Topic: U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. kills GE/Rolls Royce engine for F-35 fighter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department has ended a contract with General Electric Co and Rolls-Royce Group Plc to develop an alternate engine for the F-35 fighter jet, the department said on Monday.The Pentagon has sought for five years to kill the ...

Pentagon's 2nd-engine estimate sparks debate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new government report boosts the case for completion of General Electric Co's alternate engine for the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet, the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee said.The issue has become a political hot potato ...

GAO reveals recipe for DOD programs success

The Government Accountability Office reviewed several Defense Department programs and found how officials established the successful ones. Here's the Government Accountability Office's recipe for creating successful programs: GAO officials reviewed several Defense Department programs and found officials established the successful ones with ...
The article reports on the shortcomings in the employment and job training programs of U.S. President George W. Bush, according to federal investigations by the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Defense Department is ...

GAO Report Questions Army's Use of Contractors

I blogged back in June about concerns surrounding the growing practice of federal government agencies employing contract workers. A recent report from the Government Accountability Office offers more fodder for concern. According to a Washington Post story about the report, the Defense ...

The Daily Muck

When Rush Limbaugh launched his " The extensive 45-month investigation by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald involved many prime players of the Bush Administration and the State Department, including I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff who was convicted ...
Investigators: Federal Employees Wasted $146 Million on Unjustified Premium-Class TravelFederal employees wasted at least $146 million over a one-year period on business- and first-class airline tickets, in some cases simply because they felt entitled to the perk, congressional investigators say.A draft report ...
Federal employees wasted at least $146 million over a one-year period on business- and first-class airline tickets, in some cases simply because they felt entitled to the perk, congressional investigators say.A draft report by the Government Accountability Office, obtained Tuesday by The ...