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The article reports that the U.S. federal banking regulators have taken steps to improve their ability to identify and respond to risks based on lessons learned from past banking crises. The failed banks also found that regulators identified weak management practices at banks involved in higher-risk activities on in each crisis and before the banks began experiencing declines in capital.

The article presents a report submitted by U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to congressional requesters. The report examines Federal Reserve's risk management policies related to regulatory capture in Large Institution Supervisory Coordinating Committee program by employing enterprise risk management method.

The article focuses on the examination of the regulatory analyses conducted by the federal financial regulators in connection to the final rules issued pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. Topics include formation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) in response to the 2007–2009 financial crisis, trends in Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicators for bank systematically important financial institutions, and GAO contacts and acknowledgements.

The article discusses a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the resolution plans for the Bankruptcy Code of the Federal Reserve. Topics include the assessment frameworks and plans of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and Federal Reserve for the revision of the code, the systemically important financial institutions (SIFI), and the Dodd-Frank Act.

The article discusses a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the steps required to enhance the non-banking designation processes by the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). Topics discussed include the monitoring approach of the FSOC, recommendations by the GAO including changes in documentation process, information tracking and voting mechanism of the FSOC, and FSOC's transparency policy.