Consumers can use the help of a broker or agent to help them navigate government-run health insurance marketplaces. Agents can be useful in helping consumers pi…
Prefeituras e governos estaduais gastaram R$ 5 bilhões em shows desde 2024, segundo o relatório “Farras: como os shows com dinheiro público conectam artistas, b…
Políticos, empresários e trabalhadores de Santa Catarina se organizam para defender a indústria do plástico. A Comissão de Assuntos Econômicos (CAE) fez uma aud…
José Dari Krein explica que proposta atual é um aprofundamento da reforma trabalhista de 2017 que precarizou trabalho Fonte…
The last several decades have marked a turbulent, transformative time for commercial airlines--with mergers, failed mergers, and even airlines like Spirit going…
A novela do Banco Master avança capítulo a capítulo e sem previsão de término, com detalhes surpreendentes que vão de atuns voadores a terras griladas. No episó…
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 f…
Drug cartels and other illegal enterprises often use shell companies to hide their dealings and launder money. To combat this activity, many countries have requ…
Over the years, GAO’s work has helped save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing duplication, overlap and fragmentation in programs. Each year, we issue a r…
Medicare is the biggest spending area for the U.S. government and the largest federal health program. Due to the sheer size of Medicare, there are risks of frau…
In some parts of the United States, growing populations and prolonged droughts are straining water supplies. Large-scale water recycling could offer these commu…
The U.S. Postal Service is a quintessentially American institution. But during the last 20 years or so, USPS has struggled financially with rising costs and dec…
After a natural disaster, the Small Business Administration helps homeowners and businesses recover by providing loans. While this funding is important, it is n…
Fraud in federal programs is a significant and persistent problem. Some fraud is perpetrated by private companies that obscure their ownership information when …
Increasingly, Americans are falling victim to more frequent and sophisticated scams. Technology is helping to fuel this increase. And it’s costing Americans a l…
On this special episode of the Watchdog Report, we'll listen in on a conversation between GAO Director Cardell Johnson and his team, who worked on a new report …
Organizações criminosas e grupos terroristas utilizam a lavagem de dinheiro para realizar seus crimes, incluindo o tráfico de pessoas e de drogas. Agências fede…
To prevent the federal government from defaulting on its debt when it neared the debt limit in 2023, Congress voted to suspend the debt ceiling through this com…
There are more than a thousand facilities across the U.S. that treat, store, or dispose of various types of hazardous waste. Some of these facilities are locate…
Early in the pandemic, the federal government prioritized swiftly distributing checks to businesses and workers to help meet the urgent needs they face because …
When military service members and their families move to a new base, they are subject to the whims of the housing markets they enter and leave. Trying to rent o…