The outgoing comptroller general reflects on leading the agency through national crises, building a skilled workforce and ...

A major congressional watchdog has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who has ...

The Government Accountability Office’s new leader starting later this year, at least on an acting basis, will be a veteran investigator with over three decades’ experience at the nonpartisan ...

The GAO reported in April of 2024 that the federal government loses an estimated $233 to $521 billion annually to fraud. If these numbers are in the ballpark, two questions arise: How to detect the ...

An independent investigative watchdog for Congress has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance director Bill ...

OPINION: Congress needs authority to pick a new Government Accountability Office chief — or the president could launch a ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Tuesday detailing areas of the federal government especially vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse, hours ahead of a House Oversight ...

The Government Accountability Office is auditing the Department of Government Efficiency, which is itself responsible for reviewing other federal agencies. On Thursday, the independent, nonpartisan ...

For decades, inspectors general have audited the federal government looking for waste, fraud and abuse. The Government Accountability Office has been doing it for more than a century. These auditors’ ...

The House subcommittee that bears the same acronym as Elon Musk's agency, DOGE, held its first hearing Wednesday. While members from both parties said they were focused on rooting out waste and fraud, ...

The Trump administration is systematically dismantling much of the government’s oversight infrastructure, which government contractors rely on to support a fair and even competitive environment. The ...

Congress considers the Government Accountability Office to be one of its most valuable oversight tools. Created by Congress in 1921, and originally named the General Accounting Office, it is often ...