Government Accountability Office
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The Navy is reviewing its acquisition processes to reduce complexity and give contracting officers more time to talk to industry in developing requirements.
March 07, 2016 -
NASA doesn't quite measure up on the project management front, according to the Government Accountability Office. Christina Chaplain, GAO's director of acquisition and sourcing management, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on all the details.
March 04, 2016 -
The Pentagon itself does little to predict future spending on its biggest ticket items, according to a landmark study by the Government Accountability Office. Tim DiNapoli, GAO's director of acquisition and sourcing management issues, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin all the details.
March 01, 2016 -
Reports of counterfeit parts making it into sensitive Defense Department systems have steadily declined since agencies were required to make those reports in 2013. Marie Mak, director of acquisition and sourcing issues at the Government Accountability Office, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin why.
February 29, 2016 -
Most of the increase in the government's improper payments during 2015 comes from a higher rate of payment errors in the Medicaid program.
February 26, 2016 -
Reported improper payments are likely to increase as agencies improve their ability to ferret out overpayments and underpayments
February 25, 2016 -
Why would anyone want to be a federal CIO? Jeff Neal breaks down the pros and cons of the position.
February 24, 2016 -
The Defense Department builds economic assumptions and cost savings into its budget, but when those savings are too optimistic it hurts critical programs.
February 24, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office ruled the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s voluntary BYOD program doesn’t violate any laws.
February 22, 2016 -
Call it privatizing. Call it restructuring. Call it anything, but separating the nation's air traffic control program to a new and differently-funded entity would be neither simple nor risk-free. For details on the latest study of this issue, Gerald Dillingham, director of Civil Aviation Issues at the Government Accountability Office, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 19, 2016 -
President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal gives the Defense Department $524 billion, plus another $59 billion for overseas contingency operations.
February 15, 2016 -
The National Security Cutter is at the heart of a long-running effort to modernize the Coast Guard. Three of the ships have already been built and deployed. The Coast Guard, with test and evaluation help from the Navy, says the ships are effective and suitable for its mission. The Government Accountability Office is saying, not so fast. Michele Mackin, director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO, fills in all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 12, 2016 -
Banged-up cars and seizing ship engines. A slice of federal programs isn't going as planned.
February 08, 2016 -
It's a big ticket item. Over five years, several big departments spent three quarters of a billion dollars to sponsor students and recent post-grads in science and engineering. They get to work in federal agencies like Defense, Energy and Health and Human Services. The program is called the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. The Government Accountability Office took a look at the program and found some things that need tightening up. John Neumann, director of natural resources and environment issues at the GAO, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Oak Ridge Institute and what GAO found there.
February 05, 2016 -
Democrats and Republicans both agree the Postal Service needs congressional help to better its budget, but getting there is a tougher problem.
February 04, 2016