Government Accountability Office
Observations on Past and Ongoing Efforts to Expand Access and Improve Mapping Data
The US Government Accountability Office was asked to examine the current state of broadband investment and deployment. This report examines (1) industry and federal investments to deploy broadband in the US since 2009, and (2) efforts federal agencies are making to address deployment challenges.
DOD Needs to Improve IPv6 Transition Planning (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 14:23Cybersecurity: Selected Federal Agencies Need to Coordinate on Requirements and Assessments of States (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/27/2020 - 12:44Report: Information on Selected Agencies' Management of Public Comments (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 05/18/2020 - 11:45FCC Made Significant Progress, but Needs to Address Remaining Control Deficiencies and Improve Its Program
The Federal Communications Commission uses the Electronic Comment Filing System to receive public comments about proposed regulation changes. In May 2017, a surge of more than 22 million comments disrupted the system making it unavailable. We issued a Sept 2019 report with 136 recommendations for improvements in this and other FCC systems. The report was not publically released because it contains security information. This is the public version of that report—with the sensitive information removed.
GAO Report: Dept of Defense Needs to Take Decisive Actions to Improve Cyber Hygiene (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 13:14GAO Report on Telecommunications and Call Centers: Observations on Federal Contracting Practices (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 13:13Agencies Should Fully Implement Established Telecommunications Transition Planning Practices to Reduce Risk of Costly Delays (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 13:27Science and Tech Spotlight: 5G Wireless
Although 5G is mainly being deployed by industry, governments and other organizations will decide how to use public resources, such as spectrum, and what obligations network operators will have to their users. Among the questions they will face are the following: