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Some Sexual Assault Kits Aren’t Sent to Crime Labs. Why not?
Evidence in sexual assault kits can be a powerful tool to help find and prosecute perpetrators of sex and other crimes. Yet, evidence collected in thousands of sex assault kits hasn’t been turned over to crime labs for analysis. Today’s … Continue reading
Filing Taxes without Breaking the Bank
As you may have noticed this tax season, there’s no shortage of options for filing your taxes. For those who need it, IRS has several options to file taxes (or receive tax preparation assistance) for free. Today’s WatchBlog looks at … Continue reading
The Nation’s Fiscal Health: A Warning about the Government’s Finances
Without a change in law or policy, the gap between the amount of money the federal government collects and the amount it spends will continue to grow, likely reaching $1 trillion in the next few years. We issued our third … 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
The High Cost of a Medical Flight
An air ambulance may save your life in an emergency, but it could cost you thousands of dollars—even if you have health insurance. In today’s WatchBlog, we look at a recent GAO report on air ambulance services and explore how … 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
Risky Business—Threats in the IT Supply Chain
Laptops aren’t like IKEA furniture—we usually buy them pre-assembled and ready to use. The life of a computer starts long before it’s purchased, though, and the process of creating and moving a computer from suppliers to users can create security … Continue reading
30 Years after Exxon Valdez, 9 Years after Deepwater Horizon: What We Found
Thirty years ago this month, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker hit a reef and spilled millions of gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded and sank, causing a … Continue reading
DOD: Prioritizing Amid Changing Threats
The 2018 National Defense Strategy (which guides the military’s defense priorities) calls for the Department of Defense (DOD) to urgently develop a lethal, resilient, and rapidly adapting joint force in order to address growing threats to U.S. security. But how … Continue reading
