On Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his pick for the new civilian head of the police accountability office. Gino Betts will step into his new role on August first. Betts will investigate ...

The Government Accountability Office rejected the request, saying it reports to Congress and is exempt from oversight by Elon Musk’s budget-cutting group. By David A. Fahrenthold and Tony Romm ...

Q: I am trying to figure out how to address accountability in my office. In the Culture Climate Survey, staff identified accountability of leadership as an issue. In the past, leaders either avoided ...

The Trump administration is systematically dismantling much of the government’s oversight infrastructure, which government contractors rely on to support a fair and even competitive environment. The ...

Seattle is hiring a new director for its Office of Police Accountability, which investigates complaints of police misconduct. The four finalists for that position answered questions in a Seattle ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its fiscal year 2025 Performance and Accountability Report, highlighting $62.7 billion in financial benefits for the federal government.

The GAO reported in April of 2024 that the federal government loses an estimated $233 to $521 billion annually to fraud. If these numbers are in the ballpark, two questions arise: How to detect the ...

The Government Accountability Office rejected the Department of Government Efficiency‘s attempt to place staffers inside the watchdog. The GAO told the Washington Examiner that it denied DOGE’s ...

To his credit, Evandro Carvalho, the executive director of Boston’s Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, is candid about the challenges he has faced since taking on that job a little more ...