GAO Reports Outlines National Security Risks Associate with Climate Change
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlined multiple ways in which climate change risks U.S. national security and reviews the Department of Defenseβs (DOD) approach to address the issues.
ICE to Improve Detention Alternative Program, Contractor Oversight After GAO Probe
A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO found improvement areas for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in program evaluation and contractor oversight
Agencies Boost Pandemic Response with DPA
In the wake of COVID-19, the U.S. health care system was severely strained, leaving federal agencies unable to purchase and maintain essential medical supplies. The federal response to COVID-19 utilized the Cold War-era Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 to expand production of necessary medical supplies and order suppliers to prioritize government contracts.
GAO Reports Enhanced Data Collection to Aid Law Enforcement in Locating Missing Indigenous Women
On November 1, 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report reviewing the federal response to missing and murdered Indigenous women.
GAO Releases Report on Online Sex Trafficking and Enforcement Actions
Last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled Sex Trafficking: Online Platforms and Federal Prosecutions. The report examines Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement actions against online platforms that promote sex trafficking from 2014 to 2020. Two events in 2018 shifted the landscape of the online sex market and therefore the landscape of online sex trafficking.
GAO Issues Recommendations to Assess Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report covering firearms smuggling from the U.S. into Mexico and issuing recommendations to better understand the problem.
GAO Report: TSA Needs Outcome-Oriented Performance Measures to Diversify its Marketplace
A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has not been able to come up with outcome-oriented measures to gauge their success when it comes to bringing small businesses into the market of security infrastructure.
GAO Report Analyzes Mission-Critical IT Projects Across Federal Agencies
A September 2020 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) rounded up mission critical IT modernization projects at various federal agencies. The report was created based on Congressional interest in how high-risk IT projects were faring during their implementation. The report, GAO says, is an effort to "identify essential mission- IT acquisitions across the federal government and determine their key attributes."