme consequences can occur and, thus, heightened concerns about NRC's ability to oversee the safety of U.S. commercial nuclear power reactors. NRC oversees safety through multiple processes, such a... | [
"This background section describes NRC’s role and its processes for overseeing reactor safety, specifically the Reactor Oversight Process and the Traditional Enforcement Process. NRC is an independent agency of about 4,000 employees established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to license and regulate U.S. c... |
train_9952 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) is an Army business system that is intended to replace the aging Army systems that manage inventory and depot repair operations. Through 2009, the Army obligated more than $1 billion for LMP. LMP was originally scheduled to be completed by 2005, but after the first deployment i... | [
"In February 1998, the Army Materiel Command began an effort to replace its existing materiel management systems—the Commodity Command Standard System and the Standard Depot System—with LMP. The Army has used these existing systems for over 30 years to manage inventory and depot maintenance operations. LMP is inten... |
train_9953 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO provided information on blood plasma safety, focusing on: (1) comparing the risks of incorporating infected plasma from donations from volunteer donors with those from paid donors into the manufacturing process; (2) the impact on frequent and infrequent plasma users when pooling large numbers of plasma donations in... | [
"Plasma is the liquid portion of blood, containing nutrients, electrolytes (dissolved salts), gases, albumin, clotting factors, hormones, and wastes. Many different parts of plasma are used in treating the trauma of burns and surgery and for replacing blood elements that are lacking due to diseases such as hemophil... |
train_9954 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Funded at $8 billion to nearly $10 billion per year, the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) effort to develop and field a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) is the largest research and development program in the Department of Defense (DOD). The program has been managed in 2-year increments, known as blocks. Block 2006... | [
"Funded at $8 billion to nearly $10 billion annually, MDA’s BMDS is the largest research development program in DOD’s budget. Since the 1980s, DOD has spent more that $100 billion to develop and field the BMDS and it estimates that continued development and fielding will require an additional $50 billion between fi... |
train_9955 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed information concerning: (1) compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996's (FFMIA) requirements, including whether the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) agencies' financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting... | [
"The overall purpose of FFMIA is to ensure that agency financial management systems provide timely, uniform, reliable, and thus more useful financial information. With such information, government leaders will be better positioned to invest scarce resources, reduce costs, oversee programs, and hold agency managers ... |
train_9956 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In a May 2011 testimony before this subcommittee (GAO-11-572T), based on a March 2011 report (GAO-11-250), GAO highlighted challenges for the Federal Recovery Coordination Program (FRCP), developed by the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to assist some of the most severely wounded, ill, and injure... | [
"The FRCP was jointly developed by DOD and VA following critical media reports of deficiencies in the provision and coordination of outpatient services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It was established to assist severely wounded, ill, and injured Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OI... |
train_9957 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Health savings accounts (HSA) and the high-deductible health insurance plans that are eligible to be coupled with them are a new type of consumer-directed health plan attracting interest among employers and consumers. Employers and plan enrollees may contribute to tax-advantaged HSAs, and enrollees can use the accounts... | [
"The majority of Americans receive their health coverage through the private health insurance market. In 2004, as many as 177 million enrollees and dependents—up to 84 percent—of the nearly 210 million individuals under age 65 with health insurance coverage received coverage through the private health insurance mar... |
train_9958 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | DOD is expected to play a prominent role supporting civil authorities in a CBRN incident. By 2012, DOD had established the HRF, comprising 10 geographically dispersed National Guard forces. Each of the 10 HRFs consists of 583 authorized Army National Guard and Air National Guard personnel who, as part of the HRF, are t... | [
"The National Response Framework establishes the principles that guide all response partners, including federal, state, local, private, and other entities, in preparing for and providing a unified national response to disasters—including those involving CBRNE materials. Under this framework, disaster response is ti... |
train_9959 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Facilities that produce, store, or use hazardous chemicals could be of interest to terrorists intent on using toxic chemicals to inflict mass casualties in the United States. As required by statute, DHS issued regulations that establish standards for the security of high-risk chemical facilities. DHS established the CF... | [
