Over the past 40 years, every year but 4, Congress has passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep agencies afloat between budgets. GAO says those CRs "create uncertainty and inefficiency … READ MORE
Government wide reports
GAO: Public Relations Spending: Selected Agencies’ Activities Supported by Contracts and Public Affairs Staff
The federal government spends $1.5 billion a year for what is generally called "public relations." How is that money spent? At the four agencies GAO reviewed—the Consumer Financial Protection … READ MORE
GAO: Performance Partnerships: Agencies Need to Better Identify Resource Contributions to Sustain Disconnected Youth Pilot Programs and Data to Assess Pilot Results
Performance partnership initiatives allow federal agencies to give their grant recipients flexibility (such as in how they use funding) in exchange for assessing if outcomes improve. There are currently two … READ MORE
GAO: DATA Act: Office of Inspector General Reports Help Identify Agencies’ Implementation Challenges
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) staff make limited use of the OIGs’ readiness review reports, and Treasury officials do not use them to monitor agencies’ implementation of the … READ MORE
GAO: Federally Owned Vehicles: Agencies Should Improve Processes to Identify Underutilized Vehicles
Federal agencies spent more than $1.6 billion to purchase approximately 64,500 passenger vehicles and light trucks through the General Services Administration (GSA) from fiscal years 2011 through 2015. Five … READ MORE
GAO: Contracting Data Analysis: Assessment of Government-wide Trends
Federal agencies spent over $430 billion on contracts for goods and services in 2015—almost 40 percent of all discretionary spending. To strengthen contracting practices and increase oversight of government … READ MORE
GAO: Identity Theft Services: Services Offer Some Benefits but Are Limited in Preventing Fraud
Private-sector and government entities that experience data breaches often provide affected consumers with identity theft services, which typically include credit monitoring, identity monitoring, identity restoration, and identity theft insurance. … READ MORE