Gene Dodaro Archives

Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, center, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch subcommittee, while Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel, left, and Government Publishing Office Director Hugh Halpern, right, look on. The hearing was held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

GAO audits of DOGE’s ‘digital footprint’ in IT systems underway

Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told Senate lawmakers that the watchdog is examining what the group has done with data in Treasury, Social Security and OPM networks.

Apr 29, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro stands in the hallway and waits for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to begin on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

After a slow start, GAO says it’s now hearing from DOGE

The comptroller general said DOGE is “actually using our recommendations” after the Elon Musk-led group had barely any contact with the watchdog during the first month of…

Apr 10, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro waits for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to begin on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. At the start of a new Congress, the GAO delivers a report to highlight which federal programs are the highest risk of susceptibility to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

GAO has a blueprint for cost savings, but so far has gotten the cold shoulder from DOGE

As the Trump administration slashes the federal workforce, the comptroller general said Elon Musk and his associates have barely sought out GAO’s cost-cutting and efficiency guidance.

Feb 26, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Close-up of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sign outside its main headquarters in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

GAO in ‘experimentation phase’ with AI model to query reports, inform its work

The agency is currently in an 'experimentation phase' with a large language model that could lend itself to a variety of use cases, GAO's chief data scientist…

Sep 28, 2023 By Madison Alder

U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the Government Accountability Office testifies during a hearing before the Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee of House Oversight and Reform Committee June 26, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Cybersecurity and IT top GAO’s High Risk List, yet again

Leadership commitment to national cybersecurity regressed, in large part due to the lack of a comprehensive National Cyber Strategy or national cyber director.

Mar 2, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Suzette Kent at the 2018 IT Modernization Summit. (FedScoop)

U.S. CIO Suzette Kent keys in on talent gap as root of federal cyber struggles

Asked at a hearing Wednesday how lawmakers could be of assistance in helping agencies better secure their IT infrastructures, Kent pointed immediately to a "continued focus on…

Jul 27, 2018 By Billy Mitchell

GAO chief: CIO departures are ‘an area of concern’

A recent rash of agency CIO departures has GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro worried about the road to IT acquisition reform.

Aug 23, 2017

Comptroller General Gene Dodaro testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (House OGR Flickr)

Cybersecurity is back on GAO High-Risk List, and census IT is added

Cybersecurity and census IT drew concern from the GAO in its 2017 High-Risk List.

Feb 15, 2017

Software licensing catches GAO’s attention again

Management of information technology investments is again a target of the Government Accountability Office's annual report on reducing fragmentation, overlap and duplication in federal services.

Apr 16, 2015

GAO chief: DATA Act has a ‘long way to go’

U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro discussed the government's plans to enact legislation to make the federal government's financial expenditures more transparent.

Dec 3, 2014