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GAO estimated federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave salary costs in 2025, a sixfold increase since 2023. That finding led an unusually dense week of public records…
This week's records: VA OIG questions $11.2M in crisis line payments, GAO faults DHS savings claims, and 9/11 files head to declassification review.
GAO flags $140 billion in unreported uranium enrichment costs; DOJ and Education inspectors general post new findings; Illinois audits state innovation spending — this week's notable public records, with direct…
This week’s notable public records: GAO finds State’s overseas housing standards 35 years out of date, VA’s watchdog says veterans were likely underpaid after 35,100 mail packets were wrongly written…
Each Monday, The Investigative Journal surveys the audits, inspector general findings, and document releases that entered the public record over the previous week. The week of August 3–9 was headlined…
GAO audits of DOGE savings and personnel, FEMA workforce losses, VA OIG findings on TBI evaluations, a Tennessee indictment, and two proposed FOIA rule changes lead this week's public records…
Public records roundup, week of July 20, 2026: a GAO audit finds most of $14B for Puerto Rico's grid undisbursed, plus watchdog and state findings.
This week's public records: a GAO AI warning at the VA, a Labor Dept. H-1B fraud probe, FOIA at 60, and a Missouri governor's-office audit.
This week's public records: GAO flags Pentagon weapons oversight, a DHS watchdog details Secret Service failures, and a board frees cold-case files.
A weekly survey of notable public records: a DHS inspector general report on Secret Service mobile-device security, a $6.5B health care fraud takedown, new GAO findings, FOIA productions, and three…