DOD Targets 2028 for First Clean Financial Statement Audit
Federal News Network
Pentagon financial leaders said they’re making meaningful progress toward finally earning a clean audit opinion. So much so, in fact, that they’re now willing to project a tentative timeframe for when it’ll happen: 2028.
Experts Examine Accountability, Transparency Improvements in Government
NextGov
House lawmakers examined legislative reforms Monday that might help restore public confidence.
White House Seeks Ideas on How Agencies Can Deliver Services More Equitably
Government Executive
The Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday solicited advice to better ensure agency programs are serving groups based specifically on race, sexual orientation and identity, religion, disabilities and others affected by inequality.
Lawmakers Say It’s Past Time OMB Issued IDEA Act Guidance
NextGov
After two years in limbo and a pandemic forcing more adoption of digital services, House lawmakers want to see real guidance issued in the next 45 days.
U.S. Government Accountability Office
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, created after 9/11, hasn’t set clear expectations for its oversight mission.
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Annual release of GAO’s mandated report identifying duplication, overlap and fragmentation in federal programs, and agencies’ progress on addressing prior GAO recommendations to address them.
Webinar: Data Analytics: Unlocking the Data to Find Hidden Patterns – May 12, 2021
Association of Government Accountants
This webinar explores the use of data analytics to support decisions made by government financial managers.
JPAL North America
What have we learned from randomized evaluations that policymakers, practitioners, and funders can use to improve social programs? J-PAL’s Policy Insights, organized by sector, highlight lessons emerging across multiple studies and the mechanisms that help explain the results.