GAO has released its 2009 High-Risk Series, a biennial report to Congress on major problems costing the federal government billions of dollars annually. The series focuses on areas vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, as well as, increasingly, areas in need of broad reform.
This update identifies 30 high-risk areas, including new areas covering the financial crisis, medical products, and toxic chemicals. Also, GAO has determined that sufficient progress has been made to remove the high-risk designation from the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control modernization.
GAO's recommendations to improve these programs could lead to billions of dollars in savings for the federal government, dramatically improve service to the public, and strengthen confidence in the performance and accountability of the federal government.
The current report, as well as High-Risk Series dating to 1999, can be found in the following links.
See the 2009 High-Risk List. (PDF, 1 page)
2009 High-Risk Series
- High-Risk Series: An Update
- GAO-09-271, January 2009
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 99 pages) Accessible Text
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2007 High-Risk Series
- High-Risk Series: An Update
- GAO-07-310, January 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 98 pages) Accessible Text
- Information Technology: Significant Problems of
Critical Automation Program Contribute to Risks Facing 2010 Census
- GAO-08-550T, March 5, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights
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Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible
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2005 High-Risk Series
- High-Risk Series: An Update
- GAO-05-207, January 2005
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 95 pages) Accessible
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- High-Risk Program: National Flood Insurance Program
- GAO-06-497T, March 15, 2006
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text
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2003 High-Risk Series
- High-Risk Series: An Update
- GAO-03-119, January 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 62 pages) Accessible
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- High-Risk Series: Strategic Human Capital Management
- GAO-03-120, January 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible
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- High-Risk Series: Protecting Information Systems Supporting the Federal
Government and the Nation's Critical Infrastructures
- GAO-03-121, January 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible
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- High-Risk Series: Federal Real Property
- GAO-03-122, January 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible
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- High-Risk Series: Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation Single-Employer
Insurance Program
- GAO-03-1050SP, July 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Accessible
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