To combat child trafficking, the U.S. partners with other countries through Child Protection Compacts. We&#039;ll find out more from GAO&#039;s Chelsa Kenney, who looked at what is known about how well these partnerships work.

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Child Trafficking and Child Protection Compacts

U.S. agencies sometimes provide funding to foreign businesses and other entities when it helps support U.S. trade and other goals. This financial support includes entities located in China. GAO&#039;s Kim Gianopoulos tells us more on this podcast.

U.S. Funding of Entities Located In China

Fusion energy has long promised to be a potentially transformative source of energy that avoids some of the risks and environmental impacts that other energy sources produce. But the advancement of this technology still faces fundamental challengesâ¦

Fusion Energy

Food prices generally increase by about 2 percent each year. But from 2021 to 2022, food prices rose by 11 percent, the largest annual increase in over 40 years. What caused this major increase, and what can be done about it? We&#039;ll find outâ¦

Food Prices Increases

Regenerative medicine is an emerging field of health care that has the potential to cure previously untreatable diseases, repair or replace human cells, tissue or organs, and save lives. While the promise is vast, the workforce needed at all levelsâ¦

Regenerative Medicine Workforce

The United States and its global partners are experiencing a massive wave of cybercrimes. Here in the U.S., federal law enforcement have received record numbers of complaints in recent years, which include a wide array of Internet based scamsâ¦

The U.S. Led Fight Against Global Cybercrime

American farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers are increasingly facing the impacts of climate change. Federal insurance programs can help offset some of these financial impacts. But as extreme weather events increase, so does theâ¦

Climate Change--Building Greater Resilience in Agriculture

The IRS relies heavily on outdated computer software and hardware to perform its day-to-day operations. This includes things that would impact taxpayers, such as processing tax returns and refunds, and collecting taxes. We find out about IRS&#039;sâ¦

IRSâs Reliance on Aging Technology Impacts Taxpayers, and Modernization Plans are Incomplete and Delayed

COVID-19 has underscored the importance of being able to rapidly develop, manufacture, and distribute medical countermeasures--such as drugs, vaccines and testing supplies. But in the early days of the pandemic, the Department of Health and Humanâ¦

Planning for the Next Public Health Emergency and Medical Countermeasure Development

Who owns a nursing home is often an important factor impacting the quality of care residents living in that home receive. For nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs, ownership information is shared with the public so thatâ¦

Nursing Home Ownership Can Affect the Quality of Care, And Clearer Information Could Help Families' Decision-making

Pediatric cancer is among the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. But there have been relatively few new drugs approved for treatments. What are the efforts to expand research for developing new treatments? We findâ¦

Efforts to Promote Pediatric Cancer Research

The U.S. Navy plays a critical role in U.S. national defense, as well as world commerce and keeping the seas open to trade. It faces a number of obstacles in maintaining and operating its fleet of ships. We recently looked at these issues and foundâ¦

Navy Ship Maintenance and Operation Costs Grew as Use Shrank

Commercial and personal use of drones is expected to grow rapidly over the next several years. How is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) responding to this increase and making sure drones are being used safely? We&#039;ll find out from GAOâ¦

FAA Tackles Increased Drone Use

When Medicaid and Medicare programs pay for nursing home or hospice care, the government requires participating hospitals, nursing homes and hospice providers to protect individuals from abuse or neglect. But federal requirements may differ, leavingâ¦

More Attention Needed to Prevent Abuse and Neglect in Hospice Care

Broadband and 5G technology are important technologies used in daily activities across the U.S. Yet, millions of Americans lack access to them. Congress recently approved over $42 billion to accelerate efforts to expand access. But do we have theâ¦

Workforce Gaps May Slow Broadband and 5G Expansion

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