Read more Government Accountability Office stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10997/government-accountability-office.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:19:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72697/swine-flu-wary-telecommuters-could-floor-internet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTelecommuters hunkering down at home because of swine flu could overwhelm Internet networks in the coming weeks, a federal watchdog reports. The report earlier this week found that no guidelines are in place to deal with any surge in demand caused by a spike in workers telecommuting and students going...http://www.newser.com/story/72697/swine-flu-wary-telecommuters-could-floor-internet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 6:06:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70918/sleazy-middlemen-stiff-homeowners-trying-to-refi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal mortgage modification program is mired in trouble, with just 12% of the 3 million eligible loans in the process of modification, the "servicers" that helped create the problem tasked with helping to untangle it, and the Treasury Department falling down on the oversight job. In one case, a...http://www.newser.com/story/70918/sleazy-middlemen-stiff-homeowners-trying-to-refi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 15:31:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66512/toothless-watchdogs-not-sure-where-tarp-money-went.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnybody seen $700 billion? The government watchdogs charged with overseeing TARP spending don't seem able to answer even basic questions about where the money went, Chris Adams writes at McClatchy. A special inspector general, a congressional panel, and eight other inspectors general are supposed to be keeping track of the...http://www.newser.com/story/66512/toothless-watchdogs-not-sure-where-tarp-money-went.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 3:33:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65497/awash-in-red-usps-high-risk-fed-watchdog.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Government Accountability Office has put the struggling US Postal Service on its list of “high-risk” federal programs, the Hill reports. The federal watchdog says the USPS will lose $7 billion this year, and that even the end of the recession will not return business that has migrated to other...http://www.newser.com/story/65497/awash-in-red-usps-high-risk-fed-watchdog.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 14:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65375/gao-slams-feds-for-plan-to-build-disease-lab-in-tornado-alley.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Homeland Security plan to build a $700 million lab handling highly infectious animal diseases in Kansas' 'Tornado Alley' probably isn't the best idea it's had, the Washington Post reports. A withering report from the Government Accountability Office found that the DHS based its decision on a flawed, hastily done...http://www.newser.com/story/65375/gao-slams-feds-for-plan-to-build-disease-lab-in-tornado-alley.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 7:59:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63891/grave-lack-of-security-at-fed-buildings-gao.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA covert investigation shows the nation’s federal buildings are woefully under-protected from potential terrorist attacks, CNN reports. Undercover agents were able to sneak bomb components through security into each of the 10 federal buildings—occupied by the Homeland Security, Justice, and State departments—they tested, assemble explosive devices in the...http://www.newser.com/story/63891/grave-lack-of-security-at-fed-buildings-gao.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 15:05:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53271/passport-security-easy-to-breach-govt-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US passport is easy to obtain using fake or fraudulent documents, even with extensive post-9/11 security reforms, the AP reports. At the request of a Senate committee, a government investigator went undercover and quickly obtained multiple passports, using the identities of a dead man, a 5-year-old, and two fictitious...http://www.newser.com/story/53271/passport-security-easy-to-breach-govt-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 13:52:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38886/surveillance-plan-moves-forward-despite-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Government Accountability Office review raises concerns about plans for domestic satellite surveillance, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Homeland Security will proceed anyway. A bill allows the agency to provide satellite imagery for emergency and scientific purposes, but could be expanded to include surveillance and border control. The department...http://www.newser.com/story/38886/surveillance-plan-moves-forward-despite-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Oct 2008 10:42:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30855/us-cant-be-sure-pakistans-56b-went-to-fight-terror.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Defense Department cannot show that nearly $6 billion the US has sent to Pakistan since 2001 has been used, as intended, to fight terrorism. In a report yesterday, the Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon hadn’t properly tracked the funds, CNN reports, blindly signing off on questionable charges—leading...http://www.newser.com/story/30855/us-cant-be-sure-pakistans-56b-went-to-fight-terror.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jun 2008 12:28:03 CDT