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train_300 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The CARE Act, a federal effort to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic, is administered by HHS. The Act uses formulas based upon a grantee's number of AIDS cases to distribute funds to eligible metropolitan areas (EMA), states, and territories. The use of AIDS cases was prescribed because most jurisdictions tracked and report... | [
"The CARE Act was enacted in 1990 to respond to the needs of individuals and families living with HIV or AIDS and to direct federal funding to areas disproportionately affected by the epidemic. The Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 and the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000 modified the original funding fo... |
train_301 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In response to the global spread of emerging infectious diseases and the threat of bioterrorism, high-containment biosafety laboratories (BSL)--specifically biosafety level (BSL)-3 and BSL-4--have been proliferating in the United States. These labs--classified by the type of agents used and the risk posed to personnel,... | [
"Since September 11, 2001, there has been an increase in the funding for research in biomedicine. This increase is intended to develop effective medical countermeasures, against emerging infectious diseases and biological agents, which can only be performed safely in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs. A large part of this fundi... |
train_302 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 1981, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been working to modernize its aging air traffic control (ATC) system. Individual projects have suffered cost increases, schedule delays, and performance shortfalls of large proportions, leading GAO to designate the program a high-risk information technology init... | [
"The primary mission of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to provide a safe, secure, and efficient global aerospace system that contributes to national security and the promotion of U.S. aerospace safety. FAA’s ability to fulfill this mission depends on the adequacy and reliability of the nation’s air tr... |
train_303 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) tax filing season performance is a key indicator of how well IRS serves taxpayers. This year's filing season was expected to be risky because of tax system changes, including the telephone excise tax refund (TETR) which can be requested by all individuals and entities that paid the ... | [
"IRS’s key filing season efforts are processing electronic and paper individual income tax returns and issuing refunds, as well as providing assistance or services to taxpayers. As already noted, processing and assistance were complicated this year by three tax system changes: TETR, the split refund option, and ena... |
train_304 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | NNSA has primary responsibility for ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of the nations nuclear weapons stockpile. NNSA carries out these activities at three national labs, four production sites, and one test sitecollectively known as the nuclear security enterprise. Contractors operate these sites under ma... | [
"To ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, NNSA relies on contractors who manage and operate government-owned laboratories, production plants, and a test site. NNSA’s eight enterprise sites each perform a different function, all collectively working toward fulfilling... |
train_305 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | For the military to operate in environments contaminated by chemical and biological warfare agents, the Department of Defense (DOD) has developed collective protection equipment to provide a protected environment for group activities. GAO previously reported persistent problems in providing collective protection for U.... | [
"DOD’s program to provide collective protection is managed by the Joint Project Manager for Collective Protection under the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO). The JPEO has overall responsibility for research, development, acquisition, fielding, and other aspects of support fo... |
train_306 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the CO-OP program and provided loans that helped create 23 CO-OPs to offer qualified health plans to individuals and small employers. While the program seeks to increase competition and improve accountability to members, questions have arisen about their long-t... | [
"PPACA established certain conditions governing participation in the CO-OP program. Specifically, PPACA defines a CO-OP as a health insurance issuer organized under state law as a nonprofit, member corporation of which the activities substantially consist of the issuance of qualified health plans in the individual ... |
train_307 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | About a million military servicemembers serve the United States while raising a family, and many need reliable, affordable child care. Paying for high-quality child care can be challenging for these families, so the Department of Defense (DOD) offsets costs by subsidizing on-installation child care centers and offering... | [
"DOD has provided subsidized child care to military members and civilian military employees for decades. Today, DOD-subsidized child care is widely considered to be a high-quality model for the nation. A recent DOD report said that the Military Child Care Act of 1989, which created DOD’s current child care structur... |
train_308 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the disclosure practices and safeguards employed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other federal, state, and local agencies to protect taxpayer information, focusing on: (1) which federal, state, and local agencies receive taxpayer information from IRS; (2) what... | [
"IRS began exchanging federal taxpayer data with state tax administration agencies in the 1920s, but it was not until the Tax Reform Act of 1976 that Congress declared federal tax returns and return information to be confidential. The Tax Reform Act specified IRS’ responsibilities for safeguarding taxpayer informat... |
train_309 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The federal government has been pursuing electronic initiatives to strengthen its buying processes, reduce costs, and create a competitive "virtual" marketplace. Small businesses, however, may have difficulty participating in federal on-line procurement programs. Furthermore, the government's business outreach and educ... | [
"Although it is still a small part of the U.S. economy, electronic commerce is growing rapidly. For example, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, retail electronic commerce dollar volume, though less than 1 percent of overall U.S. retail sales, increased in all but two of the last six quarters.Moreover, while preci... |
train_310 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed how the Army determines its support force requirements, and the results of its most recent process for allocating support forces, known as Total Army Analysis (TAA) 2003. GAO found that: (1) it does not appear feasible to have a smaller active Army support force at th... | [
"The Army has completed its drawdown of active forces in accordance with the Bottom-Up Review (BUR) force structure and defense guidance calling for a force of 495,000. To ensure that the Army will be able to maintain the minimum strength necessary to successfully respond to two nearly simultaneous major regional c... |
train_311 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The deaths of two Job Corps students in 2015 raised concerns about the safety and security of students in this program. The Job Corps program serves approximately 50,000 students each year at 125 centers nationwide. Multiple DOL Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits have found deficiencies in the Office of Job Corps... | [
"To be eligible for the Job Corps program, an individual must generally be 16 to 24 years old at the time of enrollment; be low income; and have an additional barrier to education and employment, such as being homeless, a school dropout, or in foster care. Once enrolled in the program, youth are assigned to a speci... |
train_312 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress in implementing performance-based contracting at its national laboratories, focusing on: (1) the status of performance-based contracting in DOE's national laboratory contracts; and (2) DOE's efforts to determine the impact of pe... | [
