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Tag Archives: Department of the Treasury
Fighting Money Laundering with the Bank Secrecy Act
Money launderers beware: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)—an agency within the Department of Treasury—has many ways of collecting information on financial activities, making life harder for criminals to hide their illicit cash. Today’s WatchBlog looks at 2 recent reports … Continue reading
Federal Information Security: There’s Work to Do
Just about every federal government operation—from processing taxes and protecting national parks to coordinating military operations and delivering foreign aid—relies in some way on computers. Protecting government computer systems and the information stored in them is vital, and a 2014 … Continue reading
Posted in Government Operations, Information Security
Tagged cybersecurity, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Greg Wilshusen, High Risk List, High-risk issues, information security, Information security management, Information security regulations, information systems, information technology, Information technology and cybersecurity, Merit Systems Protection Board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Management and Budget, Presidio Trust, Small Business Administration, Social Security Administration
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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
Posted in Auditing and Financial Management, Budget and Spending, Video
Tagged annual audit, consolidated financial statements, Dawn Simpson, Department of Defense, Department of the Treasury, financial audits, financial reports, fiscal outlook, FMA, improper payments, information security, loans receivable, Office of Management and Budget
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A Lot of Government Information Is Freely Available
From health and education statistics to budget and spending information, the federal government produces a lot of information, or data. Agencies are making more and more of this data open for everyone to use. Our recent report identified 5 key … Continue reading
As TARP Turns 10, Looking Back at the U.S. Government’s Assistance to the Banking Sector
Ten years ago this week, Congress responded to turmoil in the financial markets by creating the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Through TARP, the Treasury Department disbursed a total of $440 billion to help stabilize the financial system, restore economic … Continue reading
U.S. Government’s Financial Report
Did you know that there’s a single document that contains nearly all of the federal government’s yearly financial information? It’s called the 2017 Financial Report of the United States Government and the Department of the Treasury published it today. Treasury, … Continue reading
The DATA Act – Working Towards Federal Spending Transparency
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 requires federal agencies to prepare and submit standardized, accurate information about the roughly $3.7 trillion they spend each year. The Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury are … Continue reading
Working toward Implementing the DATA Act
Federal agencies spend more than $3.7 trillion a year. But it’s not always easy to get reliable, useful, and consistent information about this spending—information that can help improve oversight, decision making, and transparency. So, Congress passed the Digital Accountability and … Continue reading
Posted in Auditing and Financial Management, Budget and Spending, Government Operations
Tagged DATA Act, deadline, Department of the Treasury, Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, federal spending, FMA, implementation plans, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, Treasury, Treasury Department
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Will “Hamilton” Win Big? Its Namesake Already Inspired a Lot of GAO Work
Alexander Hamilton has quite the legacy: he was the first Secretary of the Treasury; he created a plan for managing the national debt; and he is now the inspiration behind the Tony Award-nominated musical, Hamilton. In anticipation of this Sunday’s … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Auditing and Financial Management, Budget and Spending, Fiscal Outlook and The Debt, Government Operations, National Defense, Tax Policy and Administration
Tagged currency, Department of the Treasury, FMCI, founding fathers, gun control, Hamilton, history, HSJ, James Corden, Jefferson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, PI, SI, Tony Awards, Tonys, Treasury
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The DATA Act Turns 2
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, known as the DATA Act, is 2 years old today. This law is supposed to make it easier to get reliable, standardized information on federal spending. Today’s WatchBlog explores what we’ve found … Continue reading