FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) substantially improved ratemaking by implementing Risk Rating 2.0 in 2021 but the program faces a potentially significant premium shortfall, a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found. Published ahead of reauthorization of …
Year two of Obamacare “won’t be perfect,” a top Obama administration official said as the government’s website to sell health insurance plans continues to be developed. Andy Slavitt, the principal deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, …
The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from 2008 to 2012, congressional auditors said on Monday, calling for stricter rules to prevent improper payments. In a report, the …
Climate change and gaps in weather satellite data have been officially added to the list of high risks facing the federal government, a list that already includes the federal flood insurance program, Medicare and the Post Office. The Government Accountability …
Federal regulators must account for response times in the data they collect from transmission operators on natural gas pipeline incidents, a congressional watchdog agency said this week. The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Pipeline and …
Many employers are in the dark over whether their safety incentive programs encourage or discourage the reporting of injuries and illnesses by their employees, or if they have no effect. But a new report says employers, and the federal officials …
The federal law governing risk retention groups should be clarified to reduce the number of disagreements between RRG managers and state regulators and to clarify the coverage RRGs may offer, a Congressional report advises. The Government Accountability Office said varying …
