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GAO Adds SBA Emergency Loans and Federal Response to Illegal Drug Use to "High Risk List" of Challenges Across the Federal Government
https://www.gao.gov/press/high_risk_2021.htm

Mar 2, 2021

Seven Areas Improved; Five Got Worse; 20 Showed Little Change WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 2, 2021)—The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued its latest High Risk List, which includes 36 areas across the federal ...
GAO Releases Development Tracker for Federally-Supported COVID-19 Vaccines
https://www.gao.gov/press/vaccine-development-tracker.htm

Feb 11, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 11, 2021) — The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released an online dashboard that provides an interactive view of vaccine development data. The tool has information on the vaccines that received federal funding from the ...
As More Federal COVID Relief Flows Out, GAO's FraudNet Hotline Ready to Help Combat Fraud
https://www.gao.gov/press/covid-19_relief_fraudnet.htm

Feb 1, 2021

Washington, DC (February 1, 2021)—As hundreds of billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief are distributed, FraudNet—the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) hotline for processing allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in federal programs—stan ...
Vaccine Distribution, Supply Chain Issues, Testing, Still Present Challenges in Federal Pandemic Response
https://www.gao.gov/press/Vaccine_Distribution.htm

Jan 28, 2021

GAO Makes 13 New Recommendations in Latest CARES Act Report WASHINGTON, DC (January 28, 2021)— Today the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its fifth comprehensive report&nb ...
It's a Federal Birthday: GAO Celebrates 100 Years of Non-partisan, Fact-Based Service to Congress and the Nation
https://www.gao.gov/press/100years.htm

Jan 4, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC (January 4, 2021) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today began commemorating the agency’s founding a century ago as a source of objective, non-partisan information on government operations. The congressional watchdog’s celebration will culmin ...