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Government Accountability Office stories: 24 news summaries

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Panel Rips Army Fraud 'Crisis'

Raps military on wasted contract billions

Nov 1, 07 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Army is under fire for failing to train enough officers to supervise billions of dollars in contracts and allowing waste and fraud to flourish, reports the New York Times.  The problems have "created a crisis," according to an independent six-member panel appointed by Army Secretary Pete... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • contracts • US Army • Pete Geren • Kuwait • Government Accountability Office • Maj. John Cockerham • Jacques S. Gansler • procurement

Feds Fly 1st Class on Your Dime

$146M wasted in premium travel

Oct 3, 07 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal employees wasted $146 million in a single year flying business or first class, according to a government investigation. Some 67% of premium-class travel is unauthorized or unnecessary, and the biggest abusers are Pentagon, Justice and State Department officials, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. More »

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Pentagon • Department of Justice • State Department • Liberia • Government Accountability Office • federal employees • premium class travel • first class • business class • perk • Department of Agriculture

Iraqi Police Force Should Be 'Scrapped'

Infighting, corruption force recommendation that US 'start over'

Aug 31, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Corruption and sectarian biases are so deeply entrenched in the Iraqi police ranks that the force's structure must be “scrapped,” an independent panel will report to Congress next week. The recommendation stems from an examination of the 26,000-member police force that concludes “we should start over,... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • Pentagon • sectarian violence • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • corruption • Government Accountability Office • Iraqi security forces • Iraq Army

GAO Warns of Decline & Fall .... of America

US problems are the same that destroyed Roman Empire, chief declares

Aug 14, 07 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's dire state resembles that of the Rome just before its fall, the head of the General Accountability Office has warned in a grim new report. "Declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military, and fiscal irresponsibility," could lead to disaster here at... More »

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health care • Rome • America • modernization • morals • David Walker • GAO • Government Accountability Office • Social Security

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