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Information Environment: DOD Needs to Address Security Risks of Publicly Accessible Information
Mon Nov 17 7:57 am
What GAO Found Digital activity from personal and government devices, online communications, and defense platforms such as ships and aircraft can generate volumes of traceable data, known as…
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VA Disability Benefits: Agency Has Taken Steps, but Challenges Remain with Managing and Modernizing Its Program
Mon Nov 17 9:09 am
What GAO Found Over the past 2 decades, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has taken various steps to improve and address challenges related to its disability compensation program, such as…
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Information Environment: DOD Faces Risks with Publicly Accessible Information
Mon Nov 17 7:14 am
What GAO Found DOD and others recognize that publicly accessible data presents a growing threat to the security and privacy of DOD personnel and their families, military operations, and national…
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Priority Open Recommendations: Internal Revenue Service
Mon Nov 17 8:47 am
What GAO Found In June 2024, GAO identified 30 priority recommendations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Since then, IRS has implemented five of those recommendations by designating a…
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Health Insurance: Enhanced Data Matching Could Help Prevent Duplicate Benefits and Yield Substantial Savings
Mon Nov 17 7:38 am
What GAO Found For fiscal year 2023, the federal government and six selected states—California, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas—paid health insurance entities at least $1.6…
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340B Drug Discount Program: Agency Oversight Has Improved, but Actions Needed to Address Weaknesses
Mon Nov 17 9:08 am
What GAO Found The 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program) requires drug manufacturers to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to covered entities—certain federal grantees and hospitals—to…
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QA Engineering, LLC
Fri Nov 14 11:04 am
QA Engineering, LLC, a small business of Albuquerque, New Mexico, protests the award of a contract to Koman Advantage, LLC, of Chandler, Arizona, under request for proposal (RFP) No. W912PP25R0006…
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Castro & Company, LLC
Fri Nov 14 10:56 am
Castro & Company, LLC, a small business of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Contracts Management Enterprises, LLC (CME), a small…
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Fidelity Contract Flooring, LLC
Thu Nov 13 2:06 pm
Fidelity Contract Flooring, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Oceanside, California, challenges the agency's award of a contract to VA-TRAK, LLC, an SDVOSB of Miller,…
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Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Catch-Up Contributions
Thu Nov 13 2:07 pm
GAO reviewed the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) new rule entitled "Catch-Up Contributions." GAO found that the final rule sets forth final regulations that provide…
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Extreme Heat: Limited FEMA Assistance Highlights Need for Reevaluation of Agency’s Role
Tue Sep 30 7:01 am
What GAO Found Between 2018 and 2024, 97 percent of counties across the contiguous U.S. were projected to reach at least level 3, a dangerous level of heat, by the National Weather Services’s…
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National Nuclear Security Administration: Agency Should Improve Cost Growth Notification Process
Tue Sep 30 7:21 am
What GAO Found Over the next 2 decades, the United States plans to spend tens of billions of dollars to modernize its nuclear weapons stockpile and the research and production infrastructure on…
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