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U.S. GAO - Disability Insurance: SSA Can Improve Efforts to Detect, Prevent, and Recover
The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Disability Insurance (DI) program paid almost $123 billion in benefits in fiscal year 2010 to more than 10 million workers and dependents. The program is poised to grow further as the baby boom generation ages. GAO examined (1) what is known about the
U.S. GAO - Lead In Tap Water: CDC Public Health Communications Need Improvement
In February 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was asked to assess the effects of elevated lead levels in tap water on Washington, D.C., residents. In April 2004, CDC published the results. However, an inaccurate statement and incomplete descriptions of the limitations of
U.S. GAO - Drug Shortages: FDA's Ability to Respond Should Be Strengthened
What GAO FoundIn brief, we found that the number of drug shortages has grown substantially in recent years, and FDA is constrained in its ability to protect the public health from the impact of these shortages. (1) The number of drug shortages has grown substantially since 2006, and many shortages
U.S. GAO - Social Security Statements: Observations on SSA's Plans for the Social Security Statement
The Social Security Statement (the statement) is the federal government's main document for communicating with more than 150 million workers about their Social Security benefits. Provided annually, it serves as a key financial literacy tool that can educate the public about Social Security
U.S. GAO - Social Security Administration: Managment Oversight Needed to Ensure Accurate Treatment
In 2007, 73 percent of state and local government employees were covered by Social Security. Unlike the private sector where most employees are covered by Social Security, federal law generally permits each public employer to decide which employees to cover. The Social Security Administration (SSA)
U.S. GAO - Retirement Income: Ensuring Income throughout Retirement Requires Difficult Choices
As life expectancy increases, the risk that retirees will outlive their assets is a growing challenge. The shift from defined benefit (DB) pension plans to defined contribution (DC) plans also increases the responsibility for workers and retirees to make difficult decisions and manage their pension
U.S. GAO - Public Health Information Technology: Additional Strategic Planning Needed to Guide
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U.S. GAO - Food and Drug Administration: Better Coordination Could Enhance Efforts to Address
In recent years, the United States experienced public health crises suspected to have been caused by the deliberate substitution or addition of harmful ingredients in food and drugs--specifically melamine in pet food and oversulfated chondroitin sulfate in the blood thinner heparin. These
U.S. GAO - Safe Drinking Water Act: EPA Should Improve Implementation of Requirements on Whether to
Under 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act, every 5 years the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to determine for at least five contaminants, such as chemicals, whether regulation is warranted, considering those that present the greatest public health concern. Since 1996, EPA had
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