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 Social Security reform, steroid use and homeland security. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Anabolic Steroid Abuse: Federal Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Anabolic Steroid Abuse among Teenagers. GAO-08-15, October 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-15
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0815high.pdf
• Homeland Security: Federal Efforts Are Helping to Alleviate Some Challenges Encountered by State and Local Information Fusion Centers. GAO-08-35, October 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-35
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0835high.pdf
  
• NASA: Agency Has Taken Steps Toward Making Sound Investment Decisions for Ares I but Still Faces Challenging Knowledge Gaps. GAO-08-51, October 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-51
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0851high.pdf
• Nuclear and Worker Safety: Actions Needed to Determine the Effectiveness of Safety Improvement Efforts at NNSA's Weapons Laboratories. GAO-08-73, October 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-73
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0873high.pdf
• Social Security Reform: Issues for Disability and Dependent Benefits. GAO-08-26, October 26.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-26
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0826high.pdf
  

Correspondence

• Digital Television Transition: Questions on the DTV Converter Box Subsidy Program and a DTV Inter-Agency Task Force. GAO-08-297R, November 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-297R
• Potential Effect of Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act on Child Support Payments Cannot Be Determined because Data Needed for Study Are Not Available. GAO-08-148R, October 26.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-148R
  

Presentation By The Comptroller General

• "DOD Transformation Challenges and Opportunities," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Department of Defense FY 2008 Managers' Internal Control Program Conference, in Washington, DC. GAO-08-323CG, November 29.
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08323cg.pdf