We issued 5 new reports this week, on topics including vehicle safety inspections, DOD weapon system acquisitions, VA health care, and FAA air-traffic management. Check them out at: http://1.usa.gov/1hlEa6G
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Countries around the world are modernizing their air-traffic management systems. Read about how FAA is coordinating with other countries to ensure the United States’ system will work globally (http://1.usa.gov/1JC8oO3). And check out today’s other report to learn what the VA is doing to track “adverse events” among patients: http://1.usa.gov/1hlD1fw
Read today’s report on how DOD can better manage its $1.4 trillion weapon system acquisitions programs: http://1.usa.gov/1hiBiHP
10 years after Hurricane Katrina, read about the problems it revealed, how much it cost, and how to do better next time, in today's WatchBlog: http://wp.me/p3Q7xt-Oy
DOD has assigned certain Army brigades to help strengthen African allies’ security forces. Read about how these brigades’ operations could be better coordinated and otherwise improved, in our report issued today: http://1.usa.gov/1hfPnWx
Organizations perform better when employees are more engaged. Learn about the 6 key drivers of federal employee engagement, in our latest podcast: http://1.usa.gov/1JxSwff
Driving is one of the average American’s riskiest activities—more than 30,000 deaths and 2.3 million injuries in 2013, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read about state efforts to keep unsafe vehicles off the roads, and how the NHTSA could help, such as by sharing information on new safety features, in our report issued today: http://1.usa.gov/1JwSWm0
For National Immunization Awareness Month, read today's WatchBlog on vaccinations and their coverage.
We issued 3 reports this week on conflict minerals; safely integrating drones into national airspace; and U.S. savings bonds and savings challenges for lower income households. Read them all at: http://1.usa.gov/1UXPjcX
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Before coming to GAO, this man was a professional athlete. For #ThrowbackThursday, meet Fred H. Brown: baseball player, politician, and our second Comptroller General, in today’s WatchBlog.
Drones—or unmanned aerial systems—can pose a risk to other aircraft. Listen to our latest podcast on FAA’s efforts to safely integrate drones into the national airspace: http://1.usa.gov/1HU2MJq
Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to commit severe human rights abuses and profit from the exploitation of minerals, according to the United Nations. Read today’s report (http://1.usa.gov/1HUl2T0) highlighting challenges in how companies identify the sources of “conflict minerals,” and the U.S. strategy for addressing the role of these minerals in the region’s conflicts.
Imagine fixing a plane by printing the parts you need. Today’s WatchBlog explores 3D printing, just one of our recent technology assessments.
Purchases of U.S. savings bonds have declined over the last decade. Read more about these savings vehicles and how they are used by lower-income Americans (http://1.usa.gov/1Mu86cO). And check out today’s other report on FAA’s integration of drones into the national airspace: http://1.usa.gov/1HSjDMI
We issued 7 new reports and testimonies this week, on topics including Medicaid prescription-drug fraud, defense contracts, the EB-5 visa program, and satellite launch vehicles. Check them out at: http://1.usa.gov/1MmPkUv
At 80, Social Security could be in better shape. It faces not only money problems, but a variety of other challenges. Read today’s WatchBlog for how SSA could improve its disability determinations, customer service, and workloads. http://wp.me/p3Q7xt-NA
ASEAN member countries, collectively a leading world economy, now have twice as much trade with China as they do with the U.S. Read our new report on how both countries are furthering economic engagement with the region: http://1.usa.gov/1HJ2u86. And check out today’s other report on DOD and VA efforts to share health records for 16 million veterans, active servicemembers, and others: http://1.usa.gov/1MmGx57
The Department of Defense is a big spender on contracts. Read our new report on its efforts to be a smart spender, too: http://1.usa.gov/1P7njzy. Also check out today’s other report on potential fraud in the EB-5 visa program for attracting foreign investment: http://1.usa.gov/1h3RrS5
Earlier in 2015