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High-Risk Series: Strategic Human Capital Management

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In its January 2001 High-Risk Update (GAO-01-263), GAO designated strategic human capital management as a governmentwide high-risk area. The basic problem, which continues today, has been the long-standing lack of a consistent strategic approach to marshaling, managing, and maintaining the human capital needed to maximize government performance and assure its accountability. This report is part of a special se… more
Date: January 1, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Telecommunications: Technological and Regulatory Factors Affecting Consumer Choice of Internet Providers

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The degree of consumer choice among Internet providers has emerged as a key public policy issue. Because laws and regulations governing these different networks were generally tailored to the specific services each network originally supported, different types of communications providers are held to different rules when providing physical transport to the Internet. As a result of both technology and regulation… more
Date: October 12, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SSA Disability: Other Programs May Provide Lessons for Improving Return-to-Work Efforts

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Return-to-work practices used in the private sector and in foreign countries reflect the understanding that some people with disabilities can and do return to work. Although the Social Security Administration (SSA) has begun to focus more on return to work, it has yet to adopt a complete strategy for implementing this new approach. The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 is expected to e… more
Date: January 12, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Export Controls: Clarification of Jurisdiction for Missile Technology Items Needed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. government has long been concerned about the growing threat posed by the proliferation of missiles and related technologies that can deliver weapons of mass destruction. The United States is working with other countries through the Missile Technology Control Regime to control the export of missile-related items. The Departments of Commerce and State share primary responsibility for controlling exports… more
Date: October 9, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fruits and Vegetables: Enhanced Federal Efforts to Increase Consumption Could Yield Health Benefits for Americans

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Fruits and vegetables are a critical source of nutrients and other substances that help protect against chronic diseases. Yet fewer than one in four Americans consumes the 5 to 9 daily servings of fruits and vegetables recommended by the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Fruit and vegetable consumption by the general public as a whole has increased by about half a serving under key federal nutritional … more
Date: July 25, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Logistics: New 120-mm Tank Training Round Procurement Will Result in Savings

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Army's 1999 multiyear contracts for the procurement of 120-mm tank training rounds, focusing on: (1) whether the Army's actions in 1999 resulted in savings on the purchase of 120-mm tank training rounds; (2) the effect the Army's decision to no longer direct that propellant be purchased from the Radford Army Ammunition Plant had on plant over… more
Date: November 22, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Southwest Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Better Assess Fencing's Contributions to Operations and Provide Guidance for Identifying Capability Gaps

Description: Border fencing is intended to benefit border security operations in various ways, according to officials from the U.S. Border Patrol (Border Patrol), which is within the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). For example, according to officials, border fencing supports Border Patrol agents' ability to execute essential tasks, such as identifying illicit-cross border activities. CBP collects data that could help provide insight into how border fencing c… more
Date: February 2017
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial Intelligence: An Accountability Framework for Federal Agenices and Other Entities

Description: This report describes an accountability framework for artificial intelligence (AI). The framework is organized around four complementary principles and describes key practices for federal agencies and other entities that are considering and implementing AI systems. Each practice includes a set of questions for entities, auditors, and third-party assessors to consider, along with audit procedures and types of evidence for auditors and third-party assessors to collect.
Date: June 2021
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Machine Learning Technologies for Medical Diagnostics

Description: Report discussing currently available machine learning (ML) medical diagnostic technologies for five selected diseases, emerging ML medical diagnostic technologies, challenges affecting the development and adoption of ML technologies for medical diagnosis, and policy options to help address challenges in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in health care (Part One). Part Two presents a framework for evaluating and promoting provider adoption of new AI-assisted diagnostic decisi… more
Date: September 2022
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications

Description: Report representing the results of a Comptroller General forum on recent developments in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) - and key implications regarding potential benefits, challenges to realizing these benefits, and resulting policy implications and research priorities.
Date: March 2018
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Machine Learning in Drug Development

Description: Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) is a set of technologies that includes automated systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, and decision-making. AI/ML has promising applications in health care, including drug development. For example, it may have the potential to help identify new treatments, reduce failure rates in clinical trials, and generally result in a more efficient and effective drug develop… more
Date: December 2019
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Science and Tech Spotlight: Deepfakes

Description: Document summarizing deepfake technology and highlighting opportunities, challenges, and policy questions related to the development of this technology.
Date: February 2020
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office. Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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