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FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

Commercial Aviation: Air Service to Small Communities Continues to Face Challenges

What GAO Found In general, small communities continue to face declining scheduled passenger air service, especially at nonhub airports—airports that have more than 10,000 annual commercial passenger boardings but less than 0.05 percent of the annual total of U.S. commercial passenger boardings. At these airports, the average number of daily departures per route in 2024 was 19 percent lower than the 2018 level. Over 70 percent of nonhub airports that were not receiving federal support from the Essential Air Service (EAS) program experienced a decline in average daily departures per route from 2018 to 2024. Percentage Change from 2018 to 2024 in Average Daily Departures per Route for Nonhub A.

ML Maria Lopez
Jun 4 · 1 min
FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Better Manage Schedule for Modernization Program

What GAO Found The Census Bureau fully implemented leading practices for risk management for its enterprise-wide data storage and processing modernization program (known as the Enterprise Data Lake). It also substantially implemented leading practices for managing requirements and cost estimating. However, the Bureau partially implemented leading practices for developing and maintaining the schedule for the program, as shown in the table. Extent to Which the Census Bureau Implemented Leading Practices for Managing the Enterprise Data Lake Program Management Area Overall Assessment Assessment by Leading Practice Risk Management ⬤ Fully implemented ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Requirements Management ◕ Substant.

ML Maria Lopez
Jun 4 · 1 min
FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Assess Civilian Partnerships’ Contributions to Readiness

What GAO Found The Department of Defense’s (DOD) decisions to partner with civilian medical facilities to train military medical personnel for the battlefield are influenced by various factors that can support or hinder the use of partnerships, according to officials. One type of partnership that DOD can establish through an external resource sharing agreement allows active-duty providers to provide medical care to beneficiaries in civilian medical facilities within DOD’s network. Using these partnerships can reduce costs by avoiding certain professional fees and by keeping patient care within the network. However, DOD has not fully explored the benefits of increasing the use of these partn.

ML Maria Lopez
Jun 4 · 1 min