International Business News - GAO http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The Federal Aviation Administration is not collecting the data it should to monitor its technology spending, congressional investigators said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/watchdog-knocks-faa-tracking-of-tech-spending.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:18:43 EDT The accelerated pace the military has used to buy and deploy thousands of heavily armored mine resistant vehicles for Iraq and Afghanistan could lead to problems with maintenance and cost overruns on the top priority project, according to congressional investigators. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/gao-says-armored-vehicles-could-get-costly.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:01:04 EDT Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation actions that are being implemented will have a limited effect on reducing flight delays during the summer compared to last year, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office study released Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/impact-of-flight-delay-countermeasures-questioned.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:22:10 EDT Increased costs and delays in delivering vital weapons to soldiers in war zones are due partly to a lack of full funding for those systems, according to a government audit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/gao-says-pentagon-failing-to-commit-weapon-funds.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:27:23 EDT The career path from the Pentagon to the nation's biggest defense contractors is a crowded one lined with potential conflicts of interest, a government watchdog said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/gao-tracks-crowded-path-between-dod-contractors.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 18:25:58 EDT Poor management by the Defense Department and General Dynamics Corp. has led to billions of dollars in overruns and years of delays for a key weapons program, a congressional panel said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/cost-overruns-delays-plague-dod-tank-program-house-says.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:44 EDT Underground coal mines lack stockpiles of breathable air and communications gear for trapped workers, according to a federal report released Tuesday, nearly two years after Congress required the indu... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/gao-says-mines-still-unsafe.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:25:03 EDT Inefficient Pentagon management led to cost increases for key weapons programs that often fell short of production goals last year, government auditors said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/gao-weapons-costs-rose-delivered-less.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:36:17 EDT High-level contractors who work at the Army's Contracting Center for Excellence earn salaries almost 27 percent higher than their government peers, according to a report released Wednesday by the investigative arm of Congress. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/gao-army-contractors-risk-conflicts.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:09:28 EDT The Missile Defense Agency made progress in installing land-based interceptors and sea-based missiles and upgrading ships' combat systems over the past two years, but spent at least $1 billion more than planned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/gao-missile-defense-has-cost-overruns.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:08:03 EDT David M. Walker, head of the Government Accountability Office since 1998, is resigning to become president of a new $1 billion private research foundation, the GAO said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080215/gao-chief-to-resign.htm Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:10:24 EST Three multiyear military contracts with Boeing Co. cost the government at least $3 billion more than originally projected, a federal watchdog agency said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080208/dod-contracts-meant-to-save-run-3b-over.htm Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:08:27 EST Weapon-system errors have cost the government billions, delayed critical launch dates and "decreased capabilities for the warfighter," a federal watchdog agency said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080201/gao-targets-dods-weapons-programs.htm Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:17:14 EST