Government Accountability Office
Tribal Broadband: Few Partnerships Exist and the Rural Utilities Service Needs to Identify and Address Any Funding Barriers Tribes Face
In 2018, the Federal Communications Commission estimated that 35 percent of Americans living on tribal lands lack broadband service compared to 8 percent of Americans overall. Various federal programs support increasing broadband deployment in unserved areas, including tribal lands. Tribes can form partnerships with private sector companies and others to deploy broadband infrastructure on tribal lands. The US Government Accountability Office was asked to provide information on these partnerships.
FCC's Data Overstate Access on Tribal Lands
The Government Accountability Office was asked to review the Federal Communications Commission's efforts to collect broadband data for tribal lands. This report examines the extent to which: (1) FCC's approach to collecting broadband data accurately captures broadband access on tribal lands and (2) FCC obtains tribal input on the data.
Urgent Actions Are Needed to Address Cybersecurity Challenges Facing the Nation (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 07/25/2018 - 14:05Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Artificial Intelligence Policy and Research (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:30Agencies Are Implementing FOIA Requirements but Additional Actions Are Needed (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 06/25/2018 - 14:30Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 03/30/2018 - 10:23
Further Implementation of Recommendations Is Needed to Better Manage Information Technology Acquisitions and Operations
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and federal agencies have taken steps to improve the management of information technology (IT) acquisitions and operations through a series of initiatives, to include (1) data center consolidation, (2) implementation of incremental development practices, (3) approval of IT acquisitions, (4) implementation of key IT workforce practices, and (5) addressing aging legacy IT systems. As of March 2018, the agencies had fully implemented about 59 percent of the approximately 800 related recommendations that GAO made during fiscal years 2010 through 2015.