The path to better program management: a road still less traveled

The path to better program management: a road still less traveled

Initiated in 1990, the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) High-Risk List identifies federal programs vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement or in need of transformation. The list is updated every two years for the Congress.  The most recent list, published in February 2025, contains 38 problem areas. But if one looks at common themes, threads or causes, there appear to be three tall poles in the tent: (1) human resources; (2) tec…