Government Accountability Office (GAO) Podcast: Watchdog Report Government Accountability Office
-
- Regierung
-
Featuring interviews with GAO officials on significant issues and new reports, the Watchdog Report is recorded, hosted, and produced by GAO staff.
-
Our First-Of-A-Kind Estimate of Fraud in the Federal Government
Our new report estimates, for the first time, the direct financial losses from fraud across federal programs and operations. GAO looked at a recent 5-year period and is estimating annual losses from fraud to be between $233 and $521 billion dollars…
-
F-35 Costs More and Maybe Used Less
The F-35 Lightning II aircraft is the military's most advanced stealth fighter. It's the Department of Defense's most ambitious and costly weapons system. The military currently has about 600 of these jets with plans to buy nearly…
-
Lack of Sleep Among Active Duty Military Contributes to Millions of Dollars in Damage and Service Member Deaths
We expect our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines to be combat ready. But sleep deprivation and fatigue can dramatically reduce readiness, and fatigue has been connected to accidents that have resulted in deaths, as well as hundreds of millions of…
-
At-Home Testing Tools for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
At-home testing tools may aid early detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and be more cost effective for patients. In a new report, a Science & Tech Spotlight, we looked at the status of this at-home…
-
COVID-19 Battered the Aviation Industry, Is the US Prepared if it Happens Again?
U.S. commercial airline traffic dropped 96% during peak pandemic times. In response, the federal government (the taxpayers) provided $132 billion in financial assistance to the industry and related businesses. Today, the industry has largely…
-
Oversight of Defense and Security Assistance to Ukraine
Congress has approved $113 billion dollars in aid for Ukraine. Today, GAO is issuing the first in a series of reports--requested by Congress--about the use and oversight of this assistance. Today’s report specifically looks at defense and security…