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Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Office of Management and Budget director nominee Russell Vought is sworn in for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

GAO says OMB takedown of apportionments website violates federal statutes

The watchdog said OMB Director Russell Vought’s move to disappear the public tracker of funds appropriated by Congress is “very concerning” and undercuts transparency.
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…
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.
Elon Musk, co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

DOGE’s IT modernization work could start with GAO report

The congressional watchdog said in a new report that nearly 25% of its IT-related recommendations since 2010 have not been implemented.
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