Government Accountability Office
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Although there has been progress toward training and hiring staff, persistent internal skills gaps pose a "significant risk" to OPM's ability to help other agencies close governmentwide skills gaps.
March 07, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Census Bureau didn't spend as much as once thought. Another bridge across the valley of death is being built for small-business contractors. And agencies are making progress on the President's Management Agenda.
March 07, 2023 -
The federal unemployment insurance program has been rife with fraud for decades. But Labor Department programs created for pandemic relief spawned so much fraud, the department is opening a hundred new investigative cases a week.
March 01, 2023 -
Contracting officers are supposed to use small business set-aside contracts if they think at least two small businesses are likely to bid on a request. It is called the Rule of Two.
February 23, 2023 -
The CIO council convened a symposium to tackle "fraud prevention and detection" after potentially tens of billions in pandemic relief funds were stolen by fraudsters.
February 22, 2023 -
No matter what it does, the IRS always seems to be saddled with outdated information technology systems. At the moment, a third of its applications are legacy, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
February 22, 2023 -
The pandemic relief fraud numbers keep piling up. A billion here, a billion there. Was anybody watching?
February 15, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The $50 billion IT-services contract from NIH is being buried under protests yet again. The Air National Guard is providing humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Turkey. And DoD announces the first successful test flights of F-16s flown with artificial intelligence.
February 15, 2023 -
Between follow-up to the pandemic, DoD's need to expand the defense industrial base, and the administration's desire to foster new businesses, it's a busy time for the Small Business Administration.
February 13, 2023 -
OPM said the holdup on issuing final regulations is due to a conflict with rest and recuperation leave, but proponents of the legislation voiced frustrations with the years-long delay.
February 10, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department IG warns against unauthorized apps on government phones. A growing disagreement between OMB and GAO is no act. And the National Cyber Director is retiring next week.
February 10, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: GAO is preparing a first-of-its-kind estimate of the total amount of fraud across all federal programs. DoD health care providers expand their use of electronic health records. And GAO says FEMA needs stronger oversight of public-private partnerships.
February 09, 2023 -
The IRS is recruiting outside tax experts to help the agency determine whether it should create a platform that would allow taxpayers to submit electronically filed tax returns directly to the agency.
February 09, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Agencies are dragging their feet on some critical cybersecurity recommendations. GSA is expanding its data reporting initiative. And MREs of the future could be made from nothing more than water, air and energy.
February 08, 2023 -
For various reasons, defense contractors have quite a bit of Defense Department property in their possession. But DoD can only guesstimate how much it's all worth.
February 01, 2023