Government Accountability Office
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The Postal Service’s operational changes in recent years aren’t putting rural areas at a disadvantage when it comes to on-time delivery, according to a recent watchdog report.
January 12, 2023 -
The National Institutes of Health released a job announcement for its director of the Center for IT but not yet a job announcement for its CIO role after Andrea Norris retired in December.
January 12, 2023 -
Fighter plans and attack planes are known as tactical aircraft. The armed services have a lot of them, mostly old. So old, most of them are past their services lives. Yet they are still in the inventory and the Defense Department wants to spend a hundred billion dollars to refresh the fleet. The Government Accountability Office finds, DoD needs more detailed analysis before proceeding.
January 11, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management has established a verification process for adding new family members to FEHB enrollees’ plans, but the Government Accountability Office said more still needs to be done.
January 10, 2023 -
Lauren Knausenberger, the Air Force’s chief information officer, said despite protest delays, the service is taking steps to prepare for the future enterprise IT-as-a-service approach.
January 10, 2023 -
Besides the tragedy-comedy drama over selection of a House Speaker, there is a rather potent agenda for the 118th Congress. Authorizations. Appropriations are so far off. Debt ceiling. And the gambits Republicans in the house are hoping to launch.
January 09, 2023 -
So-called black swan events seem to be happening in flocks. The pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earthquakes and floods. For government, it all adds up to the need for resilience and preparation.
January 05, 2023 -
In doing economic analyses leading to changes in federal benefits, agencies are obligated to do them a certain way. During the pandemic, the Agriculture Department redid an index resulting in a big boost in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Government Accountability Office finds, USDA didn't quite proceed properly.
January 04, 2023 -
Congress looks to DoD for more improvements to privatized military housing, and asks for more reports and oversight.
January 04, 2023 -
D.C. would like all that excess federal office space given up.
January 03, 2023 -
Maybe it's lack of leadership. Or lack of attention. But the Justice Department has failed on a critical congressional mandate, that's according to the Government Accountability Office. Justice has been required to update a national strategy to deal with exploitation of children every two years.
December 28, 2022 -
Military families will see an increase in what they pay for childcare as DoD looks to hire and retain more child care staff.
December 27, 2022 -
The government-wide Improper Payment Rate dropped by more than 2% in fiscal 2022. One of the biggest ways agencies can keep it headed downward is stronger identity management. Beryl Davis is the Managing Director of the Financial Management and Assurance team at the Government Accountability Office and Tim Persons is the GAO's Chief Scientist.
December 21, 2022 -
The latest Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard showed seven agencies improved their grades since last period and 17 stayed the same with USAID receiving the only “A” grade.
December 15, 2022 -
Judges are suppose to be above the law. But even in the federal judicial branch, ethical and legal transgressions occur. The Government Accountability Office has found that the judiciary doesn't follow best practices for addressing waste, fraud and abuse.
December 14, 2022