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The Military Still Isn’t Ready to Lose It.GAO, Pentagon, Space Force, GPS, GPS spoofing, defense acquisition, Ukraine, Raytheonhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bureaucracy-times-6ac67db2d1291.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/07/irs-lost-304-billion-to-fraud-mission-statement/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-07T20:00:00+00:00The IRS Lost $304 Billion to Fraud. Its Best Defense Was a Mission Statement.IRS, GAO, fraud, fraud prevention, tax fraud, tax gap, Fraud Risk Frameworkhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bureaucracy-times-6aba91edb38eb.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/07/two-minutes-of-house-33-seconds-of-senate-and-27-legislative-requests-from-the-department-of-war/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-07T19:32:53+00:00Two Minutes of House, 33 Seconds of Senate, and 27 Legislative Requests From the Department of WarPro Forma Session, Congress, Department of War, Congressional Record Daily, Congressional Record Brief, 119th Congress, Smithsonianhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bureaucracy-times-6ac69e2c2b0b2.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/07/federal-register-watch-october-7-2026-treasury-student-aid-doj-firearms-database-labor-withdrawal/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-07T19:25:58+00:00Federal Register Watch: October 7, 2026Federal Register, Federal Reserve, Federal Register Watch, Department of Justice, government accountability, labor law, student aid, Privacy Act, Treasury Departmenthttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bureaucracy-times-6ac69ca89f7aa.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/07/hud-arrested-491-fugitives-in-subsidized-housing-its-own-audits-show-how-they-got-there/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-07T18:00:00+00:00HUD Arrested 491 Fugitives in Subsidized Housing. Its Own Audits Show How They Got There.Inspector General, housing policy, HUD, housing assistance, HUD OIG, fugitiveshttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bureaucracy-times-6ac557b157509.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/07/chronic-absenteeism-rate-125-percent-federal-statistic-edfacts-gao/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-07T16:00:00+00:00A Chronic Absenteeism Rate of 125 Percent Is Still an Official Federal StatisticDepartment of Education, GAO, Institutional Failure, government accountability, GAO Investigation, data integrity, chronic absenteeism, elementary and secondary education, ESEA, EDFacts, Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Institute of Education Sciences, data governancehttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bureaucracy-times-6ab415562055b.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/07/south-dakota-tribal-housing-authority-homes-without-water-hud-ihs-gao/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-07T13:00:00+00:00A South Dakota Housing Authority Says Building Homes Without Water Is Becoming NormalInstitutional Failure, HUD, government accountability, GAO Investigation, Tribal Water Infrastructure, Indian Health Service, Native American policyhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bureaucracy-times-6ab2ca5a0b191.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/07/ftc-college-accreditation-competition-governance-education-department/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-07T11:40:00+00:00FTC Questions Who Really Controls College AccreditationFTC, Department of Education, Antitrust, Contract Waste, government accountability, accreditation, higher education, student aidhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bureaucracy-times-6ab2c3c4367ab.png?w=150https://bureaucracy.news/2026/10/06/the-watchdog-audited-itself-and-found-a-dog/Bureaucracy Timesen2026-10-06T20:00:00+00:00The Watchdog Audited Itself and Found a DogBureaucratic Self-Correction, GAO, Contract Waste, OIG Investigation, Federal Contracting, GAO OIGhttps://bureaucracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bureaucracy-times-6aba7bc5b4150.png?w=150