Government Accountability Office
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GAO\'s Bob Dacey explains why the agency could not issue an opinion on the federal government\'s consolidated financial statements for the 14th year in a row.
December 29, 2010 -
GAO has recommendations for what more agencies and OPM can do to recruit and keep talented workers
December 20, 2010 -
The agency is deciding whether or not to move forward with the contract option for operations and maintenance with Lockheed Martin. GAO and OMB say the project has multiple problems, including more than a $200 million increase in the total cost for ERA and a lack of usage by agencies. After going through a TechStat sessions, NARA and OMB decided to stop enhancing the system and focus on use.
December 17, 2010 -
This year\'s Census Bureau survey was the most expensive ever at $13 billion. The Government Accountability Office reviews the performance by the Bureau and where it can be more efficient.
December 16, 2010 -
The recession and changes in the use of mail as transactions and messages go more and more electronic. How can the USPS keep up? The GAO\'s Phil Herr has details.
December 10, 2010 -
Randolph Hite with GAO says his experience over the last 30 years in looking at large-scale IT projects across more federal departments and agencies than I can name has shown that this self-evident truth has been long and widely recognized and adopted when it comes to how IT projects are developed or acquired.
December 10, 2010 -
Does acquiring or developing a system incrementally equate to managing it incrementally? In a word, the answer is \"no.\" Randolph C. Hite is the director of IT Architecture and Systems Issues at the Government Accountability Office.
December 09, 2010 -
More than 40,000 servicemembers have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department are facing a backlog in disability claims. Both agencies have been conducting a pilot to…
December 09, 2010 -
Bid protests are up, which means so is the workload at GAO. The Government Accountability Office\'s Ralph White explains what\'s involved.
December 07, 2010 -
Global Computer Enterprise submits a complaint to GAO after DHS awards the deal to CACI last month.
December 02, 2010 -
Naba Barkakati, GAO\'s Chief Technologist, shares how agencies can secure their wireless networks.
December 02, 2010 -
Auditors look at how 24 agencies secure their wireless networks and find some progress, but many of the same problems that GAO found in 2005.
November 30, 2010 -
The Government Accountability Office takes a look at how the Department of Housing and Urban Development is doing with modernizing IT. GAO\'s Randy Hite tells us about the findings.
November 29, 2010 -
Chairman and Ranking Member of committee overseeing GAO both recommended him to President Obama as best candidate.
November 24, 2010 -
Turning innovation, research and development into products you can actually use. It can be challenging, and not only for government. The Defense Department has been working on this commercialization for years. The Government Accountability Office…
November 18, 2010