GAO's 2011 High-Risk Series: An Update

Abstract

The federal government is the world's largest and most complex entity, with about $3.5 trillion in outlays in fiscal year 2010 funding a broad array of programs and operations. GAO maintains a program to focus attention on government operations that it identifies as high risk due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or the need for transformation to address economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. This testimony summarizes GAO's 2011 High-Risk Update, which describes the status of high-risk areas listed in 2009 and identifies any new high-risk area needing attention by Congress and the executive branch. Solutions to high-risk problems offer the potential to save billions of dollars, improve service to the public, and strengthen the performance and accountability of the U.S. government.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 17, 2011
Accession Number
ADA537569

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People

  • Eugene Louis Dodaro

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Business Administration
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  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
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  • Supply Chain Management
  • United States Government

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