GAO reports for last week

For all of you who love the list of GAO reports on Friday, here they are a little late. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as the homeland security, federal workplace, and wetlands. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Waters and Wetlands: Corps of Engineers Needs to Ensure That Permit Decisions Made Using Funds from Nonfederal Public Entities Are Transparent and Impartial. GAO-07-478, May 16.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-478
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07478high.pdf
• Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites: Restructuring Is Under Way, but Technical Challenges and Risks Remain. GAO-07-498, April 27.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-498
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07498high.pdf
• Internal Revenue Service: Status of GAO Financial Audit and Related Financial Management Report Recommendations. GAO-07-629, June 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-629
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07629high.pdf
• Defense Acquisitions: Role of Lead Systems Integrator on Future Combat Systems Program Poses Oversight Challenges. GAO-07-380, June 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-380
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07380high.pdf
• The Federal Workforce: Additional Steps Needed to Take Advantage of Federal Executive Boards' Ability to Contribute to Emergency Operations. GAO-07-515, May 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-515
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07515high.pdf

Testimonies

• Department of Homeland Security: Ongoing Challenges in Creating an Effective Acquisition Organization, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-07-948T, June 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-948T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07948thigh.pdf
• Employment Verification: Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Verification System, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Social Security, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-07-924T, June 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-924T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07924thigh.pdf
• Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites: Restructuring Is Under Way, but Challenges and Risks Remain, by David A. Powner, director, information technology management issues, before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, House Committee on Science and Technology. GAO-07-910T, June 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-910T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07910thigh.pdf
• Crop Insurance: Continuing Efforts Are Needed to Improve Program Integrity and Ensure Program Costs Are Reasonable, by Robert A. Robinson, managing director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, House Committee on Agriculture. GAO-07-944T, June 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-944T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07944thigh.pdf
• Information Security: Agencies Report Progress, but Sensitive Data Remain at Risk, by Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, and the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-07-935T, June 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-935T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07935thigh.pdf
• Defense Logistics: Army and Marine Corps' Body Armor Requirements, Controls, and Other Issues, by William M. Solis, director, defense capabilities and management issues, before the House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-07-911T, June 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-911T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07911thigh.pdf
• Low-Income and Minority Serving Institutions: Education Has taken Steps to Improve Monitoring and Assistance, but Further Progress Is Needed, by George A. Scott, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, House Committee on Education and Labor, in Austin, Texas. GAO-07-926T, June 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-926T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07926thigh.pdf

Correspondences

• Federal Aviation Administration: Cost Allocation Practices and Cost Recovery Proposal Compared with Selected International Practices. GAO-07-773R, June 8.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-773R
• State Department: The July 2006 Evacuation of American Citizens from Lebanon. GAO-07-893R, June 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-893R
• The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook, April 2007 Update: The Bottom Line: Federal Fiscal Policy Remains Unsustainable. GAO-07-983R, June 4, 2007.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-983R