The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as the 20110 Census, unmanned aircraft systems, nursing homes problems, and US-China trade. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- 2010 Census: Bureau Needs to Specify How It Will Access Coverage Follow-up Techniques and When It Will Produce Coverage Measurement Results. GAO-08-414, April 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-414
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08414high.pdf - Credit and Debit Cards: Federal Entities Are Taking Actions to Limit Their Interchange Fees, but Additional Revenue Collection Cost Savings May Exist. GAO-08-558, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-558
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08558high.pdf - Defense Logistics: Navy Needs to Develop and Implement a Plan to Ensure That Voyage Repairs Are Available to Ships Operating near Guam when Needed. GAO-08-427, May 12.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-427
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08427high.pdf - DOD Business Systems Modernization: Military Departments Need to Strengthen Management of Enterprise Architecture Programs. GAO-08-519, May 12.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-519
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08519high.pdf - DOD Business Systems Modernization: Progress in Establishing Corporate Management Controls Needs to Be Replicated Within Military Departments. GAO-08-705, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-705
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08705high.pdf - Financial Audit: Congressional Award Foundation's Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements. GAO-08-715, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-715 - Information Technology: Agriculture Needs to Strengthen Management Practices for Stabilizing and Modernizing Its Farm Program Delivery Systems. GAO-08-657, May 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-657
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08657high.pdf - Nursing Homes: Federal Monitoring Surveys Demonstrate Continued Understatement of Serious Care Problems and CMS Oversight Weaknesses. GAO-08-517, May 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-517
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08517high.pdf - Residential Facilities: Improved Data and Enhanced Oversight Would Help Safeguard the Well-Being of Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Challenges. GAO-08-346, May 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-346
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08346high.pdf - Residential Facilities: Surveys of State Child Welfare, Health and Mental Health, and Juvenile Justice Directors (GAO-08-631SP, May 2008), an E-Supplement to GAO-08-346. GAO-08-631SP, May 13. [Internet only]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-631SP - Smithsonian Institution: Board of Regents Has Implemented Many Governance Reforms, but Ensuring Accountability and Oversight Will Require Ongoing Action. GAO-08-632, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-632
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08632high.pdf - Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Safety and Expand Their Potential Uses within the National Airspace System. GAO-08-511, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-511
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08511high.pdf - U.S.-China Trade: USTR's China Compliance Reports and Plans Could Be Improved. GAO-08-405, April 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-405
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08405high.pdf - Workforce Development: Community Colleges and One-Stop Centers Collaborate to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs. GAO-08-547, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-547
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08547high.pdf
- Depot Maintenance: Issues and Options for Reporting on Military Depots. GAO-08-761R, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-761R - The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: April 2008 Update. GAO-08-783R, May 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-783R
- Congressional Review Act: Applicability to CMS Letter on State Children's Health Insurance Program, by Dayna K. Shah, managing associate general counsel, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-08-785T, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-785T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08785thigh.pdf - Defense Contracting: Progress Made in Implementing Defense Base Act Requirements, but Complete Information on Costs Is Lacking, by John K. Needham, director, acquisition and sourcing management issues, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-772T, May 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-772T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08772thigh.pdf - Health Savings Accounts: Participation Grew, and Many HSA-Eligible Plan Enrollees Did Not Open HSAs while Individuals Who Did Had Higher Incomes, by John E. Dicken, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-08-802T, May 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-802T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08802thigh.pdf - Information Management: Challenges in Implementing an Electronic Records Archive, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information management issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-