The Government Accountability Office (GAO) credited the Federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) for solving technical issues that participants faced while using its latest online platform when it launched in 2022, but also cautioned in an Aug. 1 report that the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) “needs to greatly improve” oversight of TSP acquisition management and contractor oversight going forward.   […]

In response to a probe from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to release a national cybersecurity strategy for the water sector in January 2025. […]

New bipartisan legislation from Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., aims to improve the quality, usability, and completeness of grant recipient audit data. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is working to replace its aging financial management system, but a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that the agency needs to develop more comprehensive risk response plans to help mitigate risks that would affect the system’s integration with other VA IT modernization projects. […]

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reckons that the government could realize from $106 billion to $208 billion of benefits and savings if Federal government agencies took action on about four percent of the watchdog agency’s still-unimplemented recommendations. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) spends big bucks on modernizing the IT systems it uses to run its day-to-day operations, but a lot of these systems are late to arrive and do not meet expectations, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

Despite the Department of Defense (DoD) placing a renewed emphasis on addressing recommendations made to the agency by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a recent report from the Federal watchdog reveals that DoD’s implementation rate on recommendations continues to fall short of the government-wide average. […]

The Department of Energy (DoE) still has significant work to do to address open priority recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) related to insider threats and cybersecurity. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that Federal agencies reported an estimated $235.8 billion in improper payments across 71 programs for fiscal year (FY) 2023. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is looking for feedback on its proposed revisions to its Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, also known as the Green Book. […]

The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) component could be doing more to help Tribal authorities with technical assistance as they seek to create and improve broadband services using $3 billion in funding from the Federal government’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP), according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

The Department of Energy (DoE) is one of the largest Federal research funding agencies, but a new report out today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that DoE needs to better understand whether or not a recent policy change is actually protecting U.S.-funded technologies from foreign acquisition. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report today that the Federal government’s primary personnel investigative agency needs to put in place improved cybersecurity oversight processes to mitigate security risks posed by its outdated and developing IT systems. […]

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that the Pentagon is struggling to deliver new technologies quickly and includes cybersecurity and workforce challenges among the list of factors contributing to that problem. […]

The Federal government’s watchdog is giving agencies credit for big policy moves to improve cybersecurity but is pounding the table with urgency for those agencies to catch up on more than 500 previous recommendations for improving cybersecurity – including more thoroughly implementing the Biden administration’s recent cyber policy directives.   […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prioritize better managing of its software license inventories to find ways to cut costs and better inform investment decision-making. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs to do more to help state, local, and Tribal authorities use technology resources necessary to investigate unauthorized aerial drone activity, according to a June 6 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is asking the IRS to take steps to document its use of AI technology in a new pilot the agency is taking to explore the “tax gap” – which represents the difference in the amount of taxes owed versus those collected. […]

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Social Security Administration (SSA) assess and review the amount of funds the agency uses in acquiring software licenses, and the possible duplication of licenses that it buys. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) needs to improve how it collects and analyzes data from its military judicial system in order to guard against racial disparities that may result from those judicial functions, according to a May 23 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified two significant tech-related ways to potentially save taxpayers billions of dollars in its 14th annual report that aims to identify overlap, duplication, and fragmentation across the Federal government. […]

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on May 20 is offering some good news: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since last year has improved its capabilities to protect personally identifiable information (PII). […]

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that the U.S. Navy needs to address the accuracy of its workforce data in order to strengthen the service branch’s cybersecurity workforce. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is claiming that the agency generated a $70.4 billion return on investment during fiscal year 2023 as a result of its oversight work. […]

A new House bill aims to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin the process of updating its two legacy IT systems that manage and report on air quality data throughout the country. […]

A top Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said on Tuesday that the emergence of AI technology is helping to bring data security “to new heights” in the Federal government. […]

NASA’s spacecraft development programs lack mandatory cybersecurity controls for acquisition policies and standards, placing the technology at risk of cyberattacks, the Federal government’s top watchdog said this week. […]

While the 2030 Census is still years away, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reveals the U.S. Census Bureau still has some work to do to improve its IT modernization efforts critical to that mission. […]

The Director of IT and Cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that both culture and workforce remain a consistent challenge for cybersecurity within the Federal government – especially as government agencies look towards the future of IT modernization.   […]

The accuracy of biometric identification technologies – such as facial recognition tech – has improved over time, but a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that more could be done from a policy perspective to ensure the safe use of those kinds of technologies. […]