GAO Releases this 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

• Highway Emergency Relief: Reexamination Needed to Address Fiscal Imbalance and Long-term Sustainability. GAO-07-245, February 23.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-245
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07245high.pdf
• Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: EPA Should Take Steps to Better Ensure the Effective Use of Public Funding for Cleanups. GAO-07-152, February 8.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-152
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07152high.pdf
• Chemical and Biological Defense: Management Actions Are Needed to Close the Gap between Army Chemical Unit Preparedness and Stated National Priorities. GAO-07-143, January 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-143
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07143high.pdf
• Chemical and Biological Defense: Updated Intelligence, Clear Guidance, and Consistent Priorities Needed to Guide Investments in Collective Protection. GAO-07-113, January 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-113
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07113high.pdf
• Crude Oil: California Crude Oil Price Fluctuations Are Consistent with Broader Market Trends. GAO-07-315, January 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-315
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07315high.pdf
• Employee Benefits Security Administration: Enforcement Improvements Made but Additional Actions Could Further Enhance Pension Plan Oversight. GAO-07-22, January 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-22
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0722high.pdf
• Military Personnel: Strategic Plan Needed to Address Army's Emerging Officer Accession and Retention Challenges. GAO-07-224, January 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-224
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07224high.pdf
• Telecommunications: Issues Related to the Structure and Funding of Public Television. GAO-07-150, January 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-150
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07150high.pdf

Congressional Testimony

• Capitol Visitor Center: Update on Status of Project's Schedule and Cost as of February 16, 2007, by Terrell G. Dorn, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-07-507T, February 16.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-507T
  

Correspondence

• The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: January 2007 Update. GAO-07-510R, February 23.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-510R
• Biological Research Laboratories: Issues Associated with the Expansion of Laboratories Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. GAO-07-333R, February 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-333R

Presentations by Comptroller General

• "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 Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Florida. GAO-07-527CG, February 21. [Slides]
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07527cg.pdf
• "DOD Transformation Challenges and Opportunities" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Army War College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. GAO-07-500CG, February 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d07500cg.pdf