"DOE manages the largest laboratory system of its kind in the world. Since the early days of the World War II Manhattan Project, DOE’s laboratories have played a major role in maintaining U.S. leadership in research and development. DOE is responsible for ensuring that the laboratory system—with 22 laboratories in ... |
train_313 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the implications of parental substance abuse for children and the child welfare system, and permanency planning for foster care cases involving parental substance abuse, focusing on reviews of the substance abuse histories and drug treatment experiences of parents, as ... | [
"The child welfare system encompasses a broad range of activities, including child protective services (CPS), which investigates reports of child abuse services to support and preserve families; and foster care for children who cannot live safely at home. maintenance expenses of foster care was estimated at about $... |
train_314 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the reliability of the Department of Defense's (DOD) reported costs for contingency operations, focusing on the: (1) accuracy of reported incremental costs; and (2) adequacy of DOD guidance and accounting systems to ensure accurate cost reporting. GAO found that: (1) DO... | [
"The United States has participated in a number of contingency operations since the end of the Persian Gulf War. The Department of Defense (DOD) describes contingency operations as military operations that go beyond the routine deployment or stationing of U.S. forces abroad but fall short of large-scale theater war... |
train_315 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | As the export credit agency of the United States, Ex-Im helps U.S. firms export goods and services by providing financing assistance, including direct loans, loan guarantees, and insurance. Following the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis, Ex-Im's authorizations and financial exposure both increased rapidly. To strengthen E... | [
"Ex-Im is an independent agency operating under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended. Its mission is to support the export of U.S. goods and services, thereby supporting U.S. jobs. Ex-Im’s charter states that it should not compete with the private sector. Rather, Ex-Im’s role is to assume the credit and o... |
train_316 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2001, the Department of Defense (DOD) identified performance based logistics (PBL) as the preferred weapon system support strategy. Within DOD, PBL is the purchase of performance outcomes, such as system availability, rather than the purchase of individual elements of logistics support--such as parts, repairs, and e... | [
"PBL is a method of providing support for weapon systems by designating what system performance is required, such as a given level of system availability, and placing the responsibility for how it is accomplished on the support provider, which manages resources to achieve performance objectives. Logistics support f... |
train_317 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Each year, millions of visitors, foreign students, and immigrants come to the United States. Visitors may enter on a legal temporary basis--that is, with an authorized period of admission that expires on a specific date--either (1) with temporary visas (generally for tourism,business,or work) or, in some cases (2) as t... | [
"Each year, millions of visitors, foreign students, and immigrants come to the United States. Visitors may enter on a legal temporary basis—that is, with an authorized period of admission that expires on a specific date— either with temporary visas (generally for tourism, business, or work) issued by the Department... |
train_318 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a program to give physicians confidential feedback on the Medicare resources used to provide care to Medicare beneficiaries. GAO was asked to evaluate the per capita methodology for profiling ... | [
"We, MedPAC, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have all suggested that CMS profile physician resource use and provide feedback to physicians as a step toward improving the efficiency of care financed by Medicare. In July 2008, Congress passed MIPPA, which directed the Secretary of HHS to establish a program... |
train_319 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Low recycling rates for used televisions, computers, and other electronics result in the loss of valuable resources, and electronic waste exports risk harming human health and the environment in countries that lack safe recycling and disposal capacity. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates the management ... | [
"The management of used electronics presents a number of environmental and health concerns. EPA estimates that only 15 to 20 percent of used electronics (by weight) are collected for reuse and recycling, and that the remainder of collected materials is primarily sent to U.S. landfills. While a survey conducted by t... |
train_320 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided a descriptive overview of the federal budget account structure. GAO found that: (1) federal budget accounts are a product of the needs and goals of many users and address many different roles; (2) the present budget account structure was not created as a single integrat... | [
"Federal budget accounts are a product of the needs and goals of many users and reflect the many roles which they have been asked to address. The present budget account “structure” was not created as a single integrated framework but rather developed, for the most part, as separate budget accounts over time to resp... |
train_321 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | We are pleased to appear before the Congress today in support of the fiscal year 2007 budget request for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). This request will help us continue our support of the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and will help improve the performance and ensure the acc... | [
"Our fiscal year 2007 budget request will provide us the resources necessary to achieve our performance goals in support of the Congress and the American people. This request will allow GAO to improve productivity and maintain progress in technology and other transformation areas. We continue to streamline GAO, mod... |
train_322 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The government's interest in using technology to detect terrorism and other threats has led to increased use of data mining. A technique for extracting useful information from large volumes of data, data mining offers potential benefits but also raises privacy concerns when the data include personal information. GAO wa... | [
"As defined in a report that we issued in May 2004, data mining is the application of database technology and techniques—such as statistical analysis and modeling—to uncover hidden patterns and subtle relationships in data and to infer rules that allow for the prediction of future results. This definition is based ... |
train_323 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | With the nation facing fiscal challenges and the potential for tighter defense budgets, Congress and the Department of Defense (DOD) have placed more attention on controlling the billions of dollars spent annually on weapon system operating and support (O&S) costs. These costs include, costs for repair parts, maintenan... | [
"Requirements for submitting SARs to Congress, including the timing of these reports and the types of information to be included, are established in statute. Under 10 U.S.C. § 2432, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress at the end of each fiscal-year quarter a report on current major defense acquisition... |
train_324 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Restoration of the South Florida ecosystem is a complex, long-term federal and state undertaking that requires the development of extensive scientific information. GAO was asked to report on the funds spent on scientific activities for restoration, the gaps that exist in scientific information, and the extent to which ... | [
"The South Florida ecosystem encompasses a broad range of natural, urban, and agricultural areas surrounding the remnant Everglades. Before human intervention, freshwater in the ecosystem flowed south from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay in a broad, slow-moving sheet, creating the mix of wetlands that form the ecosy... |
