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Management Report

Improvements Needed in Controls over the Processes Treasury and OMB Used to Prepare the U.S. Consolidated Financial Statements

GAO-22-105851
Published: Aug 16, 2022. Publicly released: Aug 16, 2022.
Domestic Oceangoing Shipping

Information on the Surface Transportation Board's Regulatory Processes

GAO-22-105391
Published: Aug 16, 2022. Publicly released: Aug 16, 2022.
VA Acquisition Management

Action Needed to Ensure Success of New Oversight Framework

GAO-22-105195
Published: Aug 11, 2022. Publicly released: Aug 11, 2022.
Military Health Care

Improved Procedures and Monitoring Needed to Ensure Provider Qualifications and Competence

GAO-22-104668
Published: Aug 11, 2022. Publicly released: Aug 11, 2022.
National Science Foundation

Better Reporting Could Give More Visibility into Gains in States' Research Competitiveness

GAO-22-105043
Published: Aug 11, 2022. Publicly released: Aug 11, 2022.
College Closures

Education Should Improve Outreach to Borrowers about Loan Discharges

GAO-22-104403
Published: Jul 15, 2022. Publicly released: Aug 10, 2022.

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Legal Decisions

Aug 15

TekSynap Corporation

We deny the protest.

B-419862.4,B-419862.5,B-419862.6

Aug 15

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program

B-334500

Aug 15

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; FY 2023 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements

B-334499

Aug 15

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; FY 2023 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System—Rate Update and Quality Reporting—Request for Information

B-334497

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Blog Post

Our Work on the January 6th Attack

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

A House of Representatives’ special committee held a number of...

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DOD Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care at Military Health Facilities

Thursday, August 11, 2022

The Department of Defense (DOD) provides health care and dental...

Air Travel and Communicable Diseases like COVID-19

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Blog Post

Breaking Down Barriers to Broadband Access

Press Release

GAO Again Places First in the Best Places to Work Rankings

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Washington, D.C. (July 13, 2022) – For the second year in a row, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) ranked number one in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work rankings...

Persistent Chemicals: Assessment, Detection, and Treatment

Meet The U.S. Comptroller General

Gene L. Dodaro is the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of GAO. As Comptroller General, Mr. Dodaro leads GAO and helps oversee the hundreds of reports and testimonies that GAO provides each year to various committees and individual Members of Congress. The U.S. Comptroller General is appointed to a 15-year term.

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Congress held a number of hearings this summer about the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. We have issued several reports for Congress about federal efforts to prepare for and respond to January 6th’s events. Today’s blog post explores: https://t.co/7dmQ1Dkevs pic.twitter.com/7uZhZ4rHsg
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) August 16, 2022

Management Report: Improvements Needed in Controls over the Processes Treasury and OMB Used to Prepare the U.S. Consolidated Financial Statements https://t.co/3TkyqxjI5K
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) August 16, 2022

Domestic Oceangoing Shipping: Information on the Surface Transportation Board's Regulatory Processes https://t.co/dI4zTxhOiO
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) August 16, 2022

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