"The CFATS program is intended to secure the nation’s chemical infrastructure by identifying and protecting high-risk chemical facilities. Section 550 of the DHS appropriations act for fiscal year 2007 requires DHS to issue regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for the security of facilities tha... |
train_9960 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The appraisal and mortgage lending industry has changed dramatically since the passage of Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989. Some have concluded that the problems Title XI was intended to address--the risk to the federal deposit insurance funds and the lack of uniform ... | [
"An appraisal is an opinion of the value of a property as of a specific date. Appraisers generally consider a property’s value from three points of view—cost, income, and comparable sales—and determine an estimated value based upon weighing the three valuation methods. The comparable sales approach, which compares ... |
train_9961 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Public transportation in rural areas can be critical to connecting people to jobs, shopping, and health services. FTA awarded approximately $600 million in grants in both fiscal year 2013 and 2014 to support rural transit, including tribal transit. The current surface transportation authorization, enacted in 2012, incr... | [
"Rural and tribal transit agencies are diverse and may operate only one or two vehicles, a few dozen, or, for a few agencies, fleets with hundreds of vehicles. Transit systems in rural areas may cover large areas with low population densities, which means that trips may be long, and that there may be only a few rid... |
train_9962 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In the face of increasing budgetary pressures, it is important that DOD continue to find ways to manage its portfolio of major defense acquisition programs (MDAP) more efficiently. In 2008, GAO concluded that program cancellations can be a valuable portfolio management tool, and found that DOD can take various steps to... | [
"DOD weapon programs range from highly complex and sophisticated aircraft, missile interceptors, submarines, and space-based sensors, to new communication and ground control systems that support and interconnect this equipment, to smaller, less complex systems that support the warfighter. Increasingly, individual w... |
train_9963 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Marriage has historically helped protect the financial health of couples and surviving spouses in old age. Based on their marriage, and independent of their own work history, spouses may receive retirement and survivor income through Social Security and some employer-sponsored pension plans. Many of the federal require... | [
"A number of financial benefits associated with the institution of marriage relate to the ability of a couple to pool resources, specialize, and share risk. Specifically, married people can pool resources and share costs of household goods and services, which reduces the overall cost of items that do not need to be... |
train_9964 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The ability to produce the data needed to efficiently and effectively manage the day-to-day operations of the federal government and provide accountability to taxpayers has been a long-standing challenge to most federal agencies. To help address this challenge, the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (... | [
"FFMIA and other financial management reform legislation have emphasized the importance of improving financial management across the federal government. The primary purpose of FFMIA is to ensure that agency financial management systems routinely generate timely, accurate, and useful information. With such informati... |
train_9965 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Over the last decade, Internet-based platforms have emerged that allow individuals to lend money to other individuals in what has become known as person-to-person lending. These online platforms present a new source of credit for borrowers and a potential investment opportunity for those with capital to lend. Both for-... | [
"Ensuring adequate consumer protections is one of the broad goals of the financial regulatory system in the United States, together with ensuring the integrity and fairness of markets, monitoring the safety and soundness of institutions, and acting to ensure the stability of the financial system. U.S. regulators ta... |
train_9966 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since the 1980s, the V-22, developed to transport combat troops, supplies, and equipment for the U.S. Marine Corps and to support other services' operations, has experienced several fatal crashes, demonstrated various deficiencies, and faced virtual cancellation--much of which it has overcome. Although until recently d... | [
"The V-22 Osprey is a tilt-rotor aircraft—one that operates as a helicopter for takeoffs and landings and, once airborne, converts to a turboprop aircraft—developed to fulfill medium-lift operations such as transporting combat troops, supplies, and equipment for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force special ope... |
train_9967 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) oversight of the clinical trials it sponsors, focusing on NIH internal controls to prevent misuse of federal funds and safeguard the integrity of clinical trial data. GAO found that: (1) individual NIH institutes and grantee ins... | [
