High Risk List

• DoD’s real estate issues no longer a ‘high risk’ area, GAO says

  In the latest biennial update on Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office removed DoD real property issues from its High Risk List. But DoD is still solely responsible for five of the 19 matters remaining on the list.

  Defense

  March 03, 2021
• Agency progress stalls on key high-risk list challenges, GAO says

  Federal human capital challenges are the root cause behind two-thirds of the broad topics on the Government Accountability Office's biennial high-risk list. And while GAO removed one program from the list, some areas have regressed.

  Agency Oversight

  March 02, 2021
• GAO nudging agencies to take care of priority recommendations

  In the last couple of weeks, GAO has reissued reminders on open recommendations. It's a long list.

  Agency Oversight

  May 14, 2020
• New high risk list issued as US-Afghan relations remain strained

  John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss a newly issued high risk list.

  Federal Drive

  April 23, 2019
• Despite DHS leadership vacancies, GAO sees progress in risk areas

  At the moment, the Department of Homeland Security has so many top management openings it looks like Swiss cheese.

  Federal Drive

  April 09, 2019
• Comptroller general talks high risk list, hiring and concerns around 2020 Census

  For a couple of decades, the Government Accountability Office has published its biennial list of high-risk federal programs. To go deeper, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin this week.

  Federal Drive

  March 21, 2019
• GAO’s understatement amplifies risk list

  Members of Congress may be rude, but the Government Accountability Office, the federal oversight agency, sticks to the facts.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  March 11, 2019
• Military unveils plan to help service members with base housing issues

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Army, Navy and Air Force said they’re establishing a “tenant’s bill of rights” to help military members deal with cases of substandard on-base housing.

  Federal Newscast

  March 07, 2019
• GAO ticks DoD supply chain management, weather satellite data gaps off high-risk list

  The Government Accountability Office has taken two items off its high-risk list, a governmentwide inventory of programs that put agencies on-notice about major threats of fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement.

  Agency Oversight

  March 07, 2019
• DoD’s acquisition and contracting sees little improvement on GAO High-Risk List

  The high-risk list, released Wednesday, states efforts to shore up problems with DoD weapons systems acquisition remain “unchanged” since GAO’s last high-risk list in 2017.

  Defense

  March 06, 2019
• GAO updates challenges for improper Medicare, Medicaid payments

  Somewhere along the line, annual spending for Medicare and Medicaid hit the $1 trillion mark. More than half is Medicaid.

  Federal Drive

  September 06, 2018
• VA cuts central office positions by 10 percent

  The Veterans Affairs Department says it's also eliminated 235 expired directives and 85 percent of outdated manuals in effort to cut red tape.

  Veterans Affairs

  April 16, 2018
• How can GSA protect its federal building portfolio against natural disaster trends?

  Looking back on a year of severe hurricanes and wildfires, GSA wants to know how it can best prepare its federal buildings against natural disasters.

  Agency Oversight

  February 06, 2018
• David Berteau: Federal contractors worry more about security background checks

  GAO has put security background checks on the high-risk list. David Berteau joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share the industry reaction.

  Federal Drive

  January 29, 2018