Topic: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Agencies: Stop abusing simplified acquisitions

As the small business procurement watchdog who has been challenging the federal agencies' on-going abuse of simplified acquisitions since 2007, I...
The federal workers' compensation program remains vulnerable to fraud, mostly due to limited access to data, according to the Government...

Improvements at Arlington Cemetery, but problems remain

Just a year and a half after condemning officials at Arlington National Cemetery for "heartbreakingly incompetent management," Democratic Sen...

Air controller error blamed in U.S. near-miss

Safety investigators on Wednesday cited air traffic controller error for a near mid-air collision of a commuter jet and a small plane last year in...

GAO notes missed deadlines on NQF contract

The National Quality Forum has fallen short of many of the agreed-upon time frames set forth in its original contract agreement with HHS, according...

No need to rush the transition to the cloud

The conversation about cloud computing in government has taken a new direction, courtesy of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2012...
Advocates Peter Thomas Senese, Patricia Lee, Joel Walter, Carolyn Vlk, Jill Jones-Soderman, Eric Kalmus support the Government Accountability...
U.S airlines are recording a 10 year high in the number of cancelled flights, citing huge storms like Hurricane Irene and other weather-related...

GAO: IRS Whistleblower Program Still Needs A Lot Of Work

The Government Accountability Office is out with a report on the expanded Internal Revenue Service whistleblower program. Preliminary conclusion:...

Why Do We All Hate Annuities?

The combination of a couple posts on annuities has had me thinking the past few days and I thought I'd share it all with you. Let's start with...