10 entries in the ledger
A Government Accountability Office report made public Oct. 14 recommends that ICE adopt technology to automatically activate body cameras whenever officers draw a weapon, matching a practice Customs and Border Protection...
DHS analysts twice dismissed suspicious activity on the Homeland Security Information Network, the unclassified platform agencies and law-enforcement partners use to share sensitive data, letting intruders remain inside...
In two decisions issued Oct. 7, 2026, the Government Accountability Office concluded the Trump administration violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 by withholding appropriated funds without notifying Congress. At...
A Government Accountability Office report released in early October 2026 found the State Department canceled roughly 4,300 foreign assistance awards -- about 25% of its portfolio, worth nearly $3 billion -- as of March...
A Government Accountability Office report published September 30, 2026, found that after 2025 executive orders dismantled USAID and shifted its functions to the State Department, State could not produce evidence of the...
A Government Accountability Office report released September 24, 2026 found ICE and other agencies wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing "ill-conceived" plans to rapidly expand detention capacity since January...
A Government Accountability Office report found the federal government paid more than $9.5 billion in 2025 to employees on paid administrative leave under DOGE's deferred-resignation program -- a 435% increase in such...
A Government Accountability Office report released Sept. 3, 2026, found DHS contract terminations pursued under the Department of Government Efficiency's mandate produced net savings of about $92 million, far below the...
The Government Accountability Office published a report on Aug. 5, 2026, identifying 206 people who held Department of Government Efficiency positions in the Executive Office of the President between Jan. 20, 2025, and...
The Government Accountability Office reported on Aug. 4, 2026 that FEMA reduced its workforce without basing the decisions on any analysis of current staffing or any forecast of what future disasters would require. GAO...