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Highlights 2
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New Opportunities Exist to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness across the Federal Government 10
Congress and Federal Agencies Continue to Address Matters and Recommendations Identified over the Last 14 Years, Resulting in Significant Benefits 14
Actions Taken by Congress and Federal Agencies Led to Hundreds of Billions in Financial Benefits 15
Other Benefits Resulting from Actions Taken by Congress and Federal Agencies 19
Action on Open Matters and Recommendations Could Yield Additional Benefits 20
Open Duplication and Cost Savings Matters and Recommendations 20
Open Matters and Recommendations to Address Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and with Potential for Financial Benefits 24
Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology 30
Assessing the Status of Previously Identified Matters and Recommendations 32
Methodologies for Determining Financial Benefits 34
Appendix II: New Topic Areas in Which GAO Has Identified Fragmentation, Overlap, or Duplication 37
Appendix III: New Topic Areas in Which GAO Has Identified Other Cost Savings or Revenue Enhancement Opportunities 96
Appendix IV: Open Congressional Matters, by Mission 123
Table 1. New Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication Topic Areas Identified in This Report 10
Table 2. New Topic Areas with Cost Savings and Revenue Enhancement Opportunities Identified in This Report 13
Table 3. Status of Duplication and Cost Savings Matters and Recommendations, as of March 2024 15
Table 4. Examples of Financial Benefits Resulting from Actions Taken by Congress and Federal Agencies, as of March 2024 17
Table 5. Examples of Open Topic Areas and Potential Benefits 24
Table 6. Examples of Open Topic Areas with Potential Financial Benefits of $1 Billion or More 26
Table 7. Open Congressional Matters in the Agriculture Mission Area 124
Table 8. Open Congressional Matters in the Defense Mission Area 126
Table 9. Open Congressional Matters in the Economic Development Mission Area 127
Table 10. Open Congressional Matters in the Energy Mission Area 128
Table 11. Open Congressional Matters in the General Government Mission Area 129
Table 12. Open Congressional Matters in the Health Mission Area 135
Table 13. Open Congressional Matters in the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, or both Mission Area 137
Table 14. Open Congressional Matters in the Income Security Mission Area 139
Table 15. Open Congressional Matters in the Information Technology Mission Area 140
Table 16. Open Congressional Matters in the International Affairs Mission Area 141
Table 17. Open Congressional Matters in the Science and the Environment Mission Area 143
Table 18. Open Congressional Matters in the Social Services Mission Area 144
Table 19. Open Congressional Matters in the Training, Employment, and Education Mission Area 145
Figure 1. Definitions of Fragmentation, Overlap, Duplication, Cost Savings, and Revenue Enhancement 8
Figure 2. Status of Duplication and Cost Savings Matters and Recommendations, as of March 2024 14
Figure 3. Total Financial Benefits of $667.5 Billion Identified in Our 2011-2024 Duplication and Cost Savings Annual Reports 15
Figure 4. Summary of 14 Years of Benefits Achieved by Mission, as of March 2024 16
Figure 5. Number of Open Duplication and Cost Savings Recommendations by Agency, as of March 2024 21
Figure 6. Fiscal Year 2023 Outlays and Number of Open Duplication and Cost Savings Recommendations, by Agency 23
Figure 7. Reciprocity-Related Challenges that Agencies and Contractors Face 49
Figure 8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Primary Methods for Disseminating Tsunami Alerts to the Public 54
Figure 9. GAO's Assessment of Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research Efforts Compared with Leading Practices for Interagency Collaboration 59
Figure 10. Example of a Radioactive Sealed Source That Contains Americium-241 67
Figure 11. Number of Methods Used by 14 Federal Agencies in Sharing Cyber Threat Information 72
Figure 12. Plastic Sheeting between Poultry Workers Standing in Close Proximity 92
Figure 13. Status of Duplication and Cost Savings Congressional Matters, as of March 2024 123
