U.S. GAO – How GAO Serves Congress
Thursday, August 7, 2025
How GAO Serves Congress
On this special episode of the podcast, we sit down with GAO’s Managing Director of Congressional Relations Nikki Clowers to discuss how GAO serves Congress.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
On this special episode of the podcast, we sit down with GAO’s Managing Director of Congressional Relations Nikki Clowers to discuss how GAO serves Congress.
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….
A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, 2023 Amber Wang | Afp | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co reported a 23.4% jump in second-quarter profit on Thursday, shattering estimates as the world’s largest contract-chipmaker continues to set consecutive…
News release Today marks a major milestone in the modernisation of the UK’s payments landscape, with the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launching a consultation on the future design of the UK’s next-generation retail payments infrastructure. The new infrastructure will provide a secure foundation for innovation, greater choice and more seamless payments, while supporting existing…
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Last Thursday the US government tried to borrow money. But investors would only take the supposedly risk free 30 year Treasury at just over 5%, the highest 30 year yield since before the financial crisis. But the difference is that in 2008, US debt was 39% of GDP, today it is 100%. And the rise…
Innovation Jul 13, 2026 Ana Palacio AI governance must account for everything from the technology’s material requirements to its effects on communities, businesses, labor markets, the environment, and strategic competition. To this end, a framework of verification-based trust—broader than national regulation and…