GAO

The GAO, or Government Accountability Office, is a nonpartisan government agency that provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services to the U.S. Congress. It examines the use of public funds and evaluates the performance of federal programs and agencies.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news for issuing critical reports on federal agencies, including findings on IT investment risks, data practices, and the high costs and timelines of the Navy's shipyard overhaul.

Latest on GAO

• CIOs often underestimated investment risks on IT dashboard, GAO says
• Agencies largely stonewall GAO on audit of DOGE’s data practices
• The Navy’s public shipyards will take more decades to repair, GAO says
• Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion: GAO
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• China will never allow any country to achieve AI dominance: Victor Gao
• The Space Force can improve how it embraces commercial intel, a new GAO report says.

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