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National Defense

Space Command and Control: Improved Tracking and Reporting Would Clarify Progress amid Persistent Delays

GAO-23-105920

Published: Jun 08, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jun 08, 2023.
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Government Operations

Federal Real Property: Lessons Learned from Setbacks in New Sale and Transfer Process Could Benefit Future Disposal Efforts

GAO-23-106848

Published: Jun 08, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jun 08, 2023.
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Auditing and Financial Management

Congressional Award Foundation: Review of the FY 2022 Financial Statement Audit

GAO-23-106672

Published: Jun 08, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jun 08, 2023.
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Natural Resources and Environment

Wildland Fire: Federal Agencies Face Barriers to Recruiting and Retaining Firefighters

GAO-23-106888

Published: Jun 08, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jun 08, 2023.
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National Defense

Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Programs Are Not Consistently Implementing Practices That Can Help Accelerate Acquisitions

GAO-23-106059

Published: Jun 08, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jun 08, 2023.
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Government Operations

Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense [Reissued with revisions on Jun. 8, 2023]

GAO-23-106305

Published: May 16, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jun 08, 2023.

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Legal Decisions

Jun 07

Karthik Consulting, LLC

The protest is dismissed.

B-421610.2

Jun 06

ODL Services

We dismiss the protest.

B-421537,B-421537.2,B-421537.3

Jun 06

Kupono Government Services, LLC; Akima Systems Engineering, LLC

We sustain the protests.

B-421392.9,B-421392.10,B-421392.11,B-421392.12

Jun 05

Comprehensive Health Services, LLC

We deny the protest.

B-421108.4,B-421108.5

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

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Fraud in Small Business COVID-19 Relief Programs

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Funding to support small businesses and their employees, who were...

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Communities Rely on Federal Grants, But May Have Challenges Accessing Them

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GAO Makes MedPAC Appointments

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC (May 31, 2023) – Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), today announced the appointment of three new...

Quick Look: Delivery Delays of Weapon Systems Continue

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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Millions of Americans on the East Coast are experiencing poor #AirQuality today because of the #CanadianWildfires.

We recently reported on ways to improve federal efforts to help communities deal with the growing risks of wildfire smoke: https://t.co/R0C3wGfyrP pic.twitter.com/T6Mo95Pyx6
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) June 8, 2023

Delinquencies on commercial real estate loans are increasing. It’s the latest bad news for banks, which have recently seen failures, rising interest rates, & inflation.

Our blog post looks at recent bank failures and commercial real estate lending issues: https://t.co/bXmUQ9xItF pic.twitter.com/3xcpUcHhC2
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) June 8, 2023

Our new 2023 ‘Quick Look’ at @DeptofDefense weapon systems acquisitions found that supplier, software, & design problems drove delivery delays. This makes it harder for DOD to address emerging threats.

We recommended improvements to address these issues: https://t.co/EI9p86ooFE pic.twitter.com/JzNNQu0dfc
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) June 8, 2023

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Recent Reports & Testimonies

Space Command and Control: Improved Tracking and Reporting Would Clarify Progress amid Persistent Delays

Federal Real Property: Lessons Learned from Setbacks in New Sale and Transfer Process Could Benefit Future Disposal Efforts

Congressional Award Foundation: Review of the FY 2022 Financial Statement Audit

Wildland Fire: Federal Agencies Face Barriers to Recruiting and Retaining Firefighters

Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Programs Are Not Consistently Implementing Practices That Can Help Accelerate Acquisitions

Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense [Reissued with revisions on Jun. 8, 2023]

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GAO Makes MedPAC Appointments

Quick Look: Delivery Delays of Weapon Systems Continue

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Space Command and Control: Improved Tracking and Reporting Would Clarify Progress amid Persistent Delays

Federal Real Property: Lessons Learned from Setbacks in New Sale and Transfer Process Could Benefit Future Disposal Efforts

Congressional Award Foundation: Review of the FY 2022 Financial Statement Audit

Wildland Fire: Federal Agencies Face Barriers to Recruiting and Retaining Firefighters

Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Programs Are Not Consistently Implementing Practices That Can Help Accelerate Acquisitions

Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense [Reissued with revisions on Jun. 8, 2023]

Legal Decisions

Featured Topics

Recent News

Empty Offices Increase Risks for Banks Lending to Commercial Real Esta...

Fraud in Small Business COVID-19 Relief Programs

Social Security Reform

Communities Rely on Federal Grants, But May Have Challenges Accessing Them

Quick Look: Delivery Delays of Weapon Systems Continue