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The Key Issues pages provide information about GAO's work on a range of issues facing the nation and highlight some of our most relevant reports. These pages are updated periodically to reflect recent GAO reports.

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Nonpartisan work. Bipartisan impact

Reviewing the federal response to COVID-19

Current and past economic downturns

A look at decades of inequalities

Policy, research, development, and applications

Challenges to ensuring an accurate count

Changes that could improve efficiency or decrease costs

A big-picture look at the nation's fiscal condition

Government programs needing continued attention

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Agriculture and Food (4) Auditing and Financial Management (9) Budget and Spending (4) Business Regulation and Consumer Protection (10) Economic Development (7) Education (9) Employment (4) Energy (21) Equal Opportunity (2) Financial Markets and Institutions (8) Government Operations (29) Health Care (20) Homeland Security (14) Housing (4) Human Capital (9)

Information Management (5) Information Security (5) Information Technology (9) International Affairs (8) Justice and Law Enforcement (10) National Defense (18) Natural Resources and Environment (24) Retirement Security (6) Science and Technology (15) Space (2) Tax Policy and Administration (7) Telecommunications (2) Transportation (3) Veterans (11) Worker and Family Assistance (6)

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Agriculture Department (20) Bureau of Indian Affairs (10) Bureau of Land Management (9) Bureau of Prisons (1) Bureau of Prisons (2) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (3) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2) Central Intelligence Agency (1) Commerce Department (15) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (6) Consumer Product Safety Commission (1) Customs and Border Protection (6) Defense Department (28) Department of the Air Force (3) Department of the Army (3) Department of the Navy (4) Education Department (10) Energy Department (22) Environmental Protection Agency (19) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1) Executive Office of the President (2) Export-Import Bank of the United States (1) Farm Service Agency (1) Federal Bureau of Investigation (5) Federal Communications Commission (1) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2) Federal Emergency Management Agency (6) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (4) Federal Housing Finance Agency (1) Federal Trade Commission (3) Fish and Wildlife Service (3) Food and Drug Administration (7) Forest Service (3) General Services Administration (3)

Health and Human Services Department (21) Homeland Security Department (20) Housing and Urban Development Department (11) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (4) Interior Department (20) Internal Revenue Service (8) Justice Department (14) Labor Department (9) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (4) National Background Investigations Bureau (1) National Institutes of Health (3) National Park Service (5) National Science Foundation (3) National Security Agency (2) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (9) Office of Management and Budget (11) Office of National Drug Control Policy (1) Office of Personnel Management (7) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (1) Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (1) Postal Service (2) Securities and Exchange Commission (4) Small Business Administration (8) Social Security Administration (7) State Department (13) Transportation Department (8) Transportation Security Administration (1) Treasury Department (18) U.S. Agency for International Development (10) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (4) U.S. Coast Guard (3) U.S. Trade and Development Agency (1) Veterans Affairs Department (14) Veterans Health Administration (2)

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