Government Accountability Office
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The Defense Department\'s leader of business process reform said Friday that she\'s hopeful the Government Accountability Office will remove one of DoD\'s high risk areas from its biennial list of government trouble spots. GAO is expected to issue the list within the next several weeks.
January 24, 2011 -
Part of \"The Need for the Next Generation\" special report, GAO explains how the watchdog agency re-imagined its brand and recruiting methods to become a highly competitive agency for young people to work for.
January 24, 2011 -
A government analysis says that discharging gay service members cost the Pentagon nearly $200 million from 2004 to 2009. The money went mainly to recruit and train replacements.
January 21, 2011 -
GAO\'s James White describes the report findings on the 2010 tax filing season.
January 20, 2011 -
The GAO says DoD service contracting reports are inconsistent.
January 20, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office continues to follow the progress of TARP. GAO\'s Tom McCool gives us an update.
January 14, 2011 -
GAO\'s Jack Edwards gives highlights of the report on defense
January 13, 2011 -
Increased use of a smart grid has benefits. The GAO finds being more cyber secure isn\'t one of them.
January 13, 2011 -
OMB controller Danny Werfel said the Treasury Department should be finished testing and analyzing systems in the next six months. The CFO Council highlights priorities for 2011, and among them is the further reduction of improper payments. Werfel said agencies will begin using the software tool first utilized by the Recovery Board to identify potential problems.
January 12, 2011 -
GAO\'s Michael Sullivans explains the recommendations for the Defense Department to improve oversight of its power source investments.
January 06, 2011 -
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro outlines the top priorities of the Government Accountability Office now that he has been confirmed.
January 06, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office perennially tops the list as one of the best agencies to work for in the Federal Government. So how does newly confirmed Comptroller General Gene Dodaro plan to keep up agency…
January 06, 2011 -
The Court of Federal Claims rules that Interior violated law and federal regulations in awarding a sole source contract to Microsoft for e-mail and collaboration services in the cloud. This the latest episode in an ongoing battle between the two software giants to provide cloud services to agencies.
January 06, 2011 -
GAO\'s director of IT Architecture and Systems Issues Randy Hite retired last week, joins the Federal Drive for an exit interview
January 03, 2011 -
A 30-year veteran of the Government Accountability Office was formally sworn-in Thursday as U.S. Comptroller General.
December 31, 2010