GAO Releases this week

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as homeland security, Yucca Mountain, and NASA. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Defense Contract Management: DOD's Lack of Adherence to Key Contracting Principles on Iraq Oil Contract Put Government Interests at Risk. GAO-07-839, July 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-839
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07839high.pdf
• NASA: Progress Made on Strategic Human Capital Management, but Future Program Challenges Remain. GAO-07-1004, August 8.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1004
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071004high.pdf
• Military Training: Actions Needed to More Fully Develop the Army's Strategy for Training Modular Brigades and Address Implementation Challenges. GAO-07-936, August 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-936
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07936high.pdf
• Yucca Mountain: DOE Has Improved Its Quality Assurance Program, but Whether Its Application for a NRC License Will Be High Quality Is Unclear. GAO-07-1010, August 2.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1010
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071010high.pdf
• Financial Management: Long-standing Financial Systems Weaknesses Present a Formidable Challenge. GAO-07-914, August 3.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-914
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07914high.pdf

Correspondence

• Homeland Security: Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to the Department of Homeland Security's Integrated Financial Management Systems Challenges. GAO-07-1157R, August 10.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1157R
• Response to a post hearing question related to GAO's December 6, 2006 testimony on continued findings of fraud, waste, and abuse associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief efforts. GAO-07-363R, January 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-363R

Presentations by the Comptroller General

• "Transforming Government to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Federal Midwest Human Resources Council and the Chicago Federal Executive Board, in Chicago, Illinois. GAO-07-1188CG, August 7. [Text]
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d071188cg.pdf
• "U.S. Financial Condition and Fiscal Future Briefing" by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the American Accounting Association, in Chicago, Illinois. GAO-07-1189CG, August 7. [Slides]
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d071189cg.pdf