GAO Reports for the Week

Here are this week's Government Accountability Office reports and other releases. To learn more about the GAO, read the library's guide.

Reports:

1. Rail Safety: The Federal Railroad Administration Is Taking Steps to Better Target Its Oversight, but Assessment of Results Is Needed to Determine Impact. GAO-07-149, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-149
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07149high.pdf

2. Federal Disability Assistance: Stronger Federal Oversight Could Help Assure Multiple Programs' Accountability. GAO-07-236, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-236
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07236high.pdf

3. Force Structure: Joint Seabasing Would Benefit from a Comprehensive Management Approach and Rigorous Experimentation before Services Spend Billions on New Capabilities. GAO-07-211, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-211
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07211high.pdf

4. Poverty in America: Economic Research Shows Adverse Impacts on Health Status and Other Social Conditions as well as the Economic Growth Rate. GAO-07-344, January 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-344
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07344high.pdf

5. Homeland Security: Progress Has Been Made to Address the Vulnerabilities Exposed by 9/11, but Continued Federal Action Is Needed to Further Mitigate Security Risks. GAO-07-375, January 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-375
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07375high.pdf

6. Office of Personnel Management: Key Lessons Learned to Date for Strengthening Capacity to Lead and Implement Human Capital Reforms. GAO-07-90, January 19.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-90
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0790high.pdf

7. Understanding Similarities and Differences between Accrual and Cash Deficits, Update for Fiscal Year 2006. [Supplement to GAO-07-117SP, December 2006]. GAO-07-341SP, January 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-341SP

8. Highlights of a GAO Forum: Global Competitiveness: Implications for the Nation's Higher Education System. GAO-07-135SP, January 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-135SP
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07135sphigh.pdf

9. Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Premium Growth Has Recently Slowed, and Varies among Participating Plans. GAO-07-141, December 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-141
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07141high.pdf

Correspondence:

1. Chemical Demilitarization: Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability of the Army's Cost Comparison Analysis for Treatment and Disposal Options for Newport's VX Hydrolysate. GAO-07-240R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-240R

2. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2005. GAO-07-322R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-322R

3. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Report for the Navy Club of the United States of America for Fiscal Year 2005. GAO-07-323R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-323R

4. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Report for the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2005. GAO-07-324R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-324R

5. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2005. GAO-07-325R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-325R

6. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Report for the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association for Fiscal Year 2005. GAO-07-326R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-326R

7. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Reports for the Air Force Sergeants Association for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2005. GAO-07-327R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-327R

8. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Reports for the American Council of Learned Societies for Fiscal Years 2003-2005. GAO-07-328R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-328R

9. Federally Chartered Corporation: Financial Statement Audit Report for the National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2004. GAO-07-329R, January 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-329R

10. Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Estimated 2007 Federal Upper Limits for Reimbursement Compared with Retail Pharmacy Acquisition Costs. GAO-07-239R, December 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-239R

Testimonies:

1. Poverty in America: Consequences for Individuals and the Economy, by Sigurd R. Nilsen, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-07-343T, January 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-343T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07343thigh.pdf

2. Long-Term Budget Outlook: Deficits Matter--Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the House Committee on the Budget. GAO-07-389T, January 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-389T

3. Tax Compliance: Multiple Approaches Are Needed to Reduce the Tax Gap, by Michael Brostek, director, tax issues, before the Senate Committee on the Budget. GAO-07-391T, January 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-391T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07391thigh.pdf

Presentation by 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 the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. GAO-07-374CG, January 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07374cg.pdf