On June 14, 2023, the GAO released its 13e annual report highlighting opportunities to reduce fragmentation, overlap and duplication of federal programs, as well as opportunities to save money and increase revenue.
We’ve identified 100 new issues for Congress to consider and recommendations for agencies to save money and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government programs and operations.
Notable examples include:
- Congress should reauthorize the First Responder Network Authority by 2027 to ensure the continuity of the public safety broadband network and the collection of potential revenue from billion dollars over 15 years.
- The Office of Personnel Management could save hundreds of millions of dollars or more per year implementing a monitoring mechanism to identify and remove ineligible family members from the federal employee health benefits program.
- The Ministry of Health and Social Services could save tens of millions of dollars annually fall-related medical expenditures by finding a way for related federal programs to continue to share falls prevention information with each other and with disability organizations and service providers.
- The General Services Administration could generate or to safeguard millions of dollars in property sales or downsizing opportunities by leveraging lessons learned to aid in decision making.
- The Small Business Administration could recover millions of dollars taking additional steps to identify and respond to potentially fraudulent or ineligible recipients of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
- The federal government could better manage fragmented efforts among 15 agencies and 130 programs to develop and implement a national broadband Internet access strategy addressing all major statutory limitations.
Congress and agencies have made significant progress addressing many of the 1,885 issues and recommendations we identified from 2011 through 2023. These efforts have resulted in approximately $600 billion in financial benefits, an increase of nearly $47 billion since our 2022 report.
Read our Press release on the 2023 annual report, published on June 14, 2023, to find out more.
