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Figure 1: Definitions of Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication

Figure 2: Assessment of 2011, 2012, and 2013 Areas and Actions Needed, as of March 6, 2014

Note: In assessing overall progress for an area, we determined that an area was “addressed” if all actions in that area were addressed; “partially addressed” if at least one action needed in that area showed some progress toward implementation but not all actions were addressed; and “not addressed” if none of the actions needed in that area was addressed or partially addressed.

In assessing actions suggested for Congress, we applied the following criteria: “addressed” means relevant legislation has been enacted and addresses all aspects of the action needed; “partially addressed” means a relevant bill has passed a committee, the House of Representatives, or the Senate, or relevant legislation has been enacted but only addressed part of the action needed; and “not addressed” means a bill may have been introduced but did not pass out of a committee, or no relevant legislation has been introduced. In assessing actions suggested for the executive branch, we applied the following criteria: “addressed” means implementation of the action needed has been completed; “partially addressed” means the action needed is in development, or started but not yet completed; and “not addressed” means the administration, the agencies, or both have made minimal or no progress toward implementing the action needed.

Actions and areas assessed as “consolidated or other” were not assessed this year due to additional work or other information we considered. Additionally, we did not provide an overall assessment for two areas reported in 2011 and one

Figure 3: Progress in Addressing 2011, 2012, and 2013 Actions as of the 2013 and 2014 Annual Reports

Note: In assessing actions suggested for Congress, we applied the following criteria: “addressed” means relevant legislation has been enacted and addresses all aspects of the action needed; “partially addressed” means a relevant bill has passed a committee, the House of Representatives, or the Senate, or relevant legislation has been enacted but only addressed part of the action needed; and “not addressed” means a bill may have been introduced but did not pass out of a committee, or no relevant legislation has been introduced. In assessing actions suggested for the executive branch, we applied the following criteria: “addressed” means implementation of the action needed has been completed; “partially addressed” means the action needed is in development, or started but not yet completed; and “not addressed” means the administration, the agencies, or both have made minimal or no progress toward implementing the action needed. Actions assessed as “consolidated or other” were not assessed this year due to additional work or other information we considered. Additionally, 2013 actions were not assessed in 2013 since that was the year that the actions were identified.

Figure 4: Fiscal Year 2012 Obligations and Number of Actions by Agency

Notes: Individual actions needed are counted multiple times, when they are directed to more than one federal department or agency. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent for items greater than 1 percent.

^a) U.S. Postal Service obligations are primarily funded by postal revenues, although the U.S. Postal Service receives minimal appropriations for overseas voting and mail for the blind. Additionally, the U.S. Postal Service has a maximum $15 billion in borrowing authority.

^b) Treasury’s percentage of fiscal year 2012 obligations includes interest on the national debt.

^c) The judicial branch represented 0.2 percent of federal obligations in fiscal year 2012.

^d) Actions have also been directed to agencies and other federal entities that each represented less than 0.2 percent of federal obligations in fiscal year 2012.

Proportions of Satellite Programs Using Shared or Dedicated Infrastructure by Decade since 1960

Similarities in Research Topic Areas for 34 Research Organizations, According to Mission Statements

Notes: Abbreviations are as follows: Center for Complex Operations (CCO); Center for Strategic Research (CSR); Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (CSCMA); Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (CSWMD); Conflict Records Research Center (CRRC); Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP); Center for Transatlantic Security Studies (CTSS); Air Force Research Institute, Air Force Counterproliferation Center (AFCPC); Center for Strategy and Technology (CSAT); Strategic Research Department (SRD); China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI); International Law Department (ILD); Strategic Studies Group (SSG); History Department (HD); Middle East Studies (MES); Translational Research Group at Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (TRG); Strategic Studies Institute (SSI); Center for Army Leadership (CAL); Combat Studies Institute (CSI); RAND Project Air Force (RAND PAF); RAND National Defense Research Institute (RAND NDRI); RAND Arroyo; Center for Naval Analyses (CNA); Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA); George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Marshall Center); Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA); William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (Perry Center); Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS); Naval Postgraduate School Cebrowski Institute for Information and Innovation (NPS: CI); Naval Postgraduate School Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Institute (NPS: MOVES); Naval Postgraduate School Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (NPS: CIRPAS); Center for Army Analysis (CAA); U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center (TRAC).

The results do not include the following three areas of concentration: (1) Public affairs and communication’, (2) Other; and (3) Unable to code. “Public affairs and communication” is not included because GAO did not code a mission statement into that area of concentration. “Other” and “Unable to code” were not included because these are not areas of concentration intended to show similarity. Rather, “Other” is intended for project titles or mission statements that do not fit into the other areas of concentration, and “Unable to code” is used for methodological purposes to categorize incomplete information.

^a Army Command and General Staff College.

FHA’s Aggregate Net Execution Rate Relative to the Enterprises’ Rates for REO Dispositions, January 2007 through June 2012

Note: The year 2012 represents data from January 1, 2012, through June 30, 2012. The figures that GAO reports for execution rates are aggregate calculations for individual years and the entire period rather than averages of the execution rates for individual property dispositions. The results are not controlled for the effects of property characteristics. These calculations did not include all dispositions for each entity because of missing values for certain data elements. VA did not have the property-level data available that are necessary to calculate net execution rates.

Average Disposition Timelines by Entity for REO Dispositions, January 2008 through June 2012 (All Years Combined)

Notes: The enterprises generally acquire REO properties within 24 hours of foreclosure sales, and VA generally acquires properties within 15 days. The REO sale date represents the closing date of the REO sale. The results are not controlled for the effects of property characteristics. The calculations did not include all dispositions for each entity because of missing values for certain data elements.

^a) VA did not have data available for its REO properties’ initial valuation dates.