What GAO Found
Restrictive software licensing practices include vendor processes that limit, impede, or prevent agencies' efforts to use software in cloud computing. Officials from five of the six
What GAO Found
GAO identified three technologies in science, technology, and engineering that are trending toward maturity. These technologies are:
Gene editing to treat or prevent disease, which
What GAO Found
Early in the pandemic, federal agencies prioritized swiftly distributing funds and implementing new programs to help businesses and individuals adversely affected by COVID-19. While
Sumaria Systems, LLC, of Fairborn, Ohio, a small business, protests the issuance of a task order to Applied Research Solutions, Inc., of Beavercreek, Ohio, also a small business, under fair
What GAO Found
The Department of Justice (DOJ) closed a higher volume of FBI whistleblower retaliation complaints from 2018 to 2022 compared to GAO's last review of complaints closed from 2009 to
What GAO Found
Since GAO's 2015 report, DOJ has made changes to its process for handling FBI whistleblower retaliation complaints. However, areas for improvement remain. During our review of
What GAO Found
In fiscal years 20212023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated 21 program inspections of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA). These
Management and Technical Services Alliance Joint Venture (MTSA), a small business of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Vector CSP, LLC, a small business of Elizabeth City
ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, protests the issuance of sole-source, interim task order No. W56KGY-19-D-0008-0003, to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (BAH), of McLean,
(SDVOSB) of Richardson, Texas, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competition, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C26324R0072, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for
