/tags/government-accountability-office government accountability office en-US Copyright Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:52:39 GMT /news-partners/2020-09-18/watchdog-to-review-nonlethal-tactics-against-protesters-including-heat-ray-request The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan government watchdog, will review the federal government's use of nonlethal weapons and the tactics it wielded against protesters this summer. Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:52:39 GMT /news-partners/2020-09-18/watchdog-to-review-nonlethal-tactics-against-protesters-including-heat-ray-request Dina Temple-Raston /news-partners/2020-08-14/government-watchdog-says-homeland-security-leaders-were-not-legitimately-appointed Chad Wolf is acting secretary of DHS, and Ken Cuccinelli is the senior official performing the duties of deputy secretary. The Government Accountability Office says their appointments are invalid. Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:06:13 GMT /news-partners/2020-08-14/government-watchdog-says-homeland-security-leaders-were-not-legitimately-appointed Camila Domonoske /news-partners/2020-04-25/congressional-watchdog-to-review-federal-coronavirus-response The $2 trillion response legislation Congress approved late last month calls for the Government Accountability Office to monitor the spending and the overall federal response to the pandemic. Sat, 25 Apr 2020 09:00:31 GMT /news-partners/2020-04-25/congressional-watchdog-to-review-federal-coronavirus-response Brian Naylor /news-partners/2020-01-16/trump-broke-the-law-in-freezing-ukraine-funds-watchdog-report-concludes The Government Accountability Office opined on Thursday that the Trump administration's actions in the Ukraine affair went beyond the bounds of a law called the Impoundment Control Act. Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:16:39 GMT /news-partners/2020-01-16/trump-broke-the-law-in-freezing-ukraine-funds-watchdog-report-concludes Ayesha Rascoe /news-partners/2020-01-16/read-the-report-to-congress-about-how-trump-broke-budget-law-on-ukraine Sen. Chris Van Hollen asked a federal watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, to assess whether Trump's actions last year had broken a law on handling appropriated funds. Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:04:49 GMT /news-partners/2020-01-16/read-the-report-to-congress-about-how-trump-broke-budget-law-on-ukraine NPR Staff