# Press Release

-  WASHINGTON (April 15, 2024) The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is seeking nominations for five positions on its Tribal and Indigenous Advisory Council. The Council was formed in 2022 to provide insights and recommendations and help...
-  WASHINGTON (February 15, 2024)— Warning the nation’s long term fiscal health faces mounting challenges, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued its annual report on the nation’s fiscal future. The report describes the federal...
-  WASHINGTON (February 16, 2024) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is again unable to determine if the federal government’s consolidated financial statements are reliable. This year’s audit report&nbsp;discusses progress that has been made...
-  WASHINGTON (February 1, 2024)—Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued the 2024 revision of Government Auditing Standards, also known as the Yellow Book. These standards, commonly referred to as generally accepted government...
-  WASHINGTON, DC (December 20, 2023) – Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), today announced the appointment of five new members to the Health Information Technology...
-  WASHINGTON (December 7, 2023) Orice Williams Brown, Chief Operating Officer at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), has been named the recipient of the 2023 Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership. The award is presented annually...
-  WASHINGTON (December 4, 2023) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today announced Sterling Thomas, PhD as the agency’s new Chief Scientist. Sterling joins GAO as an accomplished research scientist and business executive, having held...
-  WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 15, 2023) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) work yielded $70.4 billion in financial benefits for Congress and the American people in fiscal year 2023—a return of approximately $84 for each dollar invested...
-  WASHINGTON D.C. (October 16, 2023) With a career improving federal student aid programs for generations of students and student loan borrowers, U.S. Government Accountability Office Director Melissa Emrey-Arras today won a 2023 Samuel J. Heyman...
-  WASHINGTON, D.C (September 28, 2023) – As the risks to IT systems supporting the federal government and the nation’s critical infrastructure increase and security threats continue to evolve, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today...
-  WASHINGTON, DC (September 26, 2023) – A new report from an independent, international peer review team provides the highest possible rating to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on its quality assurance program. The report highlights...
-  Washington, D.C. (July 25, 2023) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a report listing more than 200 open recommendations GAO has made to Congress to help improve the effectiveness of the federal government and save...
-  WASHINGTON, DC (July 11, 2023) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a new report on the agency’s key findings and recommendations with an eye toward helping federal agencies be better prepared for future emergencies. GAO has...
-  The following statement from Kenneth E. Patton, Managing Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law at GAO, was revised on July 12, 2023 to correct an error in the number of protests sustained, regarding GAO’s decision in Systems Plus, Inc., et...
-  WASHINGTON, DC (July 13, 2023) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a new guide to help Congress and federal agencies prevent and reduce payment errors, including fraud, in emergency assistance programs. Payment errors (or...
-  Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2023) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued its&nbsp;13th&nbsp;annual report&nbsp;identifying new opportunities to save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing fragmentation, overlap, and...
-  WASHINGTON, DC (May 31, 2023) – Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), today announced the appointment of three new members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (...
-  Washington, D.C. (May 08, 2023)—The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued its seventh annual report on the nation’s fiscal health, highlighting both short-term and long-term risks. The report calls for prompt action by the...
-  WASHINGTON (May 8, 2023). Today, Melissa Emrey-Arras, Director with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), was named a finalist for the 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals. The “Sammies,” run by the nonpartisan, nonprofit...
-  WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2023)—Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), today announced the appointment of six new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access...
-  WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 6, 2023) —The following is a statement from Kenneth E. Patton, Managing Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law at GAO, regarding today’s decision resolving the bid protest filed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, B-...
-  WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 20, 2023)—The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued its latest&nbsp;High Risk List, which includes 37 areas across the federal government vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement or in need of...
-  WASHINGTON (March 29, 2023) – For the third consecutive year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ranked number one in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work rankings released today. GAO placed first overall among mid-size...
-  WASHINGTON (February 16, 2023) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is again unable to provide an opinion on the reliability of the federal government’s consolidated financial statements. “This is especially troubling given the significant...
-  WASHINGTON, DC (January 30, 2023)—Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an exposure draft with proposed updates to Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), also known as the Yellow Book. GAO invites public...