Agency-by-Agency Issues

Each agency faces distinct challenges to accomplish its mission and achieve its goals. Increased demand for better government performance and responsiveness as well as greater accountability makes agency challenges all the more important. Each agency's major challenges, as well as GAO's recommendations and key reports containing additional information, can be found below.

Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense
Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Interior
Department of Labor Department of State Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury Department of Veterans Affairs Environmental Protection Agency
General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Archives and Records Administration
Office of Management and Budget Office of Personnel Management Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Small Business Administration Social Security Administration U.S. Agency for International Development