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Presidential and Congressional Transition
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2025 High Risk List Saves Billions and Improves Government Efficiency and Effectiveness
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A WARNING FROM GAO
America’s Fiscal Health at Risk Without Immediate Action
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AGAIN FOR FY23 AND FY24
Weaknesses Prevent GAO from Providing an Opinion on Federal Finances
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OUR WORK YIELDS $67.5 BILLION IN FY 2024
Financial Benefits for Congress and the American People
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Nonpartisan Work. Bipartisan Impact.
Presidential and Congressional Transition
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2025 High Risk List Saves Billions and Improves Government Efficiency and Effectiveness
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[Read more](https://www.gao.gov/press-release/gao-urges-attention-2025-high-risk-list-save-billions-and-improve-government-efficiency-and-effectiveness)
A WARNING FROM GAO
America’s Fiscal Health at Risk Without Immediate Action
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[Read more](https://www.gao.gov/press-release/warning-gao-americas-fiscal-health-risk)
AGAIN FOR FY23 AND FY24
Weaknesses Prevent GAO from Providing an Opinion on Federal Finances
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OUR WORK YIELDS $67.5 BILLION IN FY 2024
Financial Benefits for Congress and the American People
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Presidential and Congressional Transition
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Published: Mar 6, 2025
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### [Science and Technology: GAO's Support for Congress](/products/gao-25-107724)
GAO-25-107724
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GAO-25-107851
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GAO-25-108162
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Legal Decisions
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Mar 07
We sustain the protest.
B-422891.2,B-422891.3,B-422891.4
Mar 07
We deny in part, and dismiss in part, the protest.
B-423175.2
Mar 06
B-337179
Mar 06
We dismiss the protest.
B-422831.2,B-422831.3
Mar 05
We dismiss the protest.
B-423173
Mar 05
We dismiss the protest.
B-423191
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High Risk List
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### As Technology Reshapes the World, We Keep Congress Informed of Emerging Trends, Issues
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Congress is increasingly focused on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, and...
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### Federal Efforts to Combat Criminals' Illicit Financial Activities
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Criminal organizations and terrorist groups use money laundering to carry out their crimes...
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### What is the Impoundment Control Act and What is GAO’s Role?
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is the main legal mechanism for the President to seek to delay...
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### Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Critical Infrastructure Services, But It Comes with Risks
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Artificial intelligence could be used to improve services and utilities we use every day—such as...
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### After 2023 Bank Failures—Here’s Our Roadmap for Improving Bank Oversight
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
When Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank failed in 2023, they marked two of the largest bank...
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WASHINGTON (March 6, 2025) For the fifth consecutive year, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) ranked number one on the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Place to Work rankings...
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Monday, March 3, 2025
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (February 25, 2025) The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued its updated High Risk List, which identifies 38 areas of government operations with serious vulnerabilities...
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Meet The U.S. Comptroller General
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Gene L. Dodaro is the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of GAO. As Comptroller General, Mr. Dodaro leads GAO and helps oversee the hundreds of reports and testimonies that GAO provides each year to various committees and individual Members of Congress. The U.S. Comptroller General is appointed to a 15-year term.
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