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Federal employees using government aircraft for hundreds of non-official missions, GAO says

Kelly Cohen -

March 22, 2014 12:00 am

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Senator seeks Hawaii health exchange information

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March 21, 2014 12:00 am

A worker looks at tanks, under construction, that store radioactive water, in the J1 area at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Okuma, Japan, on Monday. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai, Pool)

Energy and Environment

GAO: Nuclear regulators learned from Fukushima disaster, but more work ahead

Zack Colman -

March 11, 2014 4:00 am

News

Feds don’t know if senior executive training is worth what it costs, GAO says

Michal Conger -

March 6, 2014 12:00 am

Healthcare

Rep. Harris hopes GAO will examine Md. exchange

Brian Witte -

March 5, 2014 6:21 pm

In this Nov. 30, 2011 photo, two pilots from Cathay Pacific walk in the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. The U.S. airline industry will need to hire 1,900 to 4,500 new pilots annually over the next 10 years due to an expected surge in retirements of pilots reaching age 65 and increased demand for air travel, the Government Accountability Office said in the report obtained late Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Business

GAO report: Too few pilots or too little pay?

Joan Lowy -

March 1, 2014 2:20 am

Delayed building maintenance and repair backlogs can cost as much as $20 billion from the General Services Administration, and the departments of Energy, Homeland Security, the Interior, and Veterans' Affairs in 2012. (Thinkstock)

Deferred building maintenance, repairs cost government billions, GAO says

Kelly Cohen -

February 25, 2014 5:00 am

The Department of Agriculture is among the handful of government agencies that together manage an estimated 83 percent of federal civilian structures. (Thinkstock)

Empty buildings, faulty data on federal property costs taxpayers billions each year

Michal Conger -

February 18, 2014 5:00 am

The federal government, which has more than 5.1 million federal and contract employees, spent more than $1 billion in 2011 on background checks. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Background checks need more consistent guidelines, GAO finds

Kelly Cohen -

February 13, 2014 5:00 am

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration concluded that the system for calculating subsidies for individuals to purchase insurance through President Obama's health care law didn't have adequate measures in place to minimize security risks and prevent fraud.

Technology

GAO says eight federal agencies fail to fix data breach problems

Kelly Cohen -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

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Federal employees using government aircraft for hundreds of non-official missions, GAO says

Senator seeks Hawaii health exchange information

GAO: Nuclear regulators learned from Fukushima disaster, but more work ahead

Feds don’t know if senior executive training is worth what it costs, GAO says

Rep. Harris hopes GAO will examine Md. exchange

GAO report: Too few pilots or too little pay?

Deferred building maintenance, repairs cost government billions, GAO says

Empty buildings, faulty data on federal property costs taxpayers billions each year

Background checks need more consistent guidelines, GAO finds

GAO says eight federal agencies fail to fix data breach problems

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