train_325 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Recent events including last month's attack on Internal Revenue Service offices in Texas, and the January 2010 shooting in the lobby of the Nevada, federal courthouse demonstrate the continued vulnerability of federal facilities and the safety of the federal employees who occupy them. These events also highlight the co... | [
"FPS assesses risk and recommends countermeasures to GSA and tenant agencies; however, FPS’s ability to use risk management to influence the allocation of resources is limited because resource allocation decisions are the responsibility of GSA and tenant agencies—in the form of Facility Security Committees (FSC)—wh... |
train_326 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | According to DOD, its ability to deploy military forces from the United States to a conflict area is being increasingly challenged as potential adversaries pursue capabilities designed to deny access. Access can be denied by either preventing an opposing force from entering an operational area or limiting an opposing f... | [
"Future A2/AD challenges are part of a security environment that will be characterized by increasing complexity, uncertainty, and rapid change, according to DOD. Further, national security challenges will continue to arise from ongoing concerns such as violent extremism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruc... |
train_327 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the plans and progress of 11 agencies toward implementing the new deferred maintenance requirements of the Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) No. 6; and (2) the official position of agency Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and Inspector Genera... | [
"PP&E consists of tangible assets, including land, that: (1) have an estimated useful life of 2 or more years, (2) are not intended for sale in the ordinary course of operations, and (3) have been acquired to be used or available for use by the entity. The amount of PP&E reported by agencies can aid in identifying ... |
train_328 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2003, Congress reauthorized HOPE VI, a program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and designed to improve the nation's worst public housing. In doing so, Congress required GAO to report on the extent of severely distressed public housing for the elderly and non-elderly persons with... | [
"Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, Congress created the federal public housing program to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. HUD administers federal aid to local public housing agencies that manage housing for l... |
train_329 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense (DOD) intends to privatize about 87 percent of the military-owned housing in the United States by 2010. As of December 2005, it had awarded 52 projects to privatize over 112,000 family housing units and had plans to award 57 more projects to privatize over 76,000 more units over the next 4 yea... | [
"In the mid-1990s, DOD became concerned that inadequate housing allowances and poor quality military housing were negatively affecting quality of life and readiness by contributing to servicemember decisions to leave military service. DOD noted that when living in private-sector housing in the local communities, se... |
train_330 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Grants comprised about half of EPA's budget in 2015, or about $4 billion. Through several grant programs, EPA headquarters and 10 regional offices award these grants to a variety of recipients, including state and local governments. EPA provides guidance through directives that seek to ensure the appropriate use of fun... | [
"EPA provides financial assistance to a variety of recipients, including states, tribes, and nongovernmental organizations, through assistance agreements such as grants. EPA awards these grants to recipients to meet local environmental priorities and national objectives established in federal law, regulations, or E... |
train_331 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) audits of individual taxpayers, focusing on: (1) IRS audit rates for individual returns; and (2) the overall results of IRS most recent audits of individual returns. GAO found that: (1) while the audit rate for individuals decreased ... | [
"IRS believes that taxpayers are more likely to voluntarily comply with the tax laws if they believe that their return may be audited and unpaid taxes identified. In concert with audits, IRS uses other enforcement and nonenforcement methods. For example, IRS uses computers to match information returns filed by bank... |
train_332 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Real estate valuations, which encompass appraisals and other estimation methods, have come under increased scrutiny in the wake of the recent mortgage crisis. The Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) mandated that GAO study the various valuation methods and the options available for sele... | [
"The composition of the mortgage market has changed dramatically in recent years. In the early to mid-2000s, the market segment comprising nonprime mortgages (e.g., subprime and Alt-A loans) grew rapidly and peaked in 2006, when it accounted for about 40 percent of the mortgages originated that year. Many of these ... |
train_333 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO examined the extent to which schools use private food service companies to operate their lunch programs, focusing on the: (1) terms and conditions of the contracts between schools and food service management companies (FSMC); and (2) percentage of schools offering brand-name f... | [
"In fiscal year 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent about $5.2 billion to provide the nation’s school-age children with nutritious foods and promote healthy eating choices through its National School Lunch Program. State agencies, usually departments of education, are responsible for the statewide... |
train_334 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) year 2000 readiness, focusing on: (1) VA's ability to deliver benefits and health care services through the turn of the century; and (2) the readiness of automated systems that support such delivery, the compliance status of biom... | [
"Like many organizations, VA faces the possibility of computer system failures at the turn of the century due to incorrect information processing relating to dates. The reason for this is that in many systems, the year 2000 is indistinguishable from 1900, since the year is represented only by “00.” This could make ... |
train_335 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since the Global War on Terrorism, the Department of Defense (DOD) has taken steps to expand the role of the United States Special Operations Command (Command) and its forces. In response, the Command has transformed its headquarters to coordinate counterterrorism activities, and DOD has increased funding and the numbe... | [
"In 1986, the Congress called for the establishment of a joint service special operations capability under a single command. In April 1987, the Secretary of Defense established the Special Operations Command with the mission to provide trained and combat-ready special operations forces to DOD’s geographic combatant... |
train_336 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The use of information technology is crucial to VA's ability to carry out its mission of ensuring that veterans receive medical care, benefits, social support, and memorials. However, without adequate security protections, VA's systems and information are vulnerable to exploitation by an array of cyber-based threats, p... | [
"VA’s mission is to promote the health, welfare, and dignity of all veterans in recognition of their service to the nation by ensuring that they receive medical care, benefits, social support, and memorials. According to VA, its employees maintain the largest integrated health care system in the nation for approxim... |
train_337 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Defense (DOD) invests billions of dollars on sophisticated weapon systems and technologies. These may be at risk of exploitation when exported, stolen, or lost during combat or routine missions. In an effort to minimize this risk, DOD developed an anti-tamper policy in 1999, calling for DOD components... | [
