FLOOD INSURANCE Strategies for Increasing Private Sector Involvement What GAO Found According to stakeholders with whom GAO spoke, several conditions must be present to increase private sector involvement in the sale of flood insurance. First, insurers need to be able…
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GAO – Making the Clean Water Act Work
CLEAN WATER ACT – Changes Needed If Key EPA Program Is to Help Fulfill the Nation’s Water Quality Goals, GAO-14-80 What GAO Found The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states each have responsibilities for developing and implementing pollution targets,…
Climate Change: Future Federal Adaptation Efforts Could Better Support Local Infrastructure Decision Makers
CLIMATE CHANGE: Future Federal Adaptation Efforts Could Better Support Local Infrastructure Decision Makers, GAO-13-242 – April 2015 According to the National Research Council (NRC) and others, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
GAO Reports on Geoengineering
Climate Engineering: Technical Status, Future Directions, and Potential Responses. GAO-11-71, July 28. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-71 Highlights – http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1171high.pdf Podcast – http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_69.html
GAO – Action Needed to Improve Administration of the NFIP
FEMA faces significant management challenges in areas that affect NFIP, including strategic and human capital planning; collaboration among offices; and records, financial, and acquisition management.