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Auditors found inconsistent end-state definitions, weak headquarters oversight and post-award changes across the Energy Department's nuclear cleanup contracting model.
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Federal auditors elevated student-aid modernization, sensitive-data protection and charter-school management financial risk after only one earlier priority item was completed.
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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.
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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.
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The Financial Data Transparency Act could reduce duplicate reporting, but agencies must first finish shared standards, modernize systems and write their own implementation rules.
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The watchdog found weak consent checks, broad record access and incomplete notices as complaints tied to confirmed unauthorized changes rose more than fourfold.
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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.
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The watchdog says stronger eligibility checks could prevent up to $1 billion a year in health-benefit improper payments, alongside IT and workforce reforms.
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More than half of departing employees had at least 11 years of service. The watchdog says missing agency records prevent a complete assessment of the reorganization.
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GAO’s 36-project assessment finds nearly 14 years of cumulative delay, with the crew capsule responsible for almost three-quarters of cumulative overruns.
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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.
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Treasury closed four priority items since August 2025, but auditors still flag improper payments, cybersecurity and federal financial management.
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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.