Why did bid protests to GAO rise sharply in fiscal 2023?

Published: Nov. 8, 2023, 1:26 p.m.

Contractors brought protests to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) more than 2,000 times last year, up more than 20% from fiscal 2022. GAO sustained them at more than twice the rate of the year earlier, siding with contractors in about a third of the cases. For what's going on, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with GAO's Managing Associate General Counsel, Kenneth Patton.\nGAO Report\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices