This report includes summaries highlighting the impact of GAO’s work and associated key open recommendations—those recommendations which have not been fully implemented. For its deliberations on the supplemental request for fiscal year 1997 funds, we provided Congress with the most up-to-date information on the status of costs. Key Open Recommendations

				Department of Education Management

In our 1992 transition series report, we recommended that the Department of Education have information and financial management systems that provide needed data and protect the federal government’s financial interests from waste, fraud, and mismanagement. These audit procedures were sent to all credit agencies’ inspectors general. (GAO/AIMD-96-7)
See also chapter 1, Improving National Security and International Affairs Programs. (GAO/AIMD-95-222)
See also chapter 2, Improving Resources, Community, and Economic Development Programs, Food and Agriculture Issue Area.
What GAO Found

GAO reported on the conclusions and recommendations resulting from its audits and other reviews of federal departments and agencies. GAO provided summary information on the status of all recommendations that have not been fully implemented in the areas of national security, international affairs, community and economic development, natural resources, human resources, justice, general government, and financial and information management for use in congressional review of budget requests.