The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as economic sanctions against Cuba, veteran's affairs, higher education tuition, and tax administration and compliance. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Air Traffic Control: FAA Reports Progress in System Acquisitions, but Changes in Performance Measurement Could Improve Usefulness of Information. GAO-08-42, December 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-42
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0842high.pdf - Budget Issues: Accrual Budgeting Useful in Certain Areas but Does Not Provide Sufficient Information for Reporting on Our Nation's Longer-Term Fiscal Challenge. GAO-08-206, December 20.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-206
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08206high.pdf - A Call For Stewardship: Enhancing the Federal Government's Ability to Address Key Fiscal and Other 21st Century Challenges. GAO-08-93SP, December 2007 http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-93SP
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Internal Control Deficiencies Resulted in Millions of Dollars of Questionable Contract Payments. GAO-08-54, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-54
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0854high.pdf - Continuity of Operations: Selected Agencies Tested Various Capabilities during 2006 Governmentwide Exercise. GAO-08-185, November 19.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-185
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08185high.pdf - Department of Veterans Affairs: Actions Needed to Strengthen VA's Foreclosed Property Management Contractor Oversight. GAO-08-60, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-60
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0860high.pdf - Economic Sanctions: Agencies Face Competing Priorities in Enforcing the U.S. Embargo on Cuba. GAO-08-80, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-80
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0880high.pdf - Force Structure: Better Management Controls Are Needed to Oversee the Army's Modular Force and Expansion Initiatives and Improve Accountability for Results. GAO-08-145, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-145
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08145high.pdf - Higher Education: Tuition Continues to Rise, but Patterns Vary by Institution Type, Enrollment, and Educational Expenditures. GAO-08-245, November 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-245 - Military Health Care: Cost Data Indicate That TRICARE Reserve Select Premiums Exceeded the Costs of Providing Program Benefits. GAO-08-104, December 21.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-104
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08104high.pdf - Securities and Exchange Commission: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of Self-Regulatory Organizations. GAO-08-33, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-33
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0833high.pdf - State Children's Health Insurance Program: Program Structure, Enrollment and Expenditure Experiences, and Outreach Approaches for States That Cover Adults. GAO-08-50, November 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-50
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0850high.pdf - Tax Administration: 2007 Filing Season Continues Trend of Improvement, but Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Tax Compliance Should be Evaluated. GAO-08-38, November 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-38
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0838high.pdf - Tax Administration: Costs and Uses of Third-Party Information Returns. GAO-08-266, November 20.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-266
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08266high.pdf - Tax Compliance: Federal Grant and Direct Assistance Recipients Who Abuse the Federal Tax System. GAO-08-31, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-31
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0831high.pdf - Veterans' Benefits: Improved Operational Controls and Management Data Would Enhance VBA's Disability Reevaluation Process. GAO-08-75, December 6.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-75
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0875high.pdf
- Maritime Transportation: Major Oil Spills Occur Infrequently, but Risks Remain, by Susan A. Fleming, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-08-357T, December 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-357T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08357thigh.pdf
- Plum Island Animal Disease Center: DHS Has Made Significant Progress Implementing Security Recommendations, but Several Recommendations Remain Open. GAO-08-306R, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-306R - Postal Service and Mailing Industry Mail-Related Recycling: Accomplishments and Postal Opportunities--Interim Results. GAO-08-348R, December 20.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-348R - Rebuilding Iraq: International Donor Pledges for Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq. GAO-08-365R, December 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-365R - Tax Compliance: Some Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Assistance Recipients Have Unpaid Federal Taxes. GAO-08-101R, November 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-101R - Telecommunications: Preliminary Information on Media Ownership. GAO-08-330R, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-330R
- "A Call for Stewardship," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the National Press Club "Newsmaker" luncheon, in Washington, D.C. GAO-08-371CG, December 17. [text]
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08371cg.pdf
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