New GAO Report Suggests Many Ways to Improve the U.S. COVID Response

New GAO Report Suggests Many Ways to Improve COVID Response While it may feel like the pandemic is slowly fading, the Delta variant has brought an uptick in new cases among unvaccinated people.   Today GAO issued a new report that includes 15 new recommendations for applying lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that the nation improves its response to the current pandemic and is ready for future public health emergencies as well. U.S. Government Accountability Office USGAO

GAO issued a new report that includes 15 new recommendations for applying lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that the nation improves its response to the current pandemic and is ready for future public health emergencies as well. 

We first began reporting on the federal response to COVID-19 in June 2020. In previous reports, we made a total of 72 recommendations to federal agencies about improving the national response. Of these, 16 have been fully implemented. Agencies agreed with 57 of the recommendations, and most are in the process of being implemented. Today we are releasing our seventh comprehensive report.

Today’s WatchBlog post explores some of our important recommendations to federal agencies—including ones that could improve transparency in how taxpayer funds are spent, COVID-19 testing, and address medical supply shortages.  ...