Políticos, empresários e trabalhadores de Santa Catarina se organizam para defender a indústria do plástico. A Comissão de Assuntos Econômicos (CAE) fez uma aud…
A novela do Banco Master avança capítulo a capítulo e sem previsão de término, com detalhes surpreendentes que vão de atuns voadores a terras griladas. No episó…
Investigação da BBC News Brasil revela formas de burlar programas de moradia e brechas legais que possibilitam a imóveis financiados pelo Minha Casa, Minha Vida…
The last several decades have marked a turbulent, transformative time for commercial airlines--with mergers, failed mergers, and even airlines like Spirit going…
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…
Medicare er stærsta útgjafukerfið fyrir bandaríska ríkisstjórnina og stærsta alríkisframhaldsþjónustukerfið. Vegna stærðar Medicare er hætta á svikum. Við munum…
Í sumum hlutum Bandaríkjanna er fjölgun og langvarandi þurrka að skapa vandræði fyrir vatnsveitu. Stórskipta endurnýjun vatns gæti boðið þessum samfélögum lausn…
The U.S. Postal Service is a quintessentially American institution. But during the last 20 years or so, USPS has struggled financially with rising costs and dec…
After a natural disaster, the Small Business Administration helps homeowners and businesses recover by providing loans. While this funding is important, it is n…
Fraud in federal programs is a significant and persistent problem. Some fraud is perpetrated by private companies that obscure their ownership information when …
Í síauki, eru Bandaríkjamenn orðnir fórnarlömb af sífellt tíðari og flóknari svikum. Tækni er að stuðla að þessari aukningu. Og þetta kostar Bandaríkjamenn mikl…
Í þessum sérstaka þætti af Watchdog Report hlustum við á samtal milli Cardell Johnson, forstöðumanns hjá GAO, og teymis hans, sem vann að nýrri skýrslu þar sem …
Glæðilegar samtök og hryðningarsamtök nota peningaþvætti til að framkvema brotin sín, þar á meðal mannsal og fíkniefnavörslu. Ríkisstofnanir vinna saman til að …
To prevent the federal government from defaulting on its debt when it neared the debt limit in 2023, Congress voted to suspend the debt ceiling through this com…
Það eru yfir þúsund aðstöður víðs vegar um Bandaríkin sem meðhöndla, geyma eða farga ýmsum tegundum hættulegs úrgangs. Sumar af þessum aðstöðum eru staðsettar á…
Early in the pandemic, the federal government prioritized swiftly distributing checks to businesses and workers to help meet the urgent needs they face because …
When military service members and their families move to a new base, they are subject to the whims of the housing markets they enter and leave. Trying to rent o…
The effects of climate change have cost the federal government and taxpayers billions of dollars. These costs will likely increase in the future, even if action…
Banks that loaned money for commercial real estate ventures may be feeling the pinch, as many offices and business spaces continue to sit vacant in the wake of …