Read the post Tracking the Funds—Community Project Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending October 24, 2023 Starting with the fiscal year 2022 appropriations, Members of Congress began a new process for ...
Read the post Taxpayer Information Keeps Ending Up In the Wrong Hands. What Can IRS Do To Better Protect It? September 26, 2023 When you file your taxes each year, you expect IRS to keep your personal and financial information ...
Read the post It Matters! Our Recommendations for Congress Could Result in Billions of Dollars in Financial and Other Benefits July 25, 2023 You may know that GAO makes hundreds of recommendations each year to federal agencies that would ...
Read the post Communities Rely on Federal Grants, But May Have Challenges Accessing Them June 07, 2023 Federal funding through grants has a great impact on the communities we live in. They help pay to ...
Read the post Our Latest High Risk List Update—GAO Sees Progress in 16 Areas, But Lingering Serious Issues in Others April 20, 2023 Today, we issued our latest High Risk List , which includes 37 areas across the federal government ...
Read the post As Tax Filing Season Begins, We Look At Ways To Better Protect Taxpayers From Abusive Tax Schemes and Those Who Promote Them March 01, 2023 The deadline to file federal income taxes is April 18. Filling out and filing tax forms correctly ...
Read the post What is a Continuing Resolution and How Does It Impact Government Operations? November 03, 2022 No matter what comes of the election next week, the current Congress will have a lot on its plate ...
Read the post Millions of People May Still Be Eligible For COVID-19 Stimulus Payments, But Time Is Running Out October 11, 2022 Throughout the pandemic, IRS and Treasury struggled to get COVID-relief payments into the hands of ...
Read the post For Disability Pride Month—We Highlight Our Work on Access Issues July 21, 2022 July is Disability Pride Month—a month commemorating the 1990 passage of the Americans with ...
Read the post Where can Government Save Money? We’ve Found More than Half a Trillion Dollars in Potential Savings May 11, 2022 How, specifically, can the federal government save billions of dollars and also improve the way many ...
Read the post Why Don’t More Taxpayers Take Advantage of Free Help Filing Taxes Online? May 10, 2022 IRS encourages taxpayers to file their tax returns electronically, which saves IRS money and allows ...
Read the post Larger Federal Deficits & Higher Interests Rates Point to the Need for Urgent Action May 05, 2022 Increased federal spending in response to COVID-19, as well as rising interest rates, have added to ...