Government Accountability Office

Halted MOX Plant Prompts Project Management Scrutiny

GAO report cites MOX plutonium project shortfalls in sharing PM lessons learned

January 9, 2019

Federal auditors say U.S. Energy Dept. PM inexperience led to the estimated final cost of the Mixed Oxide Fuel facility in South Carolina rising to $17.2 billion from its original $4.8-billion estimate, and its planned finish pushed out 32 years.

Federal Buildings

State Dept. Embassy Program Trails 2005 Goal, GAO Says

State says it will implement all of GAO's recommendations to address issues

Tom Ichniowski

October 31, 2018

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Report says that since 2005, State completed 77 projects through FY 17 but had aimed to finish about 140.

Public Works

Multiple Bid Protest Revamps Set to Take Effect May 1

April 25, 2018

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Mandatory electronic filing system is the biggest change.

More Struggles Are Ahead for VA Medical Construction

Mary B. Powers

May 17, 2017

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In the aftermath of a poorly executed Colorado veterans’ hospital project that tripled in cost from $604 million to $1.7 billion and slipped from a 2013 opening to early 2018, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has taken a critical look at U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility planning and project delivery in two recent reports.