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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a critical report on the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP), a $200+ billion, 50-year initiative, finding significant gaps in cost tracking, risk management, and organizational documentation.…
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.38 billion contract for 22 F-15EX Eagle II aircraft under Lot 7, bringing the total contracted aircraft to 120. The award used FY2026 funds and funds from the reconciliation package that required obligation before September 30, 2025, highlighting the budget…
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.38 billion Lot 7 production contract for 22 F-15EX Eagle II aircraft, bringing total contracted aircraft to 120. The award used FY2026 budget funds and a reconciliation package that required obligation before September 30, 2025, and was executed using…
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.38 billion Lot 7 contract for 22 F-15EX Eagle II aircraft, bringing total contracted aircraft on this production line to 120. The award used FY2026 funds and reconciliation-package money that required obligation before September 30, 2025, and was executed…
The White House has nominated Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. to lead U.S. Space Command, pending Senate confirmation. This leadership transition occurs as the military emphasizes space operations and has deployed on-orbit space control weapons.…
The White House has nominated Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. to lead U.S. Space Command, pending Senate confirmation. This leadership transition at SPACECOM comes as the military increasingly emphasizes space operations and has deployed on-orbit space control weapons.…
The White House has nominated Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. to lead U.S. Space Command, pending Senate confirmation. This leadership transition at SPACECOM occurs as the military places greater emphasis on space operations and has deployed on-orbit space control weapons.…
The U.S. Army's selection of Anduril, Castelion, Lockheed Martin, Mach Industries, and RTX via Other Transaction Authority agreements to develop Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 4 prototypes is a major market signal for defense and missile-systems contractors.…
The Army's OTA selection of five companies for PrSM Increment 4 prototypes is a high-impact event for the long-range precision strike market. It drives rapid prototyping with competitive fly-offs in FY2027 and FY2028 for missiles with range >621 miles, creating near-term demand across Defense,…
The U.S. Army has selected five companies — Anduril, Castelion, Lockheed Martin, Mach Industries, and RTX — under Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements to develop Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 4 prototypes.…
GAO found limited beneficial-ownership information for federal awardees, citing real fraud examples (including nearly $16M in Medicare fraud and a $23.5M pass-through billing scam), and noted that FinCEN reporting changes removed about 99% of entities previously required to report.…
GAO found that illicit actors use stolen identities, shell companies, professional enablers, and pass-through billing schemes to hide beneficial ownership and fraudulently access federal awards, including contracts, grants, and Medicare payments.…
The GAO review finds gaps in FEMA’s support for people with disabilities before, during, and after disasters: FEMA provides guidance, grants, and regional staff support, but training for partners was removed in 2025 and regional coordination and roles for disability specialists are inconsistent.…
The GAO report identifies gaps in FEMA’s training, regional coordination, and application accessibility that are causing measurable shortfalls in assistance approval for disaster survivors with disabilities.…
GAO found FEMA has guidance, grants, and specialized staff to support people with disabilities but removed partner training from its curriculum in 2025 and has not offered it for over a year, creating risk that state and local partners cannot effectively assist survivors with disabilities.…
GAO found that beginning with executive orders in January 2025, multiple agencies made broad changes to foreign assistance programming and staffing that materially affect contracting pipelines.…
GAO reported it has made 139 recommendations to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) covering the period July 2011 through September 15, 2026, addressing intelligence enterprise management, infrastructure and facilities, workforce management, and personnel vetting.…
The GAO reviewed VA processes and found that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a 2022 policy to end harassment-related behaviors at VA medical centers, and VA data show over 31,000 reported incidents from fiscal years 2020–2025.…
GAO’s review shows a large, rapid disruption to U.S. foreign assistance programming between January 2025 and March 2026: agencies reduced obligations and staff, USAID terminated a large portion of its awards (approximately 6,780 of 7,510 awards) with terminated-award obligations totaling $79.1…
GAO found most agencies have not fully implemented OMB's networked device inventory requirements (established Dec 2023; updated Jan 2025). Initial inventories were required by Sept 2024, but as of Sept 2026 only a minority of the 22 civilian CFO Act agencies had complete, maintained inventories…
GAO has issued 139 recommendations to the DNI from July 2011 through September 15, 2026; ODNI has implemented 76 (55%), closed six for other reasons, and has 57 remaining open recommendations. GAO designated six of those 57 as priorities in July 2026.…
The GAO review shows VA had over 31,000 reported harassment-related incidents at medical centers in FY2020–FY2025 and that reported incidents likely undercount true prevalence because most people do not notify institutions.…
Affected segments pending source review. The GAO report identifies significant, government-wide gaps in implementing OMB’s networked device inventory requirements (requirements established December 2023 and updated January 2025; initial inventories required by September 2024).…
GAO found that beginning with executive orders in January 2025, nine selected agencies made broad changes to foreign assistance programming and staffing that produced immediate, large-scale dislocation.…