Auditors to FAA: the air traffic upgrade is moving, but not fast enough
GAO's 2025 reviews found the FAA has 64 projects under way to replace unsustainable air traffic systems — while the controller workforce remains below its 2015 level.
Accountability
Audit reports, inspector general findings, oversight hearings and whistleblower disclosures summarized with what agencies accepted and what they rejected.
The government's oldest computers are still waiting for replacement
A 2025 GAO report found that of 10 critical legacy IT systems flagged in 2019, only three had been modernized — and most agencies still lack funded plans for the rest.
GAO found the Education Department scaled back oversight of its loan servicers
A GAO review of the department's $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio found a cut workforce and paused servicer record checks, leaving borrowers' account data less verified.
Federal rental assistance still can't produce a reliable error rate
HUD's own financial reporting and its inspector general point to billions in potential payment errors — and a long-standing inability to estimate them accurately.
Pandemic unemployment fraud audits set the benchmarks still used today
GAO estimated $100 billion to $135 billion in pandemic-era UI fraud, and its recommendations on identity verification still shape how states run the program.
Auditors keep finding the same roots of Social Security overpayments
The SSA inspector general has estimated nearly $72 billion in improper payments over eight years, and a 2025 report points to late self-reporting as a leading cause.