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+{"gao_id": "GAO-24-105679", "published": "2024-01-29T12:00:00Z", "released": "2024-01-29T07:00:00Z", "summary": "The Department of Defense has over 12,000 civilian employees in its \"Education Activity\" schools around the world. These schools educate the children of service members and civilian employees on military installations. Independent public accounting firms auditing DOD's annual financial statements have reported issues related to the civilian payroll system. For example, they've found that some payroll amounts don't match supporting documentation. We found similar issues...", "title": "DOD Education Activity: Civilian Payroll Remediation Continues", "topics": ["Financial statements", "Payroll records", "Thrift savings plan", "Allowances", "Payroll", "Financial management", "Auditing and Financial Management", "Human capital management", "Auditors", "Tax deductions", "Database management systems"], "type": "reports-testimonies", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105679", "versions": [{"title": "Highlights Page (1 page)", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24105679high.pdf"}, {"title": "Full Report (23 pages)", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24105679.pdf"}]}

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+{"gao_id": "GAO-24-105717", "published": "2024-01-29T12:00:00Z", "released": "2024-01-29T07:00:00Z", "summary": "Federal agencies buy thousands of software licenses annually. Across the 24 agencies we examined, 10 vendors accounted for the majority of the most widely used licenses. But it's unclear which products under those licenses are most widely used because of agencies' inconsistent and incomplete data. For example, multiple software products may be bundled into a single license with a vendor, and agencies may not have...", "title": "Federal Software Licenses: Agencies Need to Take Action to Achieve Additional Savings", "topics": ["Federal agencies", "Software licenses", "Urban development", "Chief financial officers", "Purchasing", "License agreements", "Housing", "Information Technology", "Inventory", "Software", "Veterans affairs"], "type": "reports-testimonies", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105717", "versions": [{"title": "Highlights Page (1 page)", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24105717high.pdf"}, {"title": "Full Report (62 pages)", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24105717.pdf"}]}

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+{"gao_id": "GAO-24-107237", "published": "2024-01-30T12:00:00Z", "released": "2024-01-29T07:00:00Z", "summary": "Artificial intelligence generally refers to computer systems that can solve problems and perform tasks that have traditionally required human intelligence. We testified about how GAO plans to use AI internally to enhance our effectiveness and efficiency. For example, we recently began deployment of a large language model as a tool to synthesize past reports, assist with editorial reviews, and scan congressional documents. By developing such...", "title": "Artificial Intelligence: GAO's Work to Leverage Technology and Ensure Responsible Use", "topics": ["Federal agencies", "Federal workforce", "Artificial intelligence", "Legislative mandates", "Best practices", "Information Technology", "Technology assessment", "Technical assistance", "Storms", "Health care", "Privacy"], "type": "reports-testimonies", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-107237", "versions": [{"title": "Highlights Page (2 pages)", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24107237_high.pdf"}, {"title": "Full Report (14 pages)", "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24107237.pdf"}]}