Friday, December 01, 2006

GAO Reports for the week

This is this weeks Government Accountability Office reports. To learn more about the GAO, read the library's guide.

Reports:

1. Immigration Benefits: Additional Efforts Needed to Help Ensure Alien Files Are Located when Needed. GAO-07-85, October 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-85
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0785high.pdf

2. Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Its Ability to Monitor and Determine the Extent of Competition in Dedicated Access Services. GAO-07-80, November 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-80
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0780high.pdf

3. Private Pensions: Changes Needed to Provide 401(k) Plan Participants and the Department of Labor Better Information on Fees. GAO-07-21, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-21
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0721high.pdf

4. Medicare: Payment for Ambulatory Surgical Centers Should Be Based on the Hospital Outpatient Payment System. GAO-07-86, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-86
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0786high.pdf

5. Foreign Physicians: Data on Use of J-1 Visa Waivers Needed to Better Address Physician Shortages. GAO-07-52, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-52
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0752high.pdf

6. National Transportation Safety Board: Progress Made, Yet Management Practices, Investigation Priorities, and Training Center Use Should Be Improved. GAO-07-118, November 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-118
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07118high.pdf

7. Eminent Domain: Information about Its Uses and Effect on PropertyOwners and Communities Is Limited. GAO-07-28, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-28
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0728high.pdf

8. Defense Acquisitions: Challenges Remain in Developing Capabilities for Naval Surface Fire Support. GAO-07-115, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-115
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07115high.pdf

9. Depot Maintenance: Actions Needed to Provide More Consistent Funding Allocation Data to Congress. GAO-07-126, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-126
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07126high.pdf

10. Credit Unions: Greater Transparency Needed on Who Credit Unions Serve and on Senior Executive Compensation Arrangements. GAO-07-29, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-29
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0729high.pdf

Correspondence:

1. Corporate Governance: NCUA's Controls and Related Procedures for Board Independence and Objectivity Are Similar to Other Financial Regulators, but Opportunities Exist to Enhance Its Governance Structure. GAO-07-72R, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-72R

Presentation by the Comptroller General:

1. "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour at Denver City College, Denver, Colorado. GAO-07-269CG, November 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07269cg.pdf

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