"To protect its critical assets, DOD has established several protection measures for weapon systems. These measures include information assurance to protect information and information systems, software protection to prevent the unauthorized distribution and exploitation of critical software, and anti-tamper techni... |
train_338 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed efforts of federal programs to ensure the safety of food imports, focusing on the: (1) differences in the agencies' authorities and approaches for ensuring the safety of imported foods; (2) agencies' efforts to target their resources on foods posing risks; and (3) weakn... | [
"Foodborne illnesses constitute a major public health problem in the United States. In May 1996, we reported that up to 81 million cases of foodborne illnesses and as many as 9,100 deaths associated with those illnesses are estimated to occur each year. While foodborne illnesses are often temporary maladies that ma... |
train_339 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the cost-effectiveness of reformulated gasoline (RFG), focusing on: (1) the potential for oxygenates to reduce petroleum use; and (2) ongoing federal biofuel research. GAO found that: (1) RFG is more cost-effective than some automotive emission control me... | [
"The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act require the use of reformulated gasoline (RFG) in nine areas of the United States with severe ozone pollution. The act set up a two-phase program. Under phase I, beginning in January 1, 1995, volatile organic emissions and toxic air pollutants are to be reduced by 15 percen... |
train_340 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In December 2006, the UN approved a $1.88 billion CMP to modernize its headquarters in New York City by 2014, with a scope to include the renovation of five buildings. Separately from the CMP, the UN is also considering the option of a new office building, known as the consolidation building, to be located across the s... | [
"In 2001, we reported that the UN headquarters complex in New York City—built largely between 1949 to 1952—no longer conformed to current safety, fire, and building codes or to UN technology and security requirements. The UN General Assembly noted that conditions in the UN headquarters complex posed serious risks t... |
train_341 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed four trade missions sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), focusing on: (1) DOE authority and role in these missions; (2) the results of the missions; and (3) management weaknesses inherent in DOE-sponsored trade missions. GAO noted that: (1) the Secretary of Energy has explicit statutory authority ... | [
"Before discussing the specifics of DOE trade missions, I would first like to provide some context by reviewing DOE’s statutory authority for conducting overseas trade missions and its role within the federal export promotion apparatus. According to DOE, the Secretary was given explicit statutory authority to under... |
train_342 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Visa Waiver Program, which enables citizens of participating countries to travel to the United States without first obtaining a visa, has many benefits, but it also has risks. In 2006, GAO found that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needed to improve efforts to assess and mitigate these risks. In August 20... | [
"In 2007, almost 13 million citizens from 27 countries entered the United States under the Visa Waiver Program. The program was created to promote the effective use of government resources and facilitate international travel without jeopardizing U.S. national security. The United States last expanded the Visa Waive... |
train_343 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The nation's roads, highways, and bridges are essential to mobility but can have negative effects on plants, animals, and the habitats that support them (collectively called ecosystems in this report). Federally funded transportation projects progress through three planning phases: long range (20 or more years), short ... | [
"Federally funded highway projects are typically completed in four phases: Planning: State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations begin with a vision and a set of long-term goals for their future transportation system, and translate these into long-range transportation plans and short... |
train_344 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) controls over postage paid on presorted and barcoded mail, focusing on whether USPS controls ensure that mailer-claimed discounts are earned. GAO found that during fiscal year 1994: (1) 40 percent of required bulk mail verifications were... | [
"According to Postal Service figures, of the 177 billion pieces of mail it processed in 1994, over 118 billion pieces, or 67 percent, were categorized as bulk business mail. In fiscal year 1994, the Service recorded revenue from bulk business mail of $23.1 billion—48.4 percent of its total mail revenue. The Postal ... |
train_345 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO reviewed grant monitoring and evaluation efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Program (OJP). This report discusses the monitoring of discretionary grants awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Byrne Program and the Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) within OJP. In const... | [
"OJP, the grant-making arm of DOJ, provides grants to various organizations, including state and local governments, universities, and private foundations, that are intended to develop the nation’s capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist crime victims. OJP’s Assistant Attorney General i... |
train_346 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In January 2003, GAO designated federal real property as a high-risk area due to long-standing problems with excess and underutilized property, deteriorating facilities, unreliable real property data, and costly space challenges. Federal agencies were also facing many challenges protecting their facilities due to the t... | [
"Pursuant to Executive Order 13327, the administration has taken several key actions to strategically manage real property. FRPC was established in 2004, which subsequently created interagency committees to work toward developing and implementing a strategy to accomplish the executive order. FRPC developed a sample... |
train_347 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed its work on the attrition and recruiting of the military services' enlisted personnel, focusing on: (1) the historical problem of attrition and its costs; (2) the Department of Defense's (DOD) lack of complete data on why enlistees are being separated early; (3) GAO's recommendations on ways to improve th... | [
"By 1986, recruit quality was at historically high levels. All services had met or exceeded their overall enlistment objectives for percentages of recruits who held high school diplomas and scored in the top categories on the test taken to qualify for military service. Specifically, the percentage of recruits with ... |
train_348 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Behavioral health conditions disproportionately affect low-income populations. Treatment can improve individuals' symptoms and help avoid negative outcomes. The expansion of Medicaid to cover low-income adults in some states—authorized by PPACA—may have increased the demand for such treatment. However, little is known ... | [
"Behavioral health conditions—including those related to mental health and substance use—affect a substantial number of adults in the United States. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) estimated that in 2015 about 43 million adults (18 percent) had a mental health condition—includ... |
train_349 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 2001, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been working to develop an Electronic Records Archive (ERA) to preserve and provide access to massive volumes of all types of electronic records. NARA originally planned to complete the system in 2012, but has repeatedly revised the program schedul... | [
"While NARA’s fiscal year 2011 expenditure plan meets four of the six legislative conditions, the lack of critical capital planning and oversight steps—including documentation demonstrating approval of significant changes to a recent ERA increment, post-implementation reviews of deployed capabilities, and OMB’s app... |
