Technology
Federal Agencies Lag on Networked Device Cybersecurity Requirements
Only seven of the 22 civilian Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act agencies reviewed had fully addressed all three of the Office of Management and Budget's...
FEMA Approves Disaster Aid for Disabled Applicants at Lower Rate
People with disabilities are being approved for federal disaster assistance at a lower rate than survivors without disabilities, according to a new audit of...
Gaps in Agency Responses Leave DOGE Data Safety Unverified
Congress and the public cannot be assured that sensitive government data was properly protected when Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) teams...
National Intelligence Office Behind on Implementing Recommendations
More than four in 10 recommendations the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has directed at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence...
Hidden Owners, Hidden Fraud: Federal Awards Lack Ownership Rules
Hundreds of billions of dollars in federal awards are vulnerable to fraud schemes that exploit the near-total absence of beneficial ownership disclosure...
State Department Lacks Data On Decision Process For USAID Programs
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) terminated approximately 6,780 of 7,510 foreign assistance awards between January 2025 and March 2026,...
How Army Force Structure Gets Built
Army unit numbers and types reflect personnel ceilings and funding choices more than direct congressional design, according to a new Congressional Research...
Lawmakers Weigh Disaster Tech Amid Federal Weather Research Cuts
As the Trump administration seeks cuts to federal weather research and changes to disaster response, lawmakers are examining whether artificial...
Federal Watchdog Finds Gaps in DEA, FDA Drug Scheduling Procedures
A recent Government Accountability Office report found that the DEA lacks policies identifying roles, responsibilities, and procedures for scheduling, and...
Maternal Mortality Reviews Drive Medicaid, Health Equity Changes
State maternal mortality review committees are driving policy changes aimed at preventing pregnancy-related deaths, including expanded postpartum Medicaid...
FEMA Faces $2B Backlog as Disaster Resilience Program Restarts
Hundreds of communities are waiting on more than $2 billion in disaster-resilience funding that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has yet to...
2030 Census Citizenship Rules Proposed for Apportionment
Federal officials have proposed narrowing the apportionment count for the next enumeration to exclude foreign citizens who are not United States citizens or...
Federal Audit Finds Gaps in Nuclear Security Contract Oversight
A recent report found that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is not consistently using a contracting tool that could improve...
Federal Audit Finds Gaps in Oversight of Medical Device Reviewers
Gaps in the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) policies for auditing outside medical device reviewers could allow organizations to continue reviewing...
GAO Says Agencies Aren't Sharing Data on Banned Chinese Tech
A recent audit found that federal agencies have sharply reduced spending with five Chinese telecommunications and surveillance companies covered by federal...
Tribal Water Crisis: Federal Rules Block Aid Despite $6B Need
Bureaucratic rules, outdated funding caps, and a lack of operations support are leaving tribal communities without reliable access to safe drinking water,...
Fed Education Oversight Halts as Student Absenteeism Hits Crisis
The U.S. Department of Education has failed in its oversight of chronic absenteeism just as the problem remains at crisis levels in American schools,...
Funding Gap Stalls Federal Property Sales Program
A temporary process established in 2016 to shed unneeded federal buildings is running out of time, and a persistent funding gap has slowed it down,...