Social Security

U.S. Government Accountability Office - America's Fiscal Future and Retirement Security

The federal government is on a “burning platform,”
and the status quo way of doing business is
unacceptable for a variety of reasons, including:

• Past fiscal trends and significant long-range challenges
• Selected trends and challenges having no boundaries
• Additional resource demands due to Iraq, Afghanistan, incremental homeland security needs, and recent natural disasters in the United States
• Numerous government performance/accountability and high risk challenges
• Outdated federal organizational structures, policies, and practices
• Rising public expectations for demonstrable results and enhancedresponsiveness