Government Accountability Office
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A GAO report found holes in CMS' systems for protecting private health data between entities.
April 17, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department will be sending up to 4,000 troops to U.S.-Mexico border to assist the Homeland Security Department.
April 17, 2018 -
The Veterans Affairs Department says it's also eliminated 235 expired directives and 85 percent of outdated manuals in effort to cut red tape.
April 16, 2018 -
The Environmental Protection Agency breached multiple laws when it installed a soundproof booth in Administrator Scott Pruitt's office last year, according to a government watchdog office.
April 16, 2018 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of the top contracting issues including Smart Pay micro-purchase limits, new GAO rules for bid protests, and HubZone ownership rule changes. April 16, 2018
April 13, 2018 -
Lawmakers are questioning whether the Homeland Security Department should continue building its new consolidated headquarters using facilities that predate the Civil War.
April 12, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump presided over the signing of the "One Federal Decision" memorandum of understanding, in which seven of his cabinet secretaries took part.
April 10, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office said it's launching its new electronic bid protest docketing system May 1.
April 09, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office's chief scientist, Timothy Persons, says testing AI's risks in a controlled environment is crucial to implementation at federal agencies.
April 05, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, while Congress has adjusted spending caps to allow increases in spending, the Congressional Budget Office warns agencies will have to make cuts again if the caps aren't adjusted beyond 2019.
April 03, 2018 -
Since 2011, approximately 13,000 Afghan and Iraqi nationals have resettled in the U.S. under special immigration visas.
March 29, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, oversight lawmakers want the Government Accountability Office to look into Interior's decision to reassign 33 executives.
March 29, 2018 -
Federal employees left their jobs at a higher rate under the first year of the Trump administration than at any other point in recent years.
March 26, 2018 -
Eric Crusius, a partner with Holland & Knight law firm, details why the Section 809 panel shouldn’t tinker too much with bid protest rules.
March 21, 2018 -
National Nuclear Security Administration is facing challenges in all three of its most crucial areas and then some, GAO says.
March 20, 2018