"NIH is a Public Health Service (PHS) agency within HHS. It consists of a director’s office and 14 staff offices that oversee the operations of 24 separate units. These units include 17 institutes, each focused on specific health or medical issues, such as cancer or aging; six research centers; and the National Lib... |
train_9968 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To achieve efficiencies and respond to procurement reforms, agencies have consolidated their procurement contracts--that is, combined existing smaller contracts into fewer larger contracts. To ensure contract bundling--a subset of contract consolidation--does not unfairly disadvantage small businesses, the President ta... | [
"Over the last decade, changes in procurement practices, acquisition workforce reductions, and legislative changes have challenged agencies to create efficiencies in their acquisition processes. By consolidating contracts—that is, combining existing requirements into fewer contracts— agencies can streamline the pro... |
train_9969 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed states' implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, focusing on: (1) states' efforts to require and encourage welfare recipients and potential recipients to assume greater personal responsibility; (2) how states are providing servic... | [
"The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (P.L. 104-193), enacted in August 1996, replaced AFDC with a block grant to the states, entitled Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. As specified in the law, the objectives of TANF are to provide assistance to needy families so that children ... |
train_9970 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Some workers do not receive worker protections to which they are entitled because employers misclassify them as independent contractors when they should be classified as employees. Key worker protections include minimum hourly wage and overtime pay and access to unemployment insurance. The Department of Labor (DOL) enf... | [
"The term “contingent work” can be defined in many ways to refer to a variety of nonstandard work arrangements. Broadly defined, “contingent work” refers to work arrangements that are not long-term, year-round, full- time employment with a single employer. For example, an employer may hire workers when there is an ... |
train_9971 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Rebuilding Iraq is a U.S. national security priority. Billions of dollars are needed for Iraq's reconstruction. The U.S. government and the international community have undertaken important efforts to recover the assets of the former regime and return them to the Iraqi people. In this testimony, GAO will present its pr... | [
"In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and the United Nations imposed sanctions against the regime. Security Council Resolution 661 of 1990, prohibited all nations from buying Iraqi oil and selling Iraq any commodities except food or medicines. The resolution also required member states to block the transfer of Iraq... |
train_9972 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 1977, the U.S. has entered into bilateral social security totalization agreements with 20 foreign countries. In fiscal year 2004, the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid approximately $206 million to 102,000 beneficiaries in these countries based on their eligible periods of coverage. If put into force, pen... | [
"SSA administers the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) programs under Title II of the Social Security Act. About 96 percent of the nation’s work force is in social security-covered employment and pays taxes on annual earnings. When workers pay social security taxes, they earn coverage credits, an... |
train_9973 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress and the administration continue to express interest in reforming the U.S. corporate income tax and the rate at which U.S. corporations' income is taxed. Currently, the top statutory corporate income tax rate is 35 percent. GAO's 2013 report on corporate ETRs found that in tax year 2010, whether for all large c... | [
"The base of the federal corporate income tax includes net income from business operations (receipts, minus the costs of purchased goods, labor, interest, and other expenses). It also includes net income that corporations earn in the form of interest, dividends, rent, royalties, and realized capital gains. The stat... |
train_9974 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The proliferation of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) has been of growing concern to the United States and other governments. The United States is pursuing a wide variety of activities internationally and domestically to address this threat. GAO was asked to assess efforts by (1) the State Department to contr... | [
"MANPADS are portable short-range surface-to-air missile systems designed for use by one or two soldiers to attack fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters during wartime. Basic components include the launch tube and missile, gripstock (launcher or firing mechanism), and thermal battery. See figure 1 for an illustration... |
train_9975 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Following sweeping changes made to federal welfare policy in 1996 with the creation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the number of needy families who received cash assistance fell by more than half to 1.7 million in 2008. Poverty among children also fell from about 21 percent in 1995 to ab... | [
