News tagged with 'gao'. Found 17 tagged news.

Lawmakers praise GAO’s transition site

Seattle :: WA :: USA | 16 days ago

High-ranking lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called on President-elect Barack Obama to use the website of the Government Accountability Office to aid in his transition to the presidency. GAO, as part of its required role under the Presidential Transition...

Tags: transition, president, election, website, obama, security, homeland, economy, GAO, john mccain, presidential transition

Middlesbrough turn down Lochead

Wellington :: New Zealand | 3 months ago

Lochead has been on trial with the English Premier League club but has returned home. Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert says Lochead is understandably disappointed but will be at training on Friday. He says Lochead is an integral part of the team and will slip...

Tags: gao, Ricki Herbert

Iraq Banks Billions in Surpluses, GAO Says

Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago

Between 2005 and 2007, only 10 percent of Iraq's expenditures went toward reconstruction, with just 1 percent spent on maintaining U.S. and Iraqi-funded investments in roads, water, electricity and weapons, according to a report released yesterday by...

Tags: Iraqi, U.S, Government Accountability Office, oil revenues, budget surplus, GAO

McCaskill Takes On Military Industrial Complex

Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 months ago

Stephenson, demanding accountability and a full explanation of the issues the GAO report raised...In GAO speak, this means private companies and people in the Pentagon conspired to conceal wasteful and fraudulent activity by contractors at the cost of...

Tags: GAO

Report Says Pentagon Pressured, Intimidated Auditors

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago

The Defense Contract Audit Agency , which is charged with overseeing contractors for the Defense Department, made an upfront agreement with "a major aerospace company" to limit the scope of work and basis for an audit, the report says...GAO investigators...

Tags: Defense Department, GAO, defense contract, contract audits

Impact of flight delay countermeasures questioned

Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago

The study by the federal watchdog agency and testimony a representative issued at a hearing in Washington were based on an analysis of DOT data on airline on-time performance, a review of documents and reports, and interviews with officials from DOT,...

Tags: aviation, airport, flights delays, FAA, reduce delays, Federal Aviation Administration, GAO, Transportation Department, air traffic, Department of Transportation

Boeing wins protest of Northrop aerial-tanker award

Eads :: CO :: USA | 5 months ago

5 Washington: Boeing Co. deserves another chance to bid on the $35 billion US Air Force aerial-tanker contract won by rival Northrop Grumman Corp., a government agency said. "The Air Force had made a number of significant errors that could have affected...

Tags: Boeing Co., US Air Force, Northrop Grumman Corp., Government Accountability Office, GAO, tanker contracting

GAO backs Boeing in tanker contract dispute

Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago

The Government Accountability Office concluded Wednesday that the Air Force made "significant errors" in awarding a $35 billion contract for aerial-refueling tankers to a team that included a European aerospace company. In a major victory for Boeing,...

Tags: U.S. Air Force, Boeing Co., tanker contract, Northrop Grumman Corp., significant errors, refueling tanker, GAO, force tanker, european aeronautic, aeronautic defence

GAO Sustains Boeing Tanker Protest

Eads :: CO :: USA | 5 months ago

America's Government Accountability Office on Wednesday backed Boeing’s protest of the awarding of a contract for the US Air Force's next generation of refueling tankers to Northrop Grumman and a European partner, saying the Air Force made errors...

Tags: EADS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Boeing Co., US Air Force, U.S. Air Force, significant errors, GAO, Northrop Grumman Corp., close competition, tanker contracting, boeing wins, airbus

Deregulaton = higher voice/data prices, says GAO

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago

Posted by MatthewLasar

The smaller voice/data carriers are launching a new offensive against Qwest's efforts to get its access rates deregulated in four major markets: Minneapolis, Seattle, Denver and Phoenix. What that means is that, if the Federal Communications Commission...

Tags: FCC, Qwest, GAO