-
Recent Posts
- 30 Years after Exxon Valdez, 9 Years after Deepwater Horizon: What We Found
- DOD: Prioritizing Amid Changing Threats
- GAO Reports by the Numbers: Natural Resources and Environment
- Visualizing Relationships in Department of Energy Contracting
- GAO’s Information Technology & Cybersecurity Team
- GAO’s 2019 High-Risk List Update
- What’s Trending in Gig Employment
- Emerging Threats to the United States
- Big bank regulators at risk of influence?
- The Legacy of the Recovery Act
Categories
- About GAO
- Agriculture and Food
- Auditing and Financial Management
- Budget and Spending
- Business Regulation and Consumer Protection
- Collections
- Communications
- disaster assistance
- Disaster Assistance
- Duplication and Cost Savings
- Economic Development
- Education
- Employment
- Energy
- Equal Opportunity
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Fiscal Outlook and The Debt
- Fraud
- Government Operations
- Graphic
- Health Care
- High Risk List
- Homeland Security
- Housing
- Human Capital
- Infographic
- Information Management
- Information Security
- Information Technology
- Interactive graphic
- International Affairs
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Key Issues
- Mission Team
- National Defense
- Natural Resources and Environment
- OGC
- Podcast
- Quick Look
- Recovery Act
- Retirement Security
- Science and Technology
- Space
- Tax Policy and Administration
- Technology Assessment
- Trade
- Transportation
- Veterans
- Video
- Worker and Family Assistance
Tag Archives: regulatory capture
Big bank regulators at risk of influence?
“Regulatory capture”—when regulators act in the interest of the industry they’re regulating, rather than the public good—is a big concern, especially when it comes to big banks. Today’s WatchBlog explores how it happens and what regulators can do to protect … Continue reading
Designing and Implementing Federal User Fees
Navigating the federal budget can stump even the savviest of wonks. One of the things that complicates federal budgeting is the variety of ways the federal government collects money. Today’s WatchBlog examines one significant, if lesser known, source of federal … Continue reading
