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HIGH-RISK SERIES Efforts Made to Achieve Progress Need to Be Maintained and Expanded to Fully Address All Areas
Appendix I: What Is the History of the High-Risk Program? Bookmark: In 1990, we began a program to report on government operations that we identified as “high risk.” Since then, generally coinciding with the start of each new Congress, we have reported on the status of progress addressing high-risk areas and have updated the High-Risk List. Our last high-risk update was in March 2021. That update identified 36 high-risk areas. In January 2022 and June 2022, we added two high-risk areas—HHS Leadership and Coordination of Public Health Emergencies, and Unemployment Insurance System. This year, we added one high-risk area—Strengthening Management of the Federal Prison System—and removed two which we will…


