Government Accountability Office
US Cyber Command and Services Should Take Actions to Maintain a Trained Cyber Mission Force (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 15:22Approaches and Challenges to Electronically Matching Patients' Health Records across Providers (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 12:37Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications Should Take Steps to Help Improve External Communications (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 11:24Need Better Information on the Use of Noncompetitive and Bridge Information Technology Contracts (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 12:17Federal Agencies Met Legislative Requirements for Protecting Privacy When Sharing Threat Information (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 12/06/2018 - 13:54FCC Should Undertake Efforts to Better Promote Tribal Access to Spectrum
The US Government Accountability Office was asked to review spectrum use by tribal entities—tribal governments and tribally owned telecommunications providers. This report examines (1) tribal entities' ability to obtain and access spectrum to provide broadband services and the reported barriers that may exist, and (2) the extent to which the Federal Communications Commission promotes and supports tribal efforts to obtain and access spectrum. GAO interviewed 16 tribal entities that were using wireless technologies.
Weapon Systems Cybersecurity: Department of Defense Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 10/09/2018 - 15:17
FCC's Data Overstate Access, and Tribes Face Barriers Accessing Funding
Tribal lands have lower levels of broadband access than the rest of the nation. Congress has prioritized identifying unserved areas and targeting funds to increase broadband deployment, including on tribal lands. In this testimony, the GAO found:
Tribal Broadband: Few Partnerships Exist and the Rural Utilities Service Needs to Identify and Address Any Funding Barriers Tribes Face
In 2018, the Federal Communications Commission estimated that 35 percent of Americans living on tribal lands lack broadband service compared to 8 percent of Americans overall. Various federal programs support increasing broadband deployment in unserved areas, including tribal lands. Tribes can form partnerships with private sector companies and others to deploy broadband infrastructure on tribal lands. The US Government Accountability Office was asked to provide information on these partnerships.