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Fraud cases have quadrupled this year alone, the Government Accountability Office says, and now total about 13% of new applications from those who "self-petition" for protections under the Violence Against Women Act.
(AP Photo/Matthew Daly)

Program under Violence Against Women Act that grants citizenship path rife with fraud, says watchdog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Airline customer-service agents report abusive customers

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

GAO: Interior broke law in reopening parks during shutdown

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CAROLE FELDMAN - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Facebook unveiled a broad plan Tuesday, June 18, to create a new digital currency. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Most federal agencies lack cybersecurity strategies, says report

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS systems ‘unnecessarily vulnerable’ due to security gaps: GAO

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

GAO: EPA skirted procedures in overhaul of science boards

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 25, 2008, file photo, a floating marker indicates the border between the U.S. and Canada on Lake Champlain, in Vermont. A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Border Patrol, and the separate organization that provides surveillance from the air and along the waterways on the U.S. border with Canada, must do more to measure their effectiveness at securing the northern border between ports of entry. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Report: Focus on Mexican border may cost northern resources

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

CSX Transportation is one of seven Class 1 freight train firms with annual operating revenues of $450 million or more. Despite a report of longer trains creating lengthy railroad crossings, CSX states that longer trains are a "tried and proven way to increase efficiency." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Longer freight trains create delays, safety concerns

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

According to a government watchdog, NASA underplayed costs associated with the Artemis program, the effort to put astronauts on the lunar south pole. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

NASA hid costs of Artemis program, says government watchdog

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal is shown here in an undated file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

DHS broke rules on deporting veterans: GAO report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2017 file photo, Highway 1806 crosses near the former site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps just outside the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. A group of U.S. lawmakers and tribal leaders called attention Wednesday, May 1, 2019 to a government watchdog report that says federal agencies need to improve their consultation process with tribes on major infrastructure projects that could have an impact on Native Americans' land, health and culture. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP, File).

Leaders: Report cites need for better tribal consultation

By MARY HUDETZ - Associated Press

"In the decades since its creation, the structure of the [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] generally has not changed, though the markets for crude oil and petroleum products have changed significantly," said the Government Accountability Office in a public letter of recommendations to the Energy Department. (Associated Press)

Government Accountability Office criticizes management of Strategic Petroleum Reserve

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Government personnel security clearance process added to list of ‘high-risk’ issues: GAO

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump turns to talk to the gathered media during a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the mIlitary at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago cost $4 million apiece: GAO

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2018 photo, a U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat passes President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A government watchdog says President Donald Trump’s four trips to Mar-a-Lago in early 2017 cost taxpayers nearly $14 million. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Watchdog: 4 Mar-a-Lago trips in 2017 cost taxpayers $14m

By BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at tool manufacturer Snap-on Inc. in Kenosha, Wis. When Trump signed an executive order Tuesday in Kenosha, he sent a characteristically blunt message. “The policy of our government,” Trump declared, “is to aggressively promote and use American-made goods.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Buy-American laws not tracked on all government purchases

By James Varney - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, second from left, watches as Vice President Mike Pence, right, swears in Robert Wilkie, left, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington. Also pictured is Wilkie's wife Julia, center. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

VA suicide prevention media campaign declines dramatically, millions of dollars unspent: GAO report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The USS Boise, a nuclear powered submarine which is based at the Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va, is maneuvered into it's berth by tug boats after returning to it's home port. Tuesday, April 15, 2003. The USS Boise and its crew returned Tuesday from the war in Iraq, less than a week after the first Navy ship returned from war duty. (AP Photo/Gary C. Knapp)

More than $1 billion wasted because of maintenance delays to Navy attack subs

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

A group of immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala seeking asylum arrive at the bus station after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end family separations at the border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Family separations began before zero tolerance: GAO study

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during an event on immigration alongside family members affected by crime committed by undocumented immigrants, at the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Report: Agencies blindsided by Trump immigration order

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press