Government Accountability Office
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For details, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the Director of Cyber and National Security at the Lincoln Network, Dan Lips.
September 15, 2021 -
The Treasury Department has failed for years to fix controls in the systems it uses to account for the country's finances.
September 08, 2021 -
The Government Accountability Office is planning to release a report in early fiscal 2022 about the cybersecurity impacts of technologies adopted in response to the pandemic.
September 01, 2021 -
Facial recognition technology has gone mainstream in the federal government. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from the director for science, technology assessment and analytics at the Government Accountability Office, Candice Wright.
September 01, 2021 -
Bid protests are a relatively effective tool for losing bidders who think an agency got it wrong. According to GAO, 51% of the protests filed last year were either resolved in the protestors favor, or by the agency taking action on its own.
August 26, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon is determining what it should do with billions intended for the Afghan armed forces.
August 25, 2021 -
Congress set up two special funds that have paid out billions of dollars to 9/11 victims but lawmakers are still considering changes to eligibility criteria. Last year, lawmakers told the Government Accountability Office to estimate how much those changes would cost.
August 25, 2021 -
For the latest assessment of the project, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the managing director of infrastructure operations at the Government Accountability Office Terry Dorn.
August 18, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, new salary caps mean House staffers can now make up to nearly $200,000 a year.
August 16, 2021 -
Since last year, the Labor Department has adjusted its approach to collaboration while the Air Force is using more virtual and augmented reality.
August 13, 2021 -
Two agencies that have say-so over the allocation of spectrum generally cooperate, but their agreements are 20 years old. And with the advent of 5G, it might be time to renew them.
August 11, 2021 -
Artificial Intelligence is widely used, but how do we know it's working appropriately? What prompted the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to develop an AI Accountability Framework? What are the core principles of this framework? Join host Michael J. Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Taka Ariga, Chief Data Scientist and Director of the Innovation Lab at GAO and Steve Sanford, Managing Director, Strategic Planning and External Liaison at GAO.
August 10, 2021 -
Federal spending for large quantities of medical supplies sucked in many companies doing business with the government for the first time. In fact, five times as many as in a normal year.
August 10, 2021 -
House appropriators want DoD to deliver new information on how it plans to deliver career technical education and recruit and retain personnel into STEM fields.
August 09, 2021 -
For several years, agency acquisition shops have been getting more comfortable with buying outside of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
August 06, 2021