Government Accountability Office
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The Department of Homeland Security says cyber attacks against the federal government jumped by 40 percent last year.
March 25, 2011 -
By definition, states would be overwhelmed by a major disaster. Is FEMA ready to step in? GAO\'s William Jenkins says they have no idea.
March 25, 2011 -
GAO found that one of the more daunting tasks for the IRS is determining who has passed away in the last year. Database provider LexisNexis could help.
March 24, 2011 -
A program designed to help severely wounded veterans get life-long care isn\'t working the way it should.
March 24, 2011 -
The agency plans to follow the model credit card companies use to identify potential problems on the front end instead of trying to chase down the money after the fact. CMS accounts for about 46 percent of all improper payments across the government. Overall, OMB wants to reduce the governmentwide error rate to 4.18 percent by 2013.
March 24, 2011 -
Shay Assad, director of the office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told industry professionals Thursday that DoD would provide them with a clearer picture of what the Pentagon wants when it issues solicitations to industry. Past acquisition processes, he said, had forced vendors to guess what factors DoD thought were truly important.
March 18, 2011 -
Berniece Steinhardt, GAO\'s Director of Governmentwide Management Issues, explains how agencies can adopt more coordinated approaches to achieve meaningful results.
March 17, 2011 -
Does the battle over the debt limit have an impact on the TSP super-safe G fund?
March 14, 2011 -
Jess Ford, the director of International Affairs and Trade Issues at the GAO, explains how State can better invest in training.
March 10, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office sustained protests from two losing bidders under the Transformation and System Consolidation (TASC) program, say government and industry sources.
March 10, 2011 -
Sen. Collins asked GAO to study the current roles and responsibilities of these senior technology managers. This would be the third such study from GAO since 1996, but first since 2005. VA\'s CIO Roger Baker reiterates his call to give CIOs oversight and authority of their IT budget.
March 07, 2011 -
Congress is holding the government accountable for federal building ownership and leasing. Rep. Holmes Norton is asking GSA for access to excess building data.
March 04, 2011 -
Rep. Issa and other Republicans criticize the administration for not testifying on GAO report on duplicative programs. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee promises quarterly hearings on how agencies are chipping away at the widespread overlap.
March 04, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office has released a list of seven major management challenges at Interior. The challenges range from land acquisition to information security.
March 03, 2011 -
Janet Saint Laurent, GAO\'s managing director for defense capabilities and management issues, shares details of some of the duplicate programs.
March 02, 2011