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analysis
Two local leagues demanded leadership changes and revocation of Tulsa National's charter. Little League answered over the use of its branding, while official personnel and charter outcomes remain unresolved.
document report
A 330-page filing contains crucial eligibility records, but it is not a complete case file or a judicial finding that anyone committed fraud.
investigation
A conditional July approval, a later parent account and Little League's tournament rule explain the removal of Tulsa's baseball team. The incomplete court record does not show that a judge found fraud or cheating.
investigation
A live North Carolina outlet and a One Nation-branded Michigan staging build complete an eight-state footprint matching Senate Leadership Fund's $342 million map. Five previously reported properties also carry 14 articles dated before their domains were registered.
investigation
For decades, Interlochen was publicly portrayed as a disciplined, closely supervised and nationally admired arts institution. The historical record assembled in 2026 is more complicated. Former students described warnings, relationships that staff could see and, in at least one case, a direct report to an administrator. Investigators also said they found contemporaneous concerns in personnel files that remain unavailable to the public.
news report
OMB guidance omitted four leadership and stakeholder requirements, and none of the selected agencies had fully implemented the 2024 law.
news report
GAO says centralized testing of material balances may advance a clean opinion, but DOD would defer some internal-control fixes for at least two years.
news report
GAO says the federal isotope program made 7,700 shipments but still relies on manual market tracking and lacks timely risk-mitigation plans.
news report
GAO says the department may be paying for larger homes than necessary because its space limits and measurement method no longer match the Washington-area benchmark.
news report
The Financial Data Transparency Act could reduce duplicate reporting, but agencies must first finish shared standards, modernize systems and write their own implementation rules.
news report
The watchdog says agencies need measurable goals, relevant data and routine use of results to judge programs that collectively spend trillions of dollars each year.
news report
GAO reviewed 13 acquisitions and found that Defense, DHS, GSA and Veterans Affairs did not systematically collect lessons that could improve future contract terms, testing and pricing.
news report
Auditors said British and Canadian approaches cut costs or decades from cleanup schedules while U.S. headquarters mostly treated international work as a teaching mission.
news report
Auditors found inconsistent end-state definitions, weak headquarters oversight and post-award changes across the Energy Department's nuclear cleanup contracting model.
news report
Auditors said the service has not told Congress about potential additional costs, including PFAS exposure that could add hundreds of millions of dollars.
news report
Defense reported three connected instances and blocked external access while six agencies used several methods to search their networks and inventories.
news report
GAO found the Federal Reserve program still held 251 loans beyond their initial maturity dates as of Jan. 5, 2026.
news report
GAO says the Energy Department has removed more than 16 million tons of waste and plans to finish the Utah project by 2029.
news report
The watchdog says real-property planning, shared-service data and federal-award oversight could unlock tens of millions in savings and improve controls over hundreds of millions in annual spending.
news report
VA Community Care and Medicare Advantage reported improper-payment estimates of $608 million and $23.7 billion for fiscal 2025; GAO says both lack comprehensive fraud-risk assessments.
news report
VA is exploring AI for claims processing after a long-running system modernization lacked response-time and user-satisfaction goals, the congressional watchdog says.
news report
The watchdog says three programs at USDA, HHS and Veterans Affairs lacked at least one core process needed to assess results and improve delivery.
news report
Seven of nine agencies updated public-access plans, but the watchdog found only NIH had planned for the added publishing expense.
news report
The watchdog found weak consent checks, broad record access and incomplete notices as complaints tied to confirmed unauthorized changes rose more than fourfold.
news report
Only five of 20 large federally funded programs documented the risk identification and prioritization GAO looked for, while 22 related recommendations remain open.
news report
GAO found 84% of fiscal 2020–2024 contract obligations were competitively awarded, while competitive spending nearly doubled to almost $20 million a year.
news report
GAO found $11.4 billion in baseline cost growth, major staffing losses at eight programs and an oversight office dissolved before part of it returned.
news report
GAO’s 36-project assessment finds nearly 14 years of cumulative delay, with the crew capsule responsible for almost three-quarters of cumulative overruns.
news report
A federal review found that formula, diapers, nursing areas, medical transport and family evacuation plans can fail when emergency logistics treat every survivor’s needs as interchangeable.
news report
GAO says $1.03 billion went to 68 modernization projects, while nearly all projected savings are scheduled for fiscal 2027 or later.
news report
GAO says other-transaction agreements are reported inconsistently and subaward records still have completeness and accuracy problems.
investigation
FIFA proposed selling a permanent minority stake in the business behind its tournaments, then offered almost the entire capital raise to the 211 associations whose collective approval it needed. A leak, a mathematically decisive rebellion, a boycott threat and an internal revolt blew the plan apart.
investigation
What the 97-page Interlochen report found, how investigators counted the accounts, what records show about the school’s responses, and what remains unresolved.