"The TANF program represented a significant departure from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the federal welfare program it replaced—in program goals, funding structure, and program requirements. Under the TANF block grant program, created by PRWORA and reauthorized in 2006, states receive federal fun... |
train_9976 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | From October 2012 to September 2016, State evacuated overseas post staff and family members from 23 overseas posts in response to various threats, such as terrorism, civil unrest, and natural disasters. Overseas posts undergoing evacuations generally experience authorized departure or ordered departure of specific post... | [
"Overseas posts that undergo evacuations in response to threats to post staff, family members, or facilities generally experience phased changes to their operational status, such as an authorized or ordered departure, potentially leading to suspended operations. Under an authorized departure, specific overseas post... |
train_9977 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy, were the second Olympic Games to take place overseas since September 11, 2001. The United States worked with Italy to ensure the security of U.S. citizens, and it expects to continue such support for future Games, including the 2008 Games in Beijing, China. GAO was asked to (1) di... | [
"Since the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924, the event has grown from 258 athletes representing 16 countries to, in the case of the 2006 Turin Olympics, approximately 5,000 athletes and coaches from 85 countries. In addition, an estimated 1.5 million spectators and 10,000 media personnel attended the 2006 Winter ... |
train_9978 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This testimony discusses the findings from our recent work on federal employment and training programs and our prior work on the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). GAO has recently identified 47 federally-funded employment and training programs for fiscal year 2009, defining them as programs that are specifically ... | [
"Congress passed WIA partly in response to concerns about fragmentation and inefficiencies in federal employment and training programs. WIA authorized several employment and training programs—including Job Corps and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans—as well as the Adult E... |
train_9979 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | DOD emphasizes the need for joint training to prepare U.S. forces to conduct joint operations in urban terrain. It defines joint training as exercises involving the interaction of joint forces and/or joint staffs under a joint headquarters. To guide the services' plans to train forces for urban operations and construct... | [
"Half the world’s population lives in urban areas, and the trend towards global urbanization is continuing. Within the last 40 years, the United States military has conducted urban operations in locations such as Saigon, Hue, Beirut, Panama City, Kuwait City, Mogadishu, and the villages of the Balkans. Recent opera... |
train_9980 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Afghan government, the United States, and other donors consider road reconstruction a top development priority for Afghanistan. Almost 20 percent of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) $5.9 billion in assistance to Afghanistan has been for roads. The Department of Defense (Defense) has committed... | [
"In 2001, when the United States and its allies removed the Taliban regime, Afghanistan was in economic crisis. The nation’s roads had deteriorated, limiting economic growth and access to resources and services for its citizens. The Afghan government has recognized that improving the country’s roads is an important... |
train_9981 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to spend over $27 billion acquiring launch services through the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program over the next 12 years. The EELV program uses two families of commercially owned and operated vehicles to launch satellites. Partly because the commercial space market d... | [
"DOD initiated the EELV program in 1995 to develop a new generation of launch vehicles. The EELV program— designed to provide assured, affordable access to space for government satellites—consists of two families of commercially owned and operated launch vehicles, the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles. It also i... |
train_9982 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Unemployment Insurance (UI) has been a key component in ensuring the financial security of America's workforce for over 70 years. In fiscal year 2004, UI covered about 129 million wage and salary workers and paid about $41 billion in benefits to nearly 9 million workers. With unemployed workers at a greater risk of lon... | [
"The UI program was established by Title III of the Social Security Act in 1935 and is a key component in ensuring the financial security of America’s workforce. The program serves two primary objectives: (1) to temporarily replace a portion of earnings for workers who become unemployed through no fault of their ow... |
train_9983 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO previously reported that the U.S. Customs Service Office of Regulations and Rulings (OR&R) headquarters was not timely in issuing most of its prospective rulings, which establish the duties importers pay on imported goods. The Trade Act of 2002 required GAO to determine whether OR&R has improved the timeliness of i... | [
"Customs enforces the nation’s trade laws and policies, including collecting duties on imported merchandise. OR&R plays an important role in carrying out Customs’ trade mission by (1) drafting regulations implementing U.S. trade laws; (2) issuing rulings on the proper classification, valuation, marking, and entry o... |
