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Tag Archives: Department of Defense
Education for Students with Disabilities
In 1970, only 1 in 5 children with disabilities was educated in a public school, and many states had laws that excluded children with certain disabilities from school. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act sought to change that by requiring … Continue reading
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November 26, 2019
Tagged Autism, children, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Developmental disabilities, Disabilities, Disability evaluation, Disciplinary actions, education, Education Workforce and Income Security, Jacqueline Nowicki, Learning disabilities, life skills training, Military personnel, public schools, special education, Students with disabilities
GAO’s Summer Reading List
Tomorrow is Read a Book Day! Or, if you’re an American high schooler, happy Finish Your Summer Reading List day! Those classics that teachers assign during the hotter months may not qualify as awesome beach reading, but plenty of those … Continue reading
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September 5, 2019
Tagged Bombs, children, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions, Cristina Chaplain, David Trimble, Department of Defense, Education Workforce and Income Security, Kathryn Larin, Natural Resources and the Environment, Navy, Navy ships, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, radioactive materials, Shelby Oakley, shipbuilding, Space acquisition programs, Space systems, Trauma care
Disclosing Wrongdoing: How to Improve Protections for Federal Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers help protect the government from waste, fraud, and abuse by reporting potential wrongdoing. Because there’s a risk of reprisal, such as being fired or reassigned, it’s important to safeguard whistleblowers’ identities and the information they provide. For National Whistleblower … Continue reading
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July 25, 2019
Tagged Brenda Farrell, CNSA, Congress, contractors, DCM, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, DOD, DODIG, FAIS, federal whistleblowers, fraud waste abuse, inspectors general, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, James R. McTigue Jr., Kathy Larin, Michelle Sager, misconduct, NASA, reprisal, Shelby Oakley, SI, VA, veterans, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, whistleblower retaliation
Troubling Trends in DOD’s Weapon Programs
The Department of Defense’s 82 largest complex programs cost an estimated $1.69 trillion. We annually assess how DOD is managing and overseeing these major acquisition programs in our “Quick Look” reports. In today’s WatchBlog, we discuss some of our observations … Continue reading
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July 11, 2019
Tagged acquisition, acquisition management, acquisition planning, acquisition reform, acquisitions, Air Force, Army, best practices, CNSA, competitive bids, contracts, Department of Defense, DOD, F-35, federal contracts, government contracting, knowledge-based best practices, major weapon systems, Navy, quick look, Shelby Oakley, Virginia Class Submarine, weapon acquisitions, weapon programs, weapon systems
Climate Change, Global Migration, and U.S. Government Actions
Today is World Environment Day—a day for learning more about key issues facing the environment, such as climate change, and for thinking about how people interact with the Earth. In today’s WatchBlog, we discuss our recent report on the potential … Continue reading
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June 5, 2019
Tagged climate change, climate change impacts, climate change resiliance, climate change risks, climate migration, climate refugees, crop failure, David Gootnick, DCM, demographic changes, Department of Defense, disasters, DOD, drought, environment, extreme weather events, floods, forced migration, global migration, hurricanes, IAT, international development, International Organization for Migration, migrant, migrate, migration, natural disaster, political stability, refugees, risk assessment, sea level rise, State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, world environment day
Federal Government Contracting for Fiscal Year 2018 (infographic)
With tax season over, now is a good time to look at how the government uses your tax dollars. About 40% of the government’s discretionary spending goes to contracts for goods and services covering everything from health care to hand … Continue reading
GAO’s Guide to Saving the Government Billions of Dollars: Reducing Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication in Federal Programs
Today we released our 9th annual report on fragmentation, overlap, and duplication in the federal government, adding 98 new actions that Congress or federal agencies can take to improve government programs. For example: The Department of Energy could avoid spending … Continue reading
GAO’s 2019 Priority Recommendation Letters
Our stock-in-trade is making recommendations to agencies to help improve government operations and reduce costs. And we make a lot of recommendations—as of this month, we have over 4,700 open recommendations. To help agency leaders focus on the most important … Continue reading
Did You Know the Government Gets Audited, Too?
Tax season has many people diligently filing their returns to avoid being audited. While the federal government is not a tax-paying entity, it actually undergoes an audit of its financial statements every year. How do we know? Because we perform … Continue reading