train_350 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | More than 5.5 billion pounds of explosives are used each year in the United States by private sector companies and government entities. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has authority to regulate explosives and to license privately owned explosives storage facilities. After the July 2004 the... | [
"ATF is the chief enforcer of explosives laws and regulations in the United States and is responsible for licensing and regulating explosives manufacturers, importers, dealers, and users. ATF is also responsible for regulating most, but not all, explosives storage facilities. ATF’s regulatory authority over explosi... |
train_351 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Many federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area have their own police forces to ensure the security and safety of the persons and property within and surrounding federal buildings. In the executive branch, for example, the Secret Service has over 1,000 uniformed officers protecting the White House, the... | [
"Although the specific duties police officers perform may vary among police forces, federal uniformed police officers are generally responsible for providing security and safety to people and property within and sometimes surrounding federal buildings. There are a number of federal uniformed police forces operating... |
train_352 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In addition to providing health care to veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) funds research that focuses on health conditions veterans may experience. According to VA, experts estimate that up to 20 percent of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans have experienced post-traumatic s... | [
"VA manages its intramural research program through ORD. According to ORD’s 2009 to 2014 strategic plan, ORD has 10 research priority areas, which are topics of research that are considered important to VA. The research priority areas are the health care needs of veterans who have served in Operation Enduring Freed... |
train_353 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Continuity of operations at DOD installations is vital to supporting the department's missions, and the disruption of utility services—such as electricity and potable water, among others—can threaten this support. House Report 113-446 included a provision that GAO review DOD's and the military services' actions to ensu... | [
"According to testimony from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment, the use of electricity, natural gas, and other utilities is a fundamental characteristic of the nearly 300,000 buildings that DOD owns and operates. These buildings reside on over 500 major installations in th... |
train_354 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2002, Congress enacted the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA), which modified two Department of Labor (Labor) programs that specifically target veteran job seekers: the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) and the Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) program. However, questions have been raised about the ... | [
"The nation’s veteran job seekers receive employment and training services from programs overseen by two agencies within Labor—the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service and the Employment and Training Administration. General employment services fall under the purview of ETA, which administers the Wagner-Peyser-... |
train_355 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | GAO discussed business and individual taxpayers' federal tax compliance burden. GAO noted that: (1) the compliance burden is due to the tax code's complexity, ambiguous language, and frequent changes; (2) many businesses are uncertain about what they must do to comply with the code; (3) recordkeeping, time-consuming ca... | [
"Mr. Chairman, Representative Shadegg, and Members of the Subcommittee: We are pleased to be here today to discuss with the Subcommittee the results of work done on the burden that business and individual taxpayers face in complying with federal tax requirements. Because of concerns about business taxpayer burden, ... |
train_356 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Over the past two decades, the number of acres burned by wildland fires has surged, often threatening human lives, property, and ecosystems. Past management practices, including a concerted federal policy in the 20th century of suppressing fires to protect communities and ecosystem resources, unintentionally resulted i... | [
"Wildland fire triggered by lightning is a normal, inevitable, and necessary ecological process that nature uses to periodically remove excess undergrowth, small trees, and vegetation to renew ecosystem productivity. However, various human land use and management practices, including several decades of fire suppres... |
train_357 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a network of weather-monitoring stations known as the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN), which monitors the nation's climate and analyzes long-term surface temperature trends. Recent reports have shown that some stations in the USHCN are not... | [
"NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) manages the approximately 11,000 weather-monitoring stations across the country that are part of the Cooperative Observer Program. Volunteer observers at the stations generally record daily maximum and minimum temperatures and 24-hour precipitation totals and submit the data t... |
train_358 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In April 2011, we reported that the United States provided an estimated $3.5 billion for foreign police assistance to 107 countries during fiscal year 2009. We agreed to follow up that report with a review of the extent to which U.S. agencies evaluated and coordinated their foreign police assistance activities. As such... | [
"Although numerous U.S. agencies are engaged in U.S. efforts to provide assistance to foreign police forces, DOD and State are the major providers—providing police training around the world through a variety of authorities. DOD trains and equips foreign police forces to support its counterinsurgency operations. It ... |
train_359 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, focusing on: (1) the sources and uses of the U.S. Section's funds; (2) certain aspects of the U.S. Section's system of accounting and internal controls; (3) the cost-sharing arrangements... | [
"The International Boundary and Water Commission was established in March 1889 by treaty between the governments of the United States and Mexico. Under the treaty and subsequent agreements, the Commission is responsible for resolving boundary problems and maintaining the boundary between the United States and Mexic... |
train_360 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Each year, the Department of Defense (DOD) spends billions of dollars to house unmarried junior enlisted servicemembers, primarily in military barracks. Over the next several years, the Army, Navy, and Air Force plan to spend about $6 billion to eliminate barracks with multi-person bathroom facilities and provide priva... | [
"Under the overall direction of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the military services provide on- base furnished living quarters for over 200,000 unmarried enlisted servicemembers at their permanent duty locations in the United States. Commonly referred to as barracks, hous... |
train_361 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To better protect the nation's critical computer-dependent infrastructures from computer-based attacks and disruption, the President issued a directive in 1998 that established the National Infrastructure Protection Center as a national focal point for gathering information on threats and facilitating the federal gover... | [
"Since the early 1990s, the explosion in computer interconnectivity, most notably growth in the use of the Internet, has revolutionized the way organizations conduct business, making communications faster and access to data easier. However, this widespread interconnectivity has increased the risks to computer syste... |
train_362 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within the Department of Homeland Security, was established to secure the nation's transportation systems, beginning with commercial airports. To meet its mission, TSA has awarded over $8.5 billion in contracts since its creation in 2001. Spending on contracts accounted... | [
