Read the post In the U.S., Income and Wealth are Concentrated at the Top. Where Does This Leave Older Americans? October 25, 2022 Disparities in income and wealth among older Americans have widened in recent decades. Higher income...
Read the post You Say It’s Almost Festivus? Here’s How You Can Air Your Grievances to Federal Agencies December 20, 2021 In 1997, the iconic sitcom Seinfeld introduced us to a new holiday. George Costanza’s family...
Read the post Is it Harder for Women to Save for Retirement? September 29, 2020 In a word: yes. On Thursday, the Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro, head of GAO...
Read the post The Federal Government Is on an Unsustainable Fiscal Path March 12, 2020 Growing debt is not just a number—it represents a threat to our economy and our ability to meet...
Read the post Federal Information Security: There’s Work to Do December 03, 2019 Just about every federal government operation—from processing taxes and protecting national parks to...
Read the post Proving You’re You: How Federal Agencies Can Improve Online Verification October 08, 2019 So much of how we collect and share information in today’s world is done online. We get our news. We...
Read the post Is the Cloud Saving the Government Money? June 27, 2019 Have you ever wondered how the federal government provides important public services—like helping...
Read the post How Social Security is Working to Overcome its IT Management Challenges June 07, 2019 The Social Security Administration relies on its IT systems to provide monthly payments to over 64...
Read the post The Nation’s Fiscal Health: A Warning about the Government’s Finances April 10, 2019 Without a change in law or policy, the gap between the amount of money the federal government...
Read the post What Can You Do After a Data Breach? April 04, 2019 Chances are you or someone you know is one of the hundreds of millions of people whose personal data...
Read the post GAO’s Information Technology & Cybersecurity Team March 12, 2019 GAO’s workforce is organized largely by subject area, with most employees working in one of our 15...
Read the post The Legacy of the Recovery Act February 21, 2019 Ten years ago this month, Congress responded to the most serious economic crisis since the Great...