GAO sees ‘mixed’ agency response to recommendations on combatting scams

GAO sees ‘mixed’ agency response to recommendations on combatting scams

The response of three federal agencies to a Government Accountability Office report last year on combatting scams has been decidedly “mixed,” a watchdog official told lawmakers this week. Appearing Wednesday before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, the GAO’s Seto Bagdoyan said the FBI, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission have “agreed with some recommendations” in the April 2025 report “and disagreed wit…