The watchdog gets watched: GAO’s hiring process length faces scrutiny
GAO in fiscal 2024 took an average of around 103 days to hire employees into mission critical positions. John M. Chase / Getty Images
August 19, 2026 04:24 PM ET
In a new report by the inspector general for the Government Accountability Office, investigators also found that in fiscal 2024 the agency excluded certain data from time-to-hire calculations and was inconsistent about when the hiring process started.
The Government Accountability Office is an independent legislative branch agency that reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of federal programs. For example, in recent weeks, GAO has issued reports finding that the State Department could be overspending on residences for overseas employees because certain housing standards haven’t been updated in more than three decades and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency cut staff without considering the impacts on disaster operations.
GAO’s own watchdog, however, determined in a reportpublished on Monday that the...
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