GAO'S 2005 High-Risk Update

Abstract

GAO's audits and evaluations identify federal programs and operations that, in some cases, are high risk due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Increasingly, GAO also is identifying high-risk areas to focus on the need for broad-based transformations to address major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. Since 1990, GAO has periodically reported on government operations that it has designated as high risk. In this 2005 update for the 109th Congress, GAO presents the status of high-risk areas identified in 2003 and new high-risk areas warranting attention by the Congress and the administration. Lasting solutions to high-risk problems offer the potential to save billions of dollars, dramatically improve service to the American public, strengthen public confidence and trust in the performance and accountability of the federal government, and ensure the ability of government to deliver on its promises.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 17, 2005
Accession Number
AD1156619

Entities

People

  • David M. Walker

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Financial Management
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics