Category: U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

K-12 Education: Improved Oversight Could Help DOD Schools Better Support Students with Literacy and Math Skill Deficits

Published 7 min read

What GAO Found In school year 2024–2025, about 10 percent of the approximately 60,000 K-12 students attending Department of Defense Education Activity’s (DODEA) schools full time received strategic instruction. This is short-term extra help in a small group setting (see figure). About 5 percent had a “specific learning disability” (SLD). SLDs are a group of…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

DOE Contracting: Risk-Informed Oversight and Clearer Expectations for Assurance Systems Would Improve Accountability

Published 5 min read

What GAO Found Selected field offices in Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) have taken steps to evaluate effectiveness of contractor assurance systems (CAS) in accordance with DOE policy, though neither DOE nor EM have defined effectiveness or specified evaluation criteria. The basis on which the selected field offices made their respective…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Opportunity Zones: Effects of Original Tax Incentive Mostly Unknown and Revised Incentive May Offer Improvements

Published 4 min read

What GAO Found Qualified Opportunity Zones (Zone)—low-income census tracts nominated by governors and designated by the Department of the Treasury—have lower incomes and higher poverty than other census tracts. The law commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) changed the eligibility criteria for Zone designation, which resulted in fewer eligible tracts for…

U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Installation Maintenance: Better Information on Risks and Challenges Needed to Improve Oversight of DOD Facility Conditions

Published 8 min read

What GAO Found The Department of Defense (DOD) does not request full funding of identified needs for installation maintenance or major improvement projects for facilities. This shortage has led to an estimated $285 billion of maintenance backlogs in fiscal year 2025. Due to competing budget priorities, DOD set a goal to fund 90 percent of…