"Since its inception, TSA has been focused on meeting an urgent mandate to deploy more than 55,000 airport passenger and baggage screening personnel and equipment to secure the nation’s airways. To do so, it created basic organizational and acquisition infrastructures. To date, however, TSA has not developed an acq... |
train_363 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Tax abuses by contractors working for the Department of Defense, on which GAO previously reported, have led to concerns about similar abuses by those hired by civilian agencies. GAO was asked to determine if similar problems exist at civilian agencies and, if so, to (1) quantify the amount of unpaid federal taxes owed ... | [
"In its role as the nation’s tax collector, IRS is responsible for collecting taxes, processing tax returns, and enforcing the nation’s tax laws. Treasury’s FMS is the central disbursing authority for civilian agencies. With limited exceptions, FMS processes most disbursements for civilian agencies in the executive... |
train_364 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Public assistance programs make millions of dollars in improper payments every year. Some of these improper payments occur because state and local agencies that run the programs lack adequate, timely information to determine recipients' eligibility for assistance. This inability to share information can result in both ... | [
"The PARIS interstate match program was initiated to help state public assistance agencies share information with one another. Its primary objective is to identify individuals or families who may be receiving or having duplicate payments improperly made on their behalf in more than one state. In this voluntary proj... |
train_365 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The U.S. payment system is a large and complex system of people, institutions, rules, and technologies that transfer monetary value and related information. The nation's payment system transfers an estimated $3 trillion dollars each day--nearly one third of the U.S. gross domestic product. Currently, settlement--the fi... | [
"Retail payments are relatively high-volume, low-value payments. Retail payment methods include cash, checks, debit and credit card, and ACHtransactions. While depository institutions provide cash processing services to retailers and other depository institutions, the Federal Reserve provides cash processing servic... |
train_366 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Hispanic representation in the federal workforce has historically been lower than in the Civilian Labor Force (CLF). Understanding factors affecting representation is important to developing and maintaining a high-quality and inclusive workforce. In this report, GAO identifies and analyzes factors affecting Hispanic re... | [
"For more than 35 years, the federal government has implemented authorities—applicable to various demographic groups and some specific to Hispanics—calling for agencies to ensure equal opportunity in the federal workplace. EEOC and OPM or its predecessor agency, the Civil Service Commission (CSC), have leadership r... |
train_367 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal interagency contract service programs are being used in a wide variety of situations, from those in which a single agency provides limited contracting assistance to an approach in which the provider agency's contracting officer handles all aspects of the procurement. This increased use of interagency contracts ... | [
"The government acquisition landscape was reformed by several legislative changes in the 1990s, such as the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 and the Government Management Reform Act of 1994. The Clinger-Cohen Act authorized creation of GWACs, which are typically multiple-award contracts for information technology that all... |
train_368 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays a key role in coordinating the nation's homeland security efforts with stakeholders in the federal, state, local, and private sectors. While GAO has conducted numerous reviews of specific DHS missions, such as border and transportation security and emergency preparedness,... | [
"In an effort to increase homeland security following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, President Bush issued the National Strategy for Homeland Security in July 2002 and signed legislation creating DHS in November 2002. The strategy set forth the overall objectives, mission areas, and... |
train_369 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Interstate pipelines carrying natural gas and hazardous liquids (such as petroleum products) are safer to the public than other modes of freight transportation. The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), the federal agency that administers the national regulatory program to ensure safe pipeline transportation, has been under... | [
"OPS, within the Department of Transportation’s Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), administers the national regulatory program to ensure the safe transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids by pipeline. The office attempts to ensure the safe operation of pipelines through regulation, natio... |
train_370 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (P.L. 107-273) requires GAO to report on how investigation and arrest statistics are reported and used by federal law enforcement agencies. This report provides information on (1) the guidance and procedures followed by federal law enforcement agen... | [
"Investigations and arrests are core functions of all federal law enforcement agencies. According to BJS, as of June 2000 (the latest available information), 69 federal agencies employed 88,000 full-time law enforcement officers. Of these, Justice employed more than half (58 percent) and the Department of the Treas... |
train_371 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since the passage of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA 98), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has faced the challenge of managing its resources to simultaneously improve service to taxpayers, assure taxpayers' compliance with the tax laws, and modernize its antiquated information systems. As requested,... | [
"IRS has made noticeable progress in improving taxpayer service since passage of RRA 98. While progress has also been made in the tax law enforcement and BSM areas, however, serious ongoing issues have kept both on our high-risk list. IRS has made meaningful progress in four key taxpayer service areas; paper and el... |
train_372 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The federal possessions tax credit, which was designed to encourage U.S. corporate investment in Puerto Rico and other insular areas, expires this year. Proponents of continued federal economic assistance to Puerto Rico have presented a variety of proposals for congressional consideration. In response to a request from... | [
"The federal and Commonwealth governments have had a long-term interest in policies to stimulate economic growth in Puerto Rico. Historically, the centerpiece of these policies has been the combination of the possessions tax credit in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and extensive tax incentives in the Puerto R... |
train_373 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 aimed to stimulate job growth by, among other things, establishing the SBLF program within Treasury. SBLF was authorized to make up to $30 billion in capital investments to encourage banks and community development loan funds with assets of less than $10 billion to increase their sma... | [
"The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 defines qualified small business lending—as defined by and reported in an institution’s quarterly regulatory filings, also known as Call Reports—as one of the following: owner-occupied nonfarm, nonresidential real-estate loans; commercial and industrial loans; loans to finance a... |
train_374 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating hazardous wastes (such as mercury) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Under RCRA, mercury-containing hazardous waste must meet specific treatment standards before land disposal. But, certain difficult to manage waste due, in p... | [
"Mercury is a naturally occurring toxic metallic substance that exists as a liquid or vapor in its elemental form and can be a solid or liquid in its compound form. Elemental mercury is used in producing chlorine liquid and caustic soda, in extracting gold from ore or materials that contain gold, and in thermometer... |
