The Government Accountability Office and a panel of experts ID’d eight privacy-related challenges that AI presents that aren’t totally accounted for in OMB guidance to agencies.
Orice Williams Brown of the Government Accountability Office is pictured in Washington D.C., on Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo by John McDonnell / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The acting comptroller general told lawmakers that the watchdog’s IT unit has “lost a fair number of resources” following funding fights and a wave of retirements.
A new GAO report found that the tax agency lacks a strategic workforce plan following major staff reductions last year. Some IT projects have carried on, while…
The watchdog also encouraged the SBA to address inefficiencies in the Disaster Loan Program by pursuing a new legal authority to secure taxpayer consent for applications.
Scenes from outside the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks at a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
A bill from Reps. Pete Sessions and Bill Foster would task the Treasury secretary with doling out fraud prevention grants to states to develop digital IDs that…
A global technological blackout caused chaos at border crossings between Mexico and the United States on July 19, 2024, resulting in long lines and significantly increased waiting times for travelers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The DHS component fell behind on deployment of non-intrusive inspection technology at ports of entry but is making progress, per a CBP official, who acknowledged personnel reassignments…
A director with the watchdog told Congress this week that the FBI, CFPB and FTC haven’t addressed many recommendations from an April 2025 report on digital money-making…