2027-2032 Strategic Plan: Serving Congress and the Nation
Fri Oct 16 8:38 am
GAO’s Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives form the foundation of the agency’s strategic plan and lay out our long-term strategies to accomplish our goals.
For more information, contact Stephen…
National Security: FBI Should Strengthen Partnerships to Combat Non-Traditional Intelligence Collectors
Fri Oct 16 7:28 am
What GAO Found
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), non-traditional intelligence collectors (NTCs) are individuals whose primary profession is not intelligence collection, but…
Critical Minerals: BLM Should Ensure Individuals and Businesses Meet Citizenship Requirements for Hardrock Mining Claims
Fri Oct 16 7:40 am
What GAO Found
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers mining claims that grant the exclusive right to extract critical and other hardrock minerals from most…
Casey & Company LLC
Fri Oct 16 10:21 am
Casey & Company LLC, a small business of Washington, District of Columbia, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Brann Services LLC, a small business of Chattanooga, Tennessee, under…
Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc.
Fri Oct 16 11:32 am
Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc., of Portland, Oregon, protests the issuance of task orders by the Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, to 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC, of Albuquerque, New…
Nuclear Waste: Future Land Use Planning at Selected DOE Cleanup Sites
Fri Oct 16 9:42 am
What GAO Found
The Department of Energy (DOE) created initial future land use plans in coordination with local communities as early as 1992 at six cleanup sites GAO selected for review. These plans…
Critical Minerals: Limited Available Information on the Full Extent of Foreign Investment in Mining on Federal Lands
Fri Oct 16 7:40 am
What GAO Found
The U.S critical mineral supply chain faces numerous constraints, including the need for substantial capital investment and limited domestic processing capacity. The U.S. exports…
Textile Circular Economy: Policy Options for the U.S.
Fri Oct 16 9:35 am
What GAO Found
Developing a textile circular economy includes repairing, reusing, and recycling textiles and making them last longer.
Example of a Circular Economy for Textiles
In the U.S., a…
Federal Real Property: New Occupancy Data Help Agencies Shed Unneeded Office Space But Gaps Limit the Full Picture
Fri Oct 16 7:18 am
What GAO Found
Under the Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies (USE IT) Act, enacted in January 2025, federal agencies are now required to collect and report occupancy data. This…
Service Member Records: DOD Needs to Address Improper and Delayed Releasing of Personnel and Health Information
Fri Oct 16 10:40 am
What GAO Found
Service members can accrue a large volume of personnel and health records during their military careers. The custodians of these records are the Department of Defense (DOD) and the…
Private Health Insurance: Market Concentration in 2024 Was Generally Higher Than in 2011
Fri Oct 16 10:25 am
What GAO Found
Since 2014, GAO has reported that enrollment in private health insurance plans has been concentrated, meaning a small number of issuers, such as health insurers, enrolled most of the…
Geostationary Weather Satellites: Next Generation Program Challenges Put Vital Observations at Risk
Fri Oct 16 8:45 am
What GAO Found
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) initially planned for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) program to be a series of six satellites with a…
