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Government Auditing Standards: 2023 Exposure Draft

GAO-23-106303

Published: Jan 30, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jan 30, 2023.
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Tennessee Valley Authority: Additional Steps Are Needed to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks

GAO-23-105375

Published: Dec 30, 2022.

Publicly Released: Jan 30, 2023.
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Transportation

Drones: FAA Should Improve Its Approach to Integrating Drones into the National Airspace System

GAO-23-105189

Published: Jan 26, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jan 26, 2023.
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National Defense

Contested Information Environment: Actions Needed to Strengthen Education and Training for DOD Leaders

GAO-23-105608

Published: Jan 26, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jan 26, 2023.
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Natural Resources and Environment

Clean Water Act: EPA Should Track Control of Combined Sewer Overflows and Water Quality Improvements

GAO-23-105285

Published: Jan 25, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jan 25, 2023.
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Telecommunications

Affordable Broadband: FCC Could Improve Performance Goals and Measures, Consumer Outreach, and Fraud Risk Management

GAO-23-105399

Published: Jan 18, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jan 25, 2023.

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Jan 31

LMI Consulting, LLC

We deny the protest.

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Jan 30

Applied Insight, LLC

We deny the protest.

B-421221,B-421221.3

Jan 30

CACI, Inc.- Federal

We deny the protest.

B-421224,B-421224.2,B-421224.3

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How Prevalent is Fraud in Federal Programs? We Take a Look—Focusing ...

Monday, January 23, 2023

Fraud hurts the integrity of federal programs and erodes the...

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FAA Tackles Increased Drone Use

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Commercial and personal use of drones is expected to grow rapidly...

More Attention Needed to Prevent Abuse and Neglect in Hospice Care

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Inflation and Rising Food Prices: How Does Federal Food Assistance Change?

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GAO Issues and Seeks Comments on Draft Updates to "Yellow Book," the Preeminent Standards for Government Auditing

Monday, January 30, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC (January 30, 2023)—Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an exposure draft with proposed updates to Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)...

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Today, GAO issued draft updates to the Yellow Book, the preeminent standards for government auditing.

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Government Auditing Standards: 2023 Exposure Draft https://t.co/ntJNPyL8iT
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Government Auditing Standards: 2023 Exposure Draft

Tennessee Valley Authority: Additional Steps Are Needed to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks

Drones: FAA Should Improve Its Approach to Integrating Drones into the National Airspace System

Contested Information Environment: Actions Needed to Strengthen Education and Training for DOD Leaders

Clean Water Act: EPA Should Track Control of Combined Sewer Overflows and Water Quality Improvements

Affordable Broadband: FCC Could Improve Performance Goals and Measures, Consumer Outreach, and Fraud Risk Management

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GAO Issues and Seeks Comments on Draft Updates to "Yellow Book," the Preeminent Standards for Government Auditing

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Tennessee Valley Authority: Additional Steps Are Needed to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks

Drones: FAA Should Improve Its Approach to Integrating Drones into the National Airspace System

Contested Information Environment: Actions Needed to Strengthen Education and Training for DOD Leaders

Clean Water Act: EPA Should Track Control of Combined Sewer Overflows and Water Quality Improvements

Affordable Broadband: FCC Could Improve Performance Goals and Measures, Consumer Outreach, and Fraud Risk Management

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Recent News

How Prevalent is Fraud in Federal Programs? We Take a Look—Focusing ...

FAA Tackles Increased Drone Use

More Attention Needed to Prevent Abuse and Neglect in Hospice Care

Inflation and Rising Food Prices: How Does Federal Food Assistance Change?

Public Health Preparedness