WXIN/WTTV -- In a world of increasing scams and cyber attacks, it turns out the federal government has no overarching, coordinated effort to counteract them. That’s according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO report said there are 13 federal agencies enga ged in combatting scams. But while the FBI, FTC, CFPB and 9 other agencies actively combat and track scam activity, their efforts lack coordination and strategic alignment. In other words, there’s no unified strategy to guide the different agencies in anti-scam efforts. The GAO report points out that while each agency collects scam data, they don’t seem to be sharing with each other. That makes estimating national scam activity is impossible. “GAO is making 16 recommendations to various agencies to develop a government-wide strategy to counter scams, a national scam estimate, a common definition of scams, and evaluate the outcomes of consumer education efforts,” the report stated.  The report has already received reaction from some agencies on the recommendations. “The FBI disagreed with three recommendations related to the development of a national estimate, a definition of scams, and evaluating the outcomes of its consumer education efforts,” the office reported. “GAO maintains the recommendations are valid, as discussed in the report.  FTC neither agreed nor disagreed with the five recommendations made to it.” ...read more read less