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Military Housing: DOD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its Privatized Housing Program

GAO-23-105377

Published: Apr 06, 2023.

Publicly Released: Apr 06, 2023.
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Information Technology

Software Acquisition: Additional Actions Needed to Help DOD Implement Future Modernization Efforts

GAO-23-105611

Published: Apr 05, 2023.

Publicly Released: Apr 05, 2023.
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Education

Department of Education: Employment Information for Key Grant Programs that Foster Expertise in World Languages and Cultures

GAO-23-105971

Published: Apr 04, 2023.

Publicly Released: Apr 04, 2023.
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Health Care

Coast Guard Health Care: Additional Actions Could Help Ensure Beneficiaries' Access

GAO-23-105574

Published: Apr 04, 2023.

Publicly Released: Apr 04, 2023.
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Government Operations

Government Performance Management: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency of Cross-Agency Priority Goals

GAO-23-106354

Published: Apr 04, 2023.

Publicly Released: Apr 04, 2023.
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Human Capital

Overseas Real Property: State Should Improve Strategic Workforce Planning for Facilities Maintenance Staff

GAO-23-105401

Published: Apr 03, 2023.

Publicly Released: Apr 03, 2023.

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Loyal Source Government Services, LLC

We deny the protest.

B-420959.6

Apr 06

Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration: Mammography Quality Standards Act

B-335149

Apr 06

Office of Personnel Management—Applicability of the Congressional Review Act to Guidance on Enforcing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Requirement for Federal Employees-Executive Order 14043

B-334237

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GAO Statement on Protest of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, B-421359, B-421359.2

Thursday, April 6, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 6, 2023) —The following is a statement from Kenneth E. Patton, Managing Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law at GAO, regarding today’s decision resolving the bid...

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Press Release: GAO Statement on Protest of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, B-421359, B-421359.2 https://t.co/4paf8wtk7G
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) April 6, 2023

Military Housing: DOD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its Privatized Housing Program https://t.co/dgtcp4ph47
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) April 6, 2023

Software Acquisition: Additional Actions Needed to Help DOD Implement Future Modernization Efforts https://t.co/uXYNh2EX7E
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) April 5, 2023

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Recent Reports & Testimonies

Military Housing: DOD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its Privatized Housing Program

Software Acquisition: Additional Actions Needed to Help DOD Implement Future Modernization Efforts

Department of Education: Employment Information for Key Grant Programs that Foster Expertise in World Languages and Cultures

Coast Guard Health Care: Additional Actions Could Help Ensure Beneficiaries' Access

Government Performance Management: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency of Cross-Agency Priority Goals

Overseas Real Property: State Should Improve Strategic Workforce Planning for Facilities Maintenance Staff

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Loyal Source Government Services, LLC

Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration: Mammography Quality Standards Act

Office of Personnel Management—Applicability of the Congressional Review Act to Guidance on Enforcing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Requirement for Federal Employees-Executive Order 14043

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Military Housing: DOD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its Privatized Housing Program

Software Acquisition: Additional Actions Needed to Help DOD Implement Future Modernization Efforts

Department of Education: Employment Information for Key Grant Programs that Foster Expertise in World Languages and Cultures

Coast Guard Health Care: Additional Actions Could Help Ensure Beneficiaries' Access

Government Performance Management: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency of Cross-Agency Priority Goals

Overseas Real Property: State Should Improve Strategic Workforce Planning for Facilities Maintenance Staff

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Featured Topics

Recent News

What Financial Aid Offers Don’t Tell You About the Cost of College

Fusion Energy

Food Prices Increases

Federal Payment Errors, Known As Improper Payments, Are A Continuing Concern

Haiti Reconstruction 10-Year Review