Tag Archives: Gene Dodaro

The Government Accountability Office has introduced a mobile application designed to help users access GAO’s priority recommendations for government operations management in support of the upcoming presidential and congressional transitions. Gene Dodaro, U.S. comptroller general and GAO leader, said Thursday the app is designed to directly lay out lists of major changes necessary during …

The House Oversight Committee has asked the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the Census Bureau‘s readiness to conduct an end-to-end test in 2018 as part of the bureau’s preparedness strategy for 2020 Census. According to a letter sent Wednesday to GAO Director and Comptroller Gene Dodaro, the request includes a report on the …

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has requested the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the Office of Management and Budget’s oversight of the top 10 priority initiatives for information technology. House panel members told GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro in a letter published Tuesday to assess how the U.S. Digital Service …

Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) have requested the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs to update its electronic health record system. In a letter published May 27, the lawmakers asked GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to provide the …

The Government Accountability Office has appointed James Ferguson, Carolyn Petersen and Karen van Caulil to its health information technology policy committee. Ferguson will take the role that represents payers while Petersen will serve as an advocate for patients and consumers and van Caulil will represent employers, GAO said Thursday. “It’s …

Gene Dodaro, U.S. comptroller general and Government Accountability Office leader, has said GAO has requested a budget of $567.8 million for fiscal year 2017 to recruit new staff and update its information technology infrastructure. Dodaro said in written testimony to the Senate Appropriations legislative branch subcommittee Tuesday that GAO needs to meet staffing …

The Government Accountability Office has disclosed it was not able to give an opinion on the federal government’s fiscal 2015 consolidated financial statement due to several material weaknesses that the agency has identified during an audit. “The federal government needs to be able to track all revenues and expenses, as well …

The Government Accountability Office has opened a new center for excellence to mentor U.S.-based and overseas audit organizations that aim to increase the transparency and accountability of government agencies. GAO said Thursday the Center for Audit Excellence will offer training, technical assistance and evaluation service offerings to auditors. “The center …

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued a new fraud risk management framework in an effort to help agencies detect and deter fraud in federal programs. The framework contains a list of practices in establishing an anti-fraud culture, assessing and mitigating fraud risks, and adjusting fraud risk management activities if necessary, GAO …

A bipartisan Senate group has requested that the Government Accountability Office determine the impact Internet of Things technology has on the U.S. economy and end users. The request came after the Senate passed a bipartisan resolution that calls for the government to develop strategies to drive adoption of connected systems, …