Government Accountability Office
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With an early start to wildfire season already underway, agency officials warn major attrition of federal wildland firefighters is coming, unless there are permanent pay and workforce reforms.
June 08, 2023 -
An independent agency created to fast-track the sale of excess federal properties is falling behind on its goals envisioned more than six years ago, and is running into many of the bureaucratic hurdles it was meant to bypass.
June 08, 2023 -
A new problem has emerged for the long-troubled F-35 joint strike fighter program. It concerns spare parts, and who accounts for them. Are they government-furnished parts or should they be accounted for under a contract.
June 07, 2023 -
The agency expects to have all its grants assistance programs available through the FEMA GO platform by April 2024.
June 06, 2023 -
The TSP participants who filed the class-action lawsuit said although the mistakes were foreseeable and avoidable, processing delays caused serious financial damages to federal employees seeking loans and withdrawals.
June 05, 2023 -
Among the troubling programs on the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk List, is the ability of the Health and Human Services Department to manage the national response to health emergencies. In the most recent pandemic, the response of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was at best disjointed.
May 31, 2023 -
Deep in the weeds of agency management, you find something called the FITARA scorecard. FITARA stands for Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. It became law in 2015. Twice each year, agencies receive a scorecard from Congress on how they did managing their IT activities. Now a team, under the IT trade group ACT-IAC, has come up with a list of recommendations for revising the FITARA scorecard.
May 30, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is ramping up IT spending across several major projects, but those contracting dollars are increasingly concentrated amongst a handful of large companies.
May 26, 2023 -
Waste, fraud and abuse in the federal student aid loan program is bad. But it would be a lot worse, if not for someone at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) For more than 20 years, she has dispensed tough and crucial oversight to federal financial aid for students, which has rooted out fraudsters and saved untold sums of money. Now she is a finalist for a Service to America Medals, administered by the Partnership for Public Service.
May 25, 2023 -
As the Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office, Goodwin is like a stern but compassionate teacher, as she examines and evaluates the Bureau of Prisons.
May 24, 2023 -
Having best places to work, means some employees endure the worst places. And the worst of all, according to the rankings for 2022 compiled by the Partnership for Public Services, is the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a component of the Justice Department.
May 22, 2023 -
The Defense Department program meant to help service members transition to civilian life needs to improve, and Congress wants more accountability.
May 19, 2023 -
Despite the Veterans Health Administration remaining on track to reach year-end targets to increase health care staff, problems persist in VHA’s recruitment and onboarding processes, the House Veterans Affairs Committee said.
May 17, 2023 -
Federal agencies spend more on grants than they do on procurements. Way more! The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that spending could be more transparent, and could stand a lot more oversight, than it does now
May 17, 2023 -
Whistleblowers have played a critical role in policy changes at the Veterans Affairs Department over the years, but it comes at a cost for many of them. Some face demotions, workplace hostility, other indignities.
May 10, 2023