Government Accountability Office

Built World

Warning that FAA modernization planning is incomplete

For decades, air traffic controllers at more than 400 Federal Aviation Administration facilities have pulled weather alerts and flight data off 3.5-inch floppy disks. On Thursday, the agency said it will replace four systems dating to the 1980s with a digital display board at 435 sites by the end of 2028.

Updated 2 hours ago

Money Moves

Sustained protest in part

The National Science Foundation re-awarded KBR its $8 billion, 20-year contract to run U.S. Antarctic research stations on October 29. The agency says it fixed the flaw a federal watchdog found in how it scored the bids.

Updated 5 days ago

Rule Changes

As of October 2026: Published detailed report on workforce changes across 22 major agencies

The US federal civilian workforce has dropped to about 2.7 million employees, the smallest since 1966. More than 300,000 workers left between January 2025 and early 2026, an 11% reduction in just over a year. The cuts reached nearly every major agency.

Updated Oct 1

New Capabilities

As of May 2026: Monitoring Space Force infrastructure sustainment

The Space Force just started ripping out 1970s-era network equipment at 14 bases nationwide, racing to install zero-trust cybersecurity before adversaries can blind America's satellites. CACI won the $212 million job (77% below the government's estimate) to upgrade both classified and unclassified networks as cyber incidents targeting space systems surged 118% in 2025. It's the biggest bet yet that software-defined networks can stop what's coming.

Updated May 19