On February 11, the U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") released its biennial High Risk List, which is "intended to help inform the oversight agenda for the 114th Congress and to guide efforts of the administration and agencies to improve government performance and reduce waste and risks." In its report, the GAO suggested amending privacy laws to cover all "personally identifiable information collected, used and maintained by the federal government" and recommended that federal agencies improve their responses to data breaches involving personally identifiable information.
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