train_9984 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To reduce the threat to federal systems and operations posed by cyber attacks on the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) launched, in November 2007, the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) initiative, and later, in 2008, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) National Cybersecurity Protection S... | [
"As computer technology has advanced, federal agencies have become dependent on computerized information systems to carry out their operations and to process, maintain, and report essential information. Virtually all federal operations are supported by computer systems and electronic data, and agencies would find i... |
train_9985 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO reviewed conflicts of interest in the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) farm loan program, focusing on the: (1) number of FSA's federal and nonfederal employees and county committee members who have FSA farm loans; (2) comparative size and repayment history of farm loans to FSA's federal employees, FSA's nonfederal emplo... | [
"FSA provides credit assistance through direct loans funded by the federal government and through guaranteed loans, which are made by commercial lenders to farmers and generally guaranteed by the government for up to 90 percent of the face value of the loan. FSA offers several types of loans, such as farm operating... |
train_9986 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Eighty-eight percent of children nationwide have private or public health insurance that, to varying degrees, covers mental health services, including those that may be needed to help children recover from traumatic events, such as natural disasters, school shootings, or family violence. Despite the widespread prevalen... | [
"Many children across the country have been victims of, or witnesses to, violence in their homes, schools, or communities. In 1999, according to the most recent edition of a joint Justice and Education report, students aged 12 through 18 were victims of about 186,000 violent crimes at school and about 476,000 viole... |
train_9987 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Military lands provide habitat for more than 300 species that must be protected under the Endangered Species Act and many other species that may become endangered. In some cases, military installations provide some of the finest remaining habitat for these species. However, Department of Defense (DOD) officials stated ... | [
"DOD and other federal land management agencies—including the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture—manage millions of acres of land that provide habitat for hundreds of endangered species. Each of these federal agencies have specific land-use responsibilities that have to be executed while at the same time c... |
train_9988 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2011, 5.3 million vehicle crashes in the United States resulted in more than 2.2 million injuries and about 32,000 fatalities. While improvements in automobile safety have reduced the number of fatalities in recent decades, DOT has worked with the automobile industry to develop V2V technologies, through which vehicl... | [
"Although there were about 32,000 motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States in 2011, the number has generally declined in recent years. According to NHTSA, the rate of 1.10 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2011 represented an all-time low and was 28 percent lower than the rate of 1.5... |
train_9989 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 1990, GAO has designated the Department of Defense's (DOD) management of its major weapon acquisitions as a high-risk area; however DOD's problems delivering weapon systems on time, at the estimated cost, in the planned amounts, and with the promised performance go back decades. Congress and DOD have continually ... | [
"There can be little doubt that we can—and must—get better outcomes from our weapon system investments. As can be seen in table 1 below, cost growth and schedule delays in DOD’s portfolio of weapon systems have been significant. Since 2003, DOD’s portfolio of major defense acquisition programs has grown from 77 to ... |
train_9990 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that poor nutrition and lack of physical activity are catching up to tobacco use as the leading cause of death in the United States. In addition to having negative health outcomes, children with poor nutrition may have a harder time succeeding in school t... | [
"Efforts to educate individuals about the benefits of healthy eating and nutrition occur at the federal, state, and local levels through a variety of different agencies and programs. However, the USDA leads the nation’s nutrition education efforts, providing nutrition education through the EFNEP program and through... |
train_9991 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed its work on concessions issues, concession reform, and the National Park Service's (NPS) use of concessioner special accounts. GAO noted that: (1) in 1994, there were 11,000 concession agreements throughout the federal government; (2) the agreements generated over $2.2 billion in revenue for concessioners... | [
"Our work has shown that concession activities on federal lands are a large industry that generates billions of dollars. In April 1996, we issued a report on governmentwide concessions activities. Unlike our past work, which examined concession activities within the six land management agencies, this report reviewe... |
