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 border security and defense trade. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Army Corps of Engineers: Known Performance Issues with New Orleans Drainage Canal Pumps Have Been Addressed, but Guidance on Future Contracts Is Needed. GAO-08-288, December 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-288
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08288high.pdf
• Defense Trade: State Department Needs to Conduct Assessments to Identify and Address Inefficiencies and Challenges in the Arms Export Process. GAO-08-89, November 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-89
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0889high.pdf

Testimony

• Border Security: Despite Progress, Weaknesses in Traveler Inspections Exist at Our Nation's Ports of Entry, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, in El Paso, Texas. GAO-08-329T, January 3.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-329T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08329thigh.pdf

Special Publication

• Government Auditing Standards-Implementation Tool: Professional Requirements Tool for Use in Implementing Requirements Identified by "Must" and "Should" in the July 2007 Revision of Government Auditing Standards. GAO-08-210G, December 2007.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-210G
  

Presentation By The Comptroller General

• "U.S. Financial Condition and Fiscal Future Briefing," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, at the 2008 Economic Forecast Forum sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers Association and North Carolina Chamber, in Research Triangle Park, N.C. GAO-08-395CG, January 2, 2008
  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08395cg.pdf