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Government Accountability Office (GAO) Podcast: Watchdog Report

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America’s Cybersecurity Risks and How GAO Is Helping to Address Them
04/23/2026
On this special episode of the Watchdog Report podcast, we discuss America’s cybersecurity risks, as well as GAO’s role in auditing and improving defenses against them. Our guest is Nick Marinos, GAO’s managing director of our Information Technology…
Preventing Fraud in Medicare
04/21/2026
Medicare is the biggest spending area for the U.S. government and the largest federal health program. Due to the sheer size of Medicare, there are risks of fraud. We'll talk with GAO's Leslie Gordon to find out about efforts to detect and…
Efforts to Stop the Sale of Thousands of Unauthorized E-Cigarette Products
04/10/2026
New tobacco product must first be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before being sold in the United States. Despite this requirement, there are thousands of unapproved e-cigarette products and devices being sold. We learn about this…
Gene L. Dodaro, the 8th Comptroller General of the United States and Head of GAO
02/24/2026
For nearly two decades, the U.S. Government Accountability Office was led by Gene L. Dodaro, an auditor who came up-through the ranks of the agency and was sworn in as 8th Comptroller General of the United States in 2010. During his final days at…
GAO Stands Out in its Ability to Answer the Tough Questions. Here’s How We Do it.
02/12/2026
Before Congress makes tough policy decisions, it often comes to GAO for information. This episode looks at some of the toughest questions Congress has asked GAO to answer, and how we did it. We’ll learn more from our Applied Research and Methods…