train_9992 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States depends on avast network of pipelines to transport energy. GAO was asked to review the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) efforts to help ensure pipeline security. This report addresses the extent to which TSA's Pipeline Security Division (PSD) has (1) assessed risk and prioritized efforts... | [
"More than 2.4 million miles of hazardous liquid and natural gas pipeline— primarily buried underground in the continental United States—run under remote and open terrain as well as densely populated areas. These pipelines are comprised of three main types: Hazardous liquid: About 170,000 miles of hazardous liquid ... |
train_9993 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO was asked to testify on the effectiveness of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) postmarket decision-making process. This testimony is based on Drug Safety: Improvement Needed in FDA's Postmarket Decision-making and Oversight Process, GAO-06-402 (March 31, 2006). The report focused on the complex interaction b... | [
"Because no drug is absolutely safe, FDA approves a drug for marketing when the agency judges that its known benefits outweigh its known risks. After a drug is on the market, FDA continues to assess its risks and benefits. FDA reviews reports of adverse drug reactions (adverse events) related to the drug and inform... |
train_9994 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States maintains 100,000 military personnel in Europe to provide rapid response in the event of a military crisis and help shape the international environment. These forward-deployed forces and equipment also facilitate the movement of U.S. forces to an area of operations. DOD has not quantified the impact o... | [
"The Department of Defense defines overseas presence as the right mix of permanently stationed forces, rotationally deployed forces, temporarily deployed forces, and infrastructure required to conduct the full range of military operations. Historically, these forces have been concentrated in three regions—Asia-Paci... |
train_9995 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO examined the environmental cleanup costs of ongoing operations of the Department of Defense (DOD). These include general property, plant, and equipment facilities or other assets that are being operated or are in use at DOD installations. GAO found that DOD has not developed policies, procedures, and methodologies ... | [
"DOD is subject to various environmental laws and regulations that govern restoration (cleanup) of contamination from past operations and control of hazardous waste related to active facilities (ongoing operations). DOD must also follow federal accounting standards and its own Financial Management Regulation (FMR) ... |
train_9996 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were a dramatic reminder of the importance of cultivating a better understanding of the United States and our policies with overseas audiences. U.S. public diplomacy activities include the efforts of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all nonmilitary U.S. in... | [
"The Broadcasting Board of Governors oversees the efforts of all nonmilitary international broadcasting, which reaches an estimated audience of more than 100 million people each week in more than 125 markets worldwide. The Board manages the operations of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), VOA, the Middle ... |
train_9997 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | DOD uses both military depots and contractors to maintain many complex weapon systems and equipment. Recognizing the key role of the depots and the risk of overreliance on contractors, Section 2464 of Title 10 of the U.S. Code requires DOD to maintain a core maintenance capability—a government-owned and operated combin... | [
"DOD Instruction 4151.20 requires the armed services to apply a process to determine their core capability requirements—that is, to identify what core capabilities are required and what workload would be necessary to enable them to sustain these core capabilities at the depots. DOD Instruction 4151.20 describes a s... |
train_9998 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Some states have taken advantage of the flexibility that Congress built into the Medicaid program by devising schemes that inappropriately boost the federal share of program expenditures. These schemes were adding billions of dollars a year to federal Medicaid costs without the states paying their statutorily specified... | [
"The Congress has structured Medicaid as a federal-state partnership that provides federal matching funds for covered state expenditures and, within broad federal guidelines, gives states considerable flexibility in deciding what medical services to cover and how much to reimburse medical providers. At the federal ... |
train_9999 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the management of the Exxon Valdez settlement funds, focusing on: (1) how much Exxon had paid, to whom the funds had been disbursed, and how the money had been used; (2) whether the Trustee Council has funded activities that may not be consistent with the agreement and ... | [
"The March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound was the largest oil spill in U.S. history, contaminating about 1,500 miles of Alaska’s coastline. A map depicting the area affected is included as appendix I. Under a civil settlement agreement approved in the U.S. District Court for the D... |
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