train_375 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Compact of Free Association continues a defense arrangement that has existed between the United States and two Pacific island nations--Micronesia and the Marshall Islands--since the end of World War II. The United States has exercised only one of the four primary defense provisions contained in the Compact. That pr... | [
"Located just north of the equator in the Pacific Ocean are the two island nations of the FSM and the RMI. The FSM is a grouping of 607 small islands in the western Pacific that lie about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii (see fig. 1). The FSM has a total land area of about 270 square miles and is comprised of four s... |
train_376 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Generally, in paying for hospital outpatient procedures, Medicare makes prospectively set payments that are intended to cover the costs of all items and services delivered with the procedure. Medicare pays separately for some technologies that are too new to be represented in the claims data used to set rates. It also ... | [
"Iodine, palladium, and iridium are the radioactive sources most commonly used in brachytherapy. The brachytherapy procedure is typically performed in the outpatient setting where, under the OPPS, costs associated with a procedure are generally bundled in order to promote hospital efficiency. However, since the OPP... |
train_377 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Securing the nation's borders from illegal entry of aliens and contraband, including terrorists and weapons of mass destruction, continues to be a major challenge. In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the launch of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI)--a multiyear, multibillion dollar pro... | [
"Since the inception of SBInet, we have reported on a range of issues regarding program design and implementation. For example, in October 2007, we testified that DHS had made some progress in implementing Project 28—the first segment of SBInet technology across the southwest border—but had fallen behind its planne... |
train_378 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Grants are a form of federal assistance consisting of payments in cash or in kind for a specified purpose and they represent an important tool for achieving national objectives. They vary greatly, including in the types of programs they fund, the methods they use to allocate funds to recipients, and the amount of discr... | [
"Grants constitute one form of federal assistance consisting of payments in cash or in kind to a state or local government or a nongovernmental recipient for a specified purpose.programs are extremely diverse. They can vary greatly in numerous ways including size, the nature of their recipients, and the type of pro... |
train_379 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) activities that are called for in federal policy and law are intended to enhance the security of the cyber and physical public and private infrastructures that are essential to our nation's security, economic security, and public health and safety. As our reliance on these infra... | [
"As reliance on our nation’s critical infrastructures grows, so do the potential threats and attacks that could disrupt critical systems and operations. In response to the potential consequences, federal awareness of the importance of securing our nation’s critical infrastructures, which underpin our society, econo... |
train_380 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | By law, GAO is directed to assess the annual progress the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) made in developing and fielding the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). GAO also assessed MDA's progress toward improving accountability and transparency in agency operations, management processes, and its acquisition strategy. ... | [
"MDA’s BMDS is being designed to counter ballistic missiles of all rang 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 ballisti... |
train_381 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Over the past two decades there has been a noticeable shift in the types of plans employers are offering employees. Employers are increasingly moving away from traditional defined benefit plans to what has become the most dominant and fastest growing type of defined contribution plan, the 401(k). As more workers partic... | [
"Roughly half of all workers participate in an employer-sponsored retirement, or pension plan. Private sector pension plans are classified as either defined benefit or defined contribution plans. Defined benefit plans promise to provide, generally, a fixed level of monthly retirement income that is based on salary,... |
train_382 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed whether: (1) the 23 buyout recipients returned to federal employment and, if so, whether they repaid the buyout or met the Department of Defense (DOD) reemployment policy; and (2) the 9 agencies that were identified as employing these 23 buyout recipients and other sele... | [
"In 1992, DOD was the first federal agency authorized to offer buyouts to its employees, and it has been using buyouts since January 1993 to reduce the size of its workforce. On March 30, 1994, the FWRA authorized buyouts for other executive agencies and amended DOD’s authority. For both DOD and other executive age... |
train_383 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has relied on service acquisitions to meet its expansive mission. In fiscal year 2006, DHS spent $12.7 billion to procure services. To improve service acquisition outcomes, federal procurement policy establishes a preference for a performance-based approach, which focuses on de... | [
"Over the last decade, the use of federal service contracting has increased and now accounts for over 60 percent of federal procurement dollars spent annually. A performance-based approach to federal service contracting was introduced during the 1990s, representing a shift from specifying the way in which contracto... |
train_384 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Labor received $500 million from the Recovery Act to help create, better understand, and provide training for jobs within the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, commonly referred to as "green jobs." Since 2009, Labor has also "greened" existing programs and funded additional green jobs training grants a... | [
"The Department of Labor oversees a number of employment and training programs administered by state and local workforce boards and one-stop career centers established under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). The green jobs training programs Labor has overseen were created under the Green Jobs Act of 2007,... |
train_385 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed financial management issues at the Department of Defense (DOD). GAO noted that: (1) to date no major part of DOD has yet been able to pass the test of an independent audit--auditors consistently have issued disclaimers of opinion because of pervasive weaknesses in DOD'... | [
"As an integral part of an effective budget execution system, an agency is responsible for determining and maintaining its available fund balance. Treasury also has information about activity in the agency’s accounts, and Treasury’s and the agency’s records must be periodically reconciled to determine the actual am... |
train_386 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States has invested more than $6.2 billion in the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Afghan National Police (ANP). The Department of Defense's (Defense) Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A), with the Department of State (State), leads U.S. efforts to enhance MOI and ANP organizational... | [
"Afghanistan is a very poor and underdeveloped country that has suffered from instability and war for three decades. The United States and its allies removed the ruling Taliban regime following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. The new Afghan government inherited a country with limited... |
train_387 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 1997, Congress established the mark-to-market program to help preserve the availability and affordability of low-income rental housing while also reducing the cost to the federal government of rental assistance provided to low-income households. The mark-to-market program was developed for multifamily properties tha... | [
