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Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Jeneen Iwugo, right, acting director of CMS’s Center for Program Integrity, and Sarah Harvey, left, director of the GAO’s Science & Technology Assessment division, participate in a panel discussion at a UiPath Public Sector event in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2026. (Scoop News Group photo)

With AI assist, CMS has ‘longer leash’ to fight fraud now, official says

The acting director of CMS’s Center for Program Integrity said the agency has shifted away from what was previously a “very conservative” approach in pursuing fraud.
A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

OPM isn’t using its own dashboard for cyber workforce planning

A new GAO report finds minimal use of a dashboard OPM launched in 2023 to help agencies do data-driven planning for cyber workforce deployment and requirements.
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Orice Williams Brown of the Government Accountability Office is pictured in Washington D.C., on Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo by John McDonnell / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GAO’s IT division has been ‘hard hit’ by departures

The acting comptroller general told lawmakers that the watchdog’s IT unit has “lost a fair number of resources” following funding fights and a wave of retirements.
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