Agencies stonewall GAO audits; OMB ends cooperation

Date

Jun 11, 2026

Kind

Congressional oversight

Status

Still defying

Source

notus.org ↗

Court or forum

GAO, 31 U.S.C. 716

What happened

GAO leadership cited "significant access issues" and "outright denials," naming OMB, HUD, Commerce, Education and SBA; OMB's Paoletta called GAO's ICA inquiries "voluminous, burdensome, and inappropriately invasive.".

Publisher

NOTUS