This is this weeks Government Accountability Office reports. To learn more about the GAO, read the library's guide.
Reports:
1. National Flood Insurance Program: New Processes Aided Hurricane Katrina Claims Handling, but FEMA's Oversight Should Be Improved. GAO-07-169, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-169
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07169high.pdf
2. Defense Infrastructure: Continuing Challenges in Managing DOD Lodging Programs as Army Moves to Privatize Its Program. GAO-07-164, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-164
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07164high.pdf
3. Smithsonian Institution: Additional Information Should Be Developed and Provided to Filmmakers on the Impact of the Showtime Contract. GAO-07-275, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-275
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07275high.pdf
4. Federal Information Collection: A Reexamination of the Portfolio of Major Federal Household Surveys Is Needed. GAO-07-62, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-62
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0762high.pdf
5. Bank Secrecy Act: FinCEN and IRS Need to Improve and Better Coordinate Compliance and Data Management Efforts. GAO-07-212, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-212
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07212high.pdf
6. Information Technology: Status and Challenges of Employee Exchange Program. GAO-07-216, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-216
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07216high.pdf
7. Prescription Drugs: Improvements Needed in FDA's Oversight of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising. GAO-07-54, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-54
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0754high.pdf
8. Border Security: US-VISIT Program Faces Strategic, Operational, and Technological Challenges at Land Ports of Entry. GAO-07-248, December 6.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-248
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07248high.pdf
9. Intercity Passenger Rail: National Policy and Strategies Needed to Maximize Public Benefits from Federal Expenditures. GAO-07-15, November 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-15
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0715high.pdf
10. Next Generation Air Transportation System: Progress and Challenges Associated with the Transformation of the National Airspace System. GAO-07-25, November 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-25
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0725high.pdf
11. USDA Conservation Programs: Stakeholder Views on Participation and Coordination to Benefit Threatened and Endangered Species and Their Habitats. GAO-07-35, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-35
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0735high.pdf
12. U.S. Insular Areas: Economic, Fiscal, and Financial Accountability Challenges. GAO-07-119, December 12.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-119
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07119high.pdf
13. Darfur Crisis: Progress in Aid and Peace Monitoring Threatened by Ongoing Violence and Operational Challenges. GAO-07-9, November 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-9
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d079high.pdf
14. Darfur Crisis: Death Estimates Demonstrate Severity of Crisis, but Their Accuracy and Credibility Could Be Enhanced. GAO-07-24, November 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-24
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0724high.pdf
Correspondence:
1. Rebuilding Iraq: Status of DOD's Reconstruction Program. GAO-07-30R, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-30R
2. Homeland Security: Agriculture Specialists' Views of Their Work Experiences After Transfer to DHS. GAO-07-209R, November 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-209R
3. NASA's System for Tracking Foreign Contracts and Subcontracts. GAO-07-142R, November 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-142R
Special Publication:
1. 2006 Report on GAO's Use of Provisions in the GAO Personnel Flexibilities Act of 2000 and the GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004. [Appendix 2 of GAO's 2006 Performance and Accountability Report] GAO-07-289SP, December 2006.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-289SP
2. Understanding Similarities and Differences Between Accrual and Cash Deficits. GAO-07-117SP, December 2006
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-117SP
Presentations by the Comptroller General:
1. "21st Century Challenges--Key Areas for Oversight: Retirement, Pension, and Health Care Insecurity" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, in Washington, D.C. GAO-07-270CG, December 7, 2006.
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07270cg.pdf
2. "Increasing Financial Literacy in America" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the National CPA Financial Literacy Commission, in Washington, D.C. GAO-07-284CG, December 11, 2006.
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07284cg.pdf
3. "America's Fiscal Future: Implications for Higher Education and Global Competitiveness" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Council of Graduate Schools annual meeting, in Washington, D.C. GAO-07-261CG, December 7, 2006
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07261cg.pdf
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