The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as military base closures, digital television, and toxic chemical releases. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Bankruptcy: Implementation of Reform Act's Debt Reaffirmation Agreement Provisions. GAO-08-94, December 7.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-94
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0894high.pdf - Coastal Wetlands: Lessons Learned from Past Efforts in Louisiana Could Help Guide Future Restoration and Protection. GAO-08-130, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-130
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08130high.pdf - The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Systematic Assessment Is Needed to Determine Agencies' Progress toward U.S. Policy Objectives. GAO-08-188, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-188
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08188high.pdf - Digital Television Transition: Increased Federal Planning and Risk Management Could Further Facilitate the DTV Transition. GAO-08-43, November 19.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-43
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0843high.pdf - DOD Travel Improper Payments: Fiscal Year 2006 Reporting Was Incomplete and Planned Improvement Efforts Face Challenges. GAO-08-16, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-16
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0816high.pdf - Indian Health Service: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives. GAO-08-90, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-90
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0890high.pdf - Military Base Realignments and Closures: Cost Estimates Have Increased and Are Likely to Continue to Evolve. GAO-08-159, December 11.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-159
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08159high.pdf - Military Base Realignments and Closures: Impact of Terminating, Relocating, or Outsourcing the Services of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. GAO-08-20, November 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-20
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0820high.pdf - Organizational Transformation: Implementing Chief Operating Officer/Chief Management Officer Positions in Federal Agencies. GAO-08-34, November 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-34
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0834high.pdf - Private Pensions: Low Defined Contribution Plan Savings May Pose Challenges to Retirement Security, Especially for Many Low-Income Workers. GAO-08-8, November 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-8
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d088high.pdf - Toxic Chemical Releases: EPA Actions Could Reduce Environmental Information Available to Many Communities. GAO-08-128, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-128
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08128high.pdf - Toxic Chemical Releases: Survey of State Toxics Release Inventory Coordinators. GAO-08-129SP, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-129SP - U.S. Postal Service Facilities: Improvements in Data Would Strengthen Maintenance and Alignment of Access to Retail Services. GAO-08-41, December 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-41
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0841high.pdf - VA Health Care: Many Medical Facilities Have Challenges in Recruiting and Retaining Nurse Anesthetists. GAO-08-56, December 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-56
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0856high.pdf
- Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Improve Its Risk Management of Decennial Systems, by David A. Powner, director, information technology management issues; and Mathew Scire, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-259T, December 11.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-259T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08259thigh.pdf - Military Base Realignments and Closures: Estimated Costs Have Increased and Estimated Savings Have Decreased, by Brian J. Lepore, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-08-341T, December 12.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-341T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08341thigh.pdf - Organizational Transformation: Implementing Chief Operating Officer/Chief Management Officer Positions in Federal Agencies, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, 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-08-322T, December 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-322T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08322thigh.pdf - Personnel Clearances: Criteria to Consider in Efforts to Reform the Security Clearance Processes, by Jack E. Edwards, acting director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, House Select Committee on Intelligence. GAO-08-352T, December 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-352T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08352thigh.pdf - Smithsonian Institution: Status of Efforts to Address a Range of Funding and Governance Challenges, by Mark L. Goldstein, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. GAO-08-250T, December 12.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-250T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08250thigh.pdf
- Agreed-Upon Procedures: Senate Office of Public Records Revolving Fund, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007. GAO-08-201R, December 7.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-201R - Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to Improving Single Audit Quality. GAO-08-318R, December 7.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-318R
- "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour at Michigan State University, in East Lansing, Michigan. GAO-08-353CG, December 6. [slides] http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08353cg.pdf
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