Os preços dos contratos futuros do ouro fecharam em queda, devolvendo os ganhos registrados mais cedo, diante das incertezas sobre um acordo entre Irã e Omã par…
What GAO Found The Department of Education provides student loan servicers with instruction for implementing program changes via formal documents known as chang…
Hackers que buscam resgates e utilizam chamadas telefônicas para comprometer suas vítimas visaram dezenas de instituições financeiras e outras empresas importan…
What GAO Found The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began posting its estimated savings on a web page known as the Wall of Receipts on February 17, 20…
O mercado de carros antigos tem despertado interesse crescente entre investidores que buscam alternativas fora da renda fixa e da bolsa de valores. Peças raras,…
What GAO Found The Department of Commerce has continued to implement the semiconductor facilities and equipment incentives program, and awardees have made progr…
What GAO Found The Carbon Oxide Sequestration Credit (45Q) is a tax credit provided for certain carbon oxides that are captured at emission sources or directly …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is tasked with helping Americans and communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. But recent …
What GAO Found The Department of Defense (DOD) uses international agreements and arrangements to achieve political, economic, and military objectives. For examp…
In recent decades, several emerging infectious diseases have necessitated the need for global responses. We looked at what's being done here in the U.S. to dete…
What GAO Found Wearable devices (wearables) with health-related features have the potential to be used in clinical decision-making (see figure). Wearables can b…
Consumers can use the help of a broker or agent to help them navigate government-run health insurance marketplaces. Agents can be useful in helping consumers pi…
The last several decades have marked a turbulent, transformative time for commercial airlines--with mergers, failed mergers, and even airlines like Spirit going…
During long flights or extended air combat missions, aerial refueling tankers can eliminate the need for military planes to land. Having this capability is vita…
The federal government loses hundreds of billions of dollars to fraud each year and millions more to payment errors—also known as improper payments. GAO helps f…
Drug cartels and other illegal enterprises often use shell companies to hide their dealings and launder money. To combat this activity, many countries have requ…
Over the years, GAO’s work has helped save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing duplication, overlap and fragmentation in programs. Each year, we issue a r…
On this special episode of the Watchdog Report podcast, we discuss America’s cybersecurity risks, as well as GAO’s role in auditing and improving defenses again…
Medicare is the biggest spending area for the U.S. government and the largest federal health program. Due to the sheer size of Medicare, there are risks of frau…
New tobacco product must first be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before being sold in the United States. Despite this requirement, there are…
For nearly two decades, the U.S. Government Accountability Office was led by Gene L. Dodaro, an auditor who came up-through the ranks of the agency and was swor…
Before Congress makes tough policy decisions, it often comes to GAO for information. This episode looks at some of the toughest questions Congress has asked GAO…
In some parts of the United States, growing populations and prolonged droughts are straining water supplies. Large-scale water recycling could offer these commu…