The U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report on data governance progress across four federal agencies.
New center wants to help Congress grok deep space, deep fakes
The U.S. Government Accountability Office launched a new Center for Strategic Foresight to help Congress better understand issues related to emerging notorious technologies, such as deep space and deep fakes, that impact a well-functioning democracy.
GAO tells Defense Department to ‘fully implement’ open source pilot program
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report assessing the lackluster status of the Defense Department’s open source pilot program, saying that until the agency effectively implements this, “the department will not be positioned to take advantage of significant cost savings and efficiencies.”
Is the cloud saving government money?
The U.S. Government Accountability Office published a bullish report on the impact cloud services has had on federal government agency technology savings.
Federal government progress in IT reform
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a status report on federal government technology reform progress, and it’s an insightful read more than anything on the the lack of synchronization between agencies and GAO.
GAO to lean more on analytics for government accountability
U.S. Government Accountability Office announced it will create a Center for Advanced Analytics to bring a more data-driven approach into its work.
GAO needs a better digital strategy. Here’s how 18F and USDS can help.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on the fiscal and administrative state of 18F and the U.S. Digital Service, both established to make federal government websites work better for users, and it appears the agency could use some help from the two on its own site, gao.gov.
Measuring 18F’s value
It’s very easy, especially in a political environment, and especially for a high-profile organization like 18F, to be critical of its operations. There are a long list of items I’d like to see GAO look into and, right now, 18F isn’t one of them.
GAO: State, local governments should cut expenditures by 18 percent
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released its 2014 state and local fiscal outlook model that indicates state and local government need to cut current expenditures by 18 percent to achieve fiscal balance over the next 50 years.