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Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Energy

GAO-23-106459

Published: May 25, 2023.

Publicly Released: Jun 01, 2023.
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National Defense

Environmental Sustainability: DOD Should Identify Workforce Capacity Needed to Achieve Goals

GAO-23-105239

Published: May 31, 2023.

Publicly Released: May 31, 2023.
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Information Technology

Information Technology: DHS Needs to Continue Addressing Critical Legacy Systems

GAO-23-106853

Published: May 31, 2023.

Publicly Released: May 31, 2023.
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Natural Resources and Environment

Zoonotic Diseases: Federal Actions Needed to Improve Surveillance and Better Assess Human Health Risks Posed by Wildlife

GAO-23-105238

Published: May 31, 2023.

Publicly Released: May 31, 2023.
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Tax Policy and Administration

Tax Enforcement: IRS Could Better Manage Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs to Maximize Benefits

GAO-23-105552

Published: May 31, 2023.

Publicly Released: May 31, 2023.
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Worker and Family Assistance

Child Care: Observations on States' Use of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Funding

GAO-23-106833

Published: May 31, 2023.

Publicly Released: May 31, 2023.

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Legal Decisions

Jun 01

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

We sustain the protest.

B-421525

Jun 01

A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC

We deny the protest.

B-421470,B-421470.2,B-421470.3

Jun 01

C3-ai, Inc.--Reconsideration

We dismiss the request for reconsideration.

B-421337.3

May 31

United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program

B-335320

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Freight Rail Safety—Potential Impacts of Longer Trains

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Some recent derailments and other rail incidents have had...

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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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Will You Be Warned If There’s A Tsunami? More Can Be Done to Ensure The Public Receives Alerts

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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...

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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Rail safety has made headlines after recent derailments and other incidents involving longer #FreightTrains. GAO has not examined these incidents, but we have looked at the potential effects of longer trains on safety.

Today’s WatchBlog post explores: https://t.co/iJtvs8mkJh pic.twitter.com/1nJpXcIFaO
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) June 1, 2023

GAO is hiring a Senior Attorney to join our General Counsel's Contracting and National Security Acquisitions team. Duties include providing legal support in areas such as federal acquisition policy and the award of federal contracts.

Apply here by June 5: https://t.co/yX7mvqvBb2 pic.twitter.com/9ZptTyGMLo
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) June 1, 2023

Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Energy https://t.co/B8DqP0Glda
— U.S. GAO (@USGAO) June 1, 2023

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Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Energy

Environmental Sustainability: DOD Should Identify Workforce Capacity Needed to Achieve Goals

Information Technology: DHS Needs to Continue Addressing Critical Legacy Systems

Zoonotic Diseases: Federal Actions Needed to Improve Surveillance and Better Assess Human Health Risks Posed by Wildlife

Tax Enforcement: IRS Could Better Manage Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs to Maximize Benefits

Child Care: Observations on States' Use of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Funding

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General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC

C3-ai, Inc.--Reconsideration

United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program

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Freight Rail Safety—Potential Impacts of Longer Trains

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Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Energy

Environmental Sustainability: DOD Should Identify Workforce Capacity Needed to Achieve Goals

Information Technology: DHS Needs to Continue Addressing Critical Legacy Systems

Zoonotic Diseases: Federal Actions Needed to Improve Surveillance and Better Assess Human Health Risks Posed by Wildlife

Tax Enforcement: IRS Could Better Manage Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs to Maximize Benefits

Child Care: Observations on States' Use of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Funding

Legal Decisions

Featured Topics

Recent News

Freight Rail Safety—Potential Impacts of Longer Trains

Fraud in Small Business COVID-19 Relief Programs

Social Security Reform

Will You Be Warned If There’s A Tsunami? More Can Be Done to Ensure The Public Receives Alerts

NASA Quick Look