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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Internal Revenue Service: Absorbing Budget Cuts Has Resulted in Significant Staffing Declines and Uneven Performance

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "IRS’s appropriations have declined to below fiscal year 2009 levels and FTEs have been reduced by about 8,000 since fiscal year 2009. Planned performance in enforcement and taxpayer service has decreased or fluctuated; for example, in the fiscal year 2014 congressional justification the audit coverage target for individual examinations was 1.0 percent for fiscal year 2014, however, the target was lowered… more
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Medicare Imaging Accreditation: Effect on Access to Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Is Unclear amid Other Policy Changes

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO found that the number of advanced diagnostic imaging (ADI) services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in the office setting—an indicator of access to those services—began declining before and continued declining after the accreditation requirement went into effect on January 1, 2012. In particular, the rate of decline from 2009 to 2010 was similar to the rate from 2011 to 2012 for magnetic resonanc… more
Date: April 18, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Nuclear Weapons: Technology Development Efforts for the Uranium Processing Facility

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO has identified five additional risks since its November 2010 report ( GAO-11-103 ) associated with using new technologies in the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Uranium Processing Facility (UPF), which is to be built in three interrelated phases. These risks and the steps that NNSA is taking to address them include the following:"
Date: April 18, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Information Security: SEC Needs to Improve Controls over Financial Systems and Data

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Although the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had implemented and made progress in strengthening information security controls, weaknesses limited their effectiveness in protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of a key financial system. For this system's network, servers, applications, and databases, weaknesses in several controls were found, as the following examples illustr… more
Date: April 17, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Army Modular Force Structure: Annual Report Generally Met Requirements, but Challenges in Estimating Costs and Assessing Capability Remain

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Army's annual report on its modular force either fully or partially addressed all of the requirements mandated by law. GAO's analysis showed that of the 14 legislative requirements, the report fully addressed 9 and partially addressed 5. The requirements that were fully addressed included an assessment of the modular force capabilities and the status of doctrine for the modular force, among others. … more
Date: April 16, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Defense Contracting: DOD's Use of Class Justifications for Sole-Source Contracts

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) class justifications included in GAO's sample were used primarily for the acquisition of weapon systems or related subsystems and components. About 77 percent covered specific weapon system development, production, sustainment, or modernization efforts; about 14 percent covered logistics support of multiple weapon systems or training systems; and the remaining 9 percent co… more
Date: April 16, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Foreign Aid: USAID Has Increased Funding to Partner-Country Organizations but Could Better Track Progress

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) reporting on its principal Local Solutions indicator—the percentage of mission program funds obligated to local organizations in partner countries—lacks clarity, complicating the assessment of the agency's progress toward its fiscal year 2015 target of 30 percent. The March 2013 USAID Forward progress report states that these obligations increased … more
Date: April 16, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects

Description: Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) total portfolio of major projects saw cost and schedule growth that remains low compared to GAO's first review of the portfolio. Some projects in this year's portfolio launched within their cost and schedule baselines; however, several others are undergoing replans, which could temper the portfolio's positive performance. For example, the … more
Date: April 15, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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National Environmental Policy Act: Little Information Exists on NEPA Analyses

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Governmentwide data on the number and type of most National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses are not readily available, as data collection efforts vary by agency. NEPA generally requires federal agencies to evaluate the potential environmental effects of actions they propose to carry out, fund, or approve (e.g., by permit) by preparing analyses of different comprehensiveness depending on the sig… more
Date: April 15, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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National Environmental Policy Act: Little Information Exists on NEPA Analyses

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Governmentwide data on the number and type of most National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses are not readily available, as data collection efforts vary by agency. NEPA generally requires federal agencies to evaluate the potential environmental effects of actions they propose to carry out, fund, or approve (e.g., by permit) by preparing analyses of different comprehensiveness depending on the sig… more
Date: April 15, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Address Implementation Issues and Estimate Long-Term Costs for European Capabilities

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) met the presidentially announced time frame to deploy initial ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities in Europe under the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) but did not fully identify and plan to resolve implementation issues before deployment. As a result, DOD experienced implementation issues, such as incomplete construction of housing facilities for soldiers… more
Date: April 11, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Air Force: Actions Needed to Strengthen Management of Unmanned Aerial System Pilots

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Air Force has managed its remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots using some strategic human-capital approaches, such as planning for the different levels of experience that it needs in these pilots. However, it continues to face challenges. High-performing organizations manage human capital to identify the right number of personnel and to target the right sources to fill personnel needs. In 2008, th… more
Date: April 10, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Inspectors General: Oversight of Small Federal Agencies and the Role of the Inspectors General

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (IG Act), originally established inspectors general (IG) appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate in 12 major departments and agencies of the government to conduct and supervise independent audits and investigations; recommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness; and prevent and detect fraud and abuse in their departments' and … more
Date: April 10, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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KC-46 Tanker Aircraft: Program Generally on Track, but Upcoming Schedule Remains Challenging

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The KC-46 program has made good progress over the past year—acquisition costs have remained relatively stable, the critical design review was successfully completed, the program is on track to meet performance parameters, and the contractor started building development aircraft. As shown, total program acquisition costs—which include development, production, and military construction costs—and unit cost… more
Date: April 10, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Presidential Helicopter Acquisition: Update on Program's Progress toward Development Start

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO found that the Navy continued to make progress in the past year toward (1) establishing a knowledge-based program that generally aligned with acquisition best practices and (2) meeting corresponding statutory certification requirements for entering the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition process in the engineering and manufacturing development phase. The Navy has met or expects to meet requiremen… more
Date: April 10, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Status of Efforts to Initiate an Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) effort has not yet reached Milestone A—the decision point in DOD’s acquisition process that generally authorizes assessment of potential technologies for an eventual acquisition program. At this point, Marine Corps officials are weighing the cost and technological feasibility of their required capabilities. In November 2011, the Marines Corps began an Analysis of Alter… more
Date: April 10, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Defense Infrastructure: In-Kind Projects Initiated during Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense’s (DOD) processes for selecting in-kind projects in Asia vary by country and by whether the project is intended to support force structure initiatives or enduring installations, although these efforts are not mutually exclusive; domestically, DOD’s processes for selecting in-kind projects vary by military service and statutory authority. In Asia, the selection of in-kind project… more
Date: April 9, 2014
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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