Thursday, April 23, 2026
On this special episode of the Watchdog Report podcast, we discuss America’s cybersecurity risks, as well as GAO’s role in auditing and improving defenses against them. Our guest is Nick Marinos, GAO’s managing director of our Information Technology and Cybersecurity team.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 How GAO is Fighting Fraud and Reducing Improper Payments in Government Spending The federal government loses hundreds of billions of dollars to fraud each year and millions more to payment errors—also known as improper payments. GAO helps federal understand the causes of these losses and works with them to reduce risks….
Debates about taxation are often shaped less by evidence than by politically convenient narratives. Across many countries, claims that taxes are the primary cause of low wages, weak growth or economic stagnation frequently gain traction despite limited empirical support. For those concerned with tax justice, the issue is not whether taxes should ever be criticised,…
Moonshot AI’s new open model is catching up to Anthropic and OpenAI, raising questions about the future of the AI race.
Tax expenditures – deductions, reduced rates and other preferential tax provisions – are a well-established instrument of fiscal policy. They serve a wide range of purposes: stimulating investment, supporting social objectives and accompanying structural change are just a few examples. In Switzerland, the last estimate for federal tax expenditures puts them at CHF 25 billion…
President Donald Trump points his finger as he signs an executive order on AI next to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Dec. 11, 2025. Al Drago | Reuters The Trump administration has taken new steps to assert…
Georgetown University recently attained a dubious distinction: it became one of sixteen colleges nationwide with a price tag of more than $100,000 (including tuition, required fees, room, and board). Cue the usual caveats: “Ignore the sticker price” and “Nobody pays the sticker price.” The message is that students shouldn’t be warned off by those hefty…