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 free trade agreements and rental housing for veterans. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Aviation Runway and Ramp Safety: Sustained Efforts to Address Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges Needed to Reduce Accidents and Incidents. GAO-08-29, November 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-29
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0829high.pdf
• DOD Schools: Additional Reporting Could Improve Accountability for Academic Achievement of Students with Dyslexia. GAO-08-70, December 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-70
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0870high.pdf
• International Trade: An Analysis of Free Trade Agreements and Congressional and Private Sector Consultations under Trade Promotion Authority. GAO-08-59, November 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-59
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0859high.pdf
• Stabilization and Reconstruction: Actions Are Needed to Develop a Planning and Coordination Framework and Establish the Civilian Reserve Corps. GAO-08-39, November 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-39
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0839high.pdf

Testimony

• Rental Housing: Information on Low-Income Veterans' Housing Conditions and Participation in HUD's Programs, by David G. Wood, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, House Committee on Financial Services. GAO-08-324T, December 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-324T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08324thigh.pdf

Correspondence

• Operation Iraqi Freedom: DOD Assessment of Iraqi Security Forces' Units as Independent Not Clear Because ISF Support Capabilities Are Not Fully Developed. GAO-08-143R, November 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-143R
• Transportation Security Administration's Processes for Designating and Releasing Sensitive Security Information. GAO-08-232R, November 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-232R

Presentation By The Comptroller General

• "America's Fiscal Future," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Greater Washington Society of CPAs' Annual Not For Profit Organization Symposium, in Washington, D.C. GAO-08-339CG, December 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08339cg.pdf
• "Fiscal and Health Care Challenges," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the National Conference on Health Care Consumerism, in Washington, D.C. GAO-08-338CG, December 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08338cg.pdf
• "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 University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. GAO-08-337CG, December 3.
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08337cg.pdf
• "U.S. Financial Condition and Fiscal Future Briefing," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Center for Governmental Accounting Education and Research's Annual Conference, at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. GAO-08-340CG, November 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08340cg.pdf