In veterans' long wait for benefits, paperwork often at fault
12 days ago
The National Guard and Reserve, because of members' multiple, nonconsecutive deployments, faces particular difficulties when obtaining scattered records, the GAO said.
Report examines delays in building vet hospitals
42 days ago
One overriding problem was the VA's inability to deal with design changes in a timely manner, according to the Government Accountability Office, Congress' auditing and investigative arm.
Report: Half trillion need to update schools
98 days ago
During that same time, schools should have spent some $482 billion, the group calculated based on a formula included in the most recent GAO study.
GAO still dubious about long-term affordability of F-35
98 days ago
In its annual assessment of the Pentagon's most expensive program, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said the "current outlook is improved but long-term affordability is a major concern."
GAO: Wasted courthouse space costs $51M a year
103 days ago
In the new Miami courthouse's case, the GAO study showed that as of 2010 there were only 27 judges instead of the 33 that were originally projected.
NORAD may shed 24-hour alert sites in Va., Minn.
109 days ago
NORAD, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., told the GAO the move wouldn't hurt its ability to scramble fighters to intercept hostile or hijacked aircraft.
Mali rebels fighting in Gao; car explodes in Kidal
117 days ago
Daouda Diarra said that fighters with the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, attacked a Gao checkpoint late Wednesday and made their way into the city.
As VA struggles, delays and errors greet returning warriors
123 days ago
A lot of the problems the GAO identified "go away - the shipping files back and forth or between us and the hospital," said Tom Murphy, the director of the VA's compensation service.
French, Mali troops recover explosives in Gao
125 days ago
Radical Islamic fighters withdrew from Gao on Jan. 26 after imposing their harsh interpretation of Shariah law in the most populous city in northern Mali for nearly 10 months.
Mali soldiers step up presence in Gao after attack
126 days ago
"Hollande's aim will require considerable effort as the Islamic extremists have dispersed into the desert from where it appears they will launch attacks on Gao and other centers in northern Mali.