"To date, over 800,000 units in approximately 8,500 multifamily housing projects have been financed with mortgages insured by FHA and supported by project-based Section 8 housing assistance payments contracts. Many of these contracts set rents at amounts higher than those of the local market. As these housing subsi... |
train_388 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Millions of passengers use transit services on a daily basis, and many transit agencies that provide these services receive federal funding. To meet the needs of these passengers in a challenging economy, transit agencies must use federal and other resources wisely, while ensuring quality service. The July 2012 surface... | [
"Funding for transit projects comes from public funds allocated by federal, state, and local governments and system-generated revenues earned by transit agencies from providing transit services. The Department of Transportation reported: (1) that in 2008, federal funds were nearly 40 percent of total transit agency... |
train_389 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on states' use of private agencies for the collection of child support payments, focusing on: (1) why states contract for these collection services; and (2) the factors affecting the financial outcomes of collection contracts for families and the federal and... | [
"Concerned about the cost of AFDC, the Congress established the CSE program in 1975 as Title IV-D of the Social Security Act to help families obtain the financial support that noncustodial parents owe their children and to help single-parent families achieve or maintain economic self-sufficiency. It was anticipated... |
train_390 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since the 1940s, the Department of Energy (DOE) has been processing natural uranium into enriched uranium, which has a higher concentration of the isotope uranium-235 that can be used in nuclear weapons or reactors. This has resulted in over 700,000 metric tons of leftover depleted uranium, also known as "tails," that ... | [
"Since the 1940s, one mission of DOE and its predecessor agencies has been processing uranium as a source of nuclear material for defense and commercial purposes. A key step in this process is the enrichment of natural uranium, which increases its concentration of uranium-235, the isotope of uranium that undergoes ... |
train_391 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The anthrax attacks in September and October 2001 highlighted the need to develop medical countermeasures. The Project BioShield Act of 2004 authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to procure countermeasures for a Strategic National Stockpile. However, in December 2006, HHS terminated the contract ... | [
"To respond to these questions, we interviewed agency and industry officials, reviewed documents, and consulted with biodefense experts. We conducted our review from June 2007 through August 2007 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. The Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-2... |
train_392 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Americans depend on FDA—an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—to oversee the safety and effectiveness of medical devices sold in the United States. FDA's responsibilities begin before a new device is brought to market and continue after a device is on the market. As part of its postmarket e... | [
"FDA may order a postapproval study for a device at the time FDA approves that device for marketing through its premarket approval (PMA) process or its humanitarian device exemption (HDE) process (for devices that treat rare diseases or conditions).the length of a postapproval study, but according to FDA guidance, ... |
train_393 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This testimony discusses GAO's January 8, 2009, report that provides a framework for modernizing the outdated U.S. financial regulatory system. GAO prepared this work under the authority of the Comptroller General to help policymakers weigh various regulatory reform proposals and consider ways in which the current regu... | [
"As a result of 150 years of changes in financial regulation in the United States, the regulatory system has become complex and fragmented. Today, responsibilities for overseeing the financial services industry are shared among almost a dozen federal banking, securities, futures, and other regulatory agencies, nume... |
train_394 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed U.S. efforts to prevent heroin trafficking, focusing on the: (1) extent to which heroin poses a threat to the United States; (2) impediments to heroin control efforts in Southeast Asia; and (3) United Nations Drug Control Program's (UNDCP) effectiveness in Burma. GAO fo... | [
"Like cocaine, heroin is produced outside the United States and is smuggled into the country illegally. Trafficking in both drugs has spawned several criminal industries, including money laundering, organized crime syndicates, and associated smuggling operations. Opium poppies, from which heroin is derived, are gro... |
train_395 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | SSA's DI program is one of the nation's largest cash assistance programs. To ensure that beneficiaries remain eligible, SSA regulations require that beneficiaries promptly report their work activity—including starting a job or a change in wages—to the agency in a timely manner. If the beneficiary does not report change... | [
"The DI program was established in 1956 to provide monthly cash benefits to individuals unable to work because of severe long-term disability. To meet the definition of disability under the DI program, an individual must have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that (1) has lasted or is expected ... |
train_396 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 13 Army Industrial Operations activities support combat readiness by providing depot maintenance and ordnance services to keep Army units operating worldwide. To the extent that Industrial Operations does not complete work at year-end, the work and related funding will be carried over into the next fiscal year. Car... | [
"Army Industrial Operations provides services for a variety of customers, including the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, non-DOD agencies, and foreign countries. The majority of the work is for the Army. Industrial Operations relies on sales revenue from customers to finance its continuing operations. Operating under... |
train_397 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since its 1994 inception, the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) COPS Office has awarded roughly $14 billion in grants to support the advancement of community policing, which is a policing approach that proactively addresses the conditions that give rise to public safety issues, such as crime and social disorder. GAO w... | [
"The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994, as amended, authorizes grants to states, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, other public and private entities, and multi- jurisdictional or regional consortia for a variety of community policing- related purposes. Among other thin... |
train_398 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal agencies are increasingly expected to focus on achieving results and to demonstrate, in annual performance reports and budget requests, how their activities will help achieve agency or governmentwide goals. Assessing a program's impact or benefit is often difficult, but the dissemination programs GAO reviewed f... | [
"Federal agencies are increasingly expected to demonstrate how their activities contribute to achieving agency or governmentwide goals. The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 requires federal agencies to report annually on their progress in achieving their agency and program goals. In spring 2002, the O... |
train_399 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Conducting research and development (R&D) on technologies for detecting, preventing, and mitigating terrorist threats is vital to enhancing the security of the nation's transportation system. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Congress enacted legislation to strengthen homeland security, in part by en... | [
"transportation systems can be used as weapons themselves as was done on September 11, 2001. As we indicated in our June 2003 report on transportation security challenges, transportation experts, state and local governments, and industry representatives generally believe that investing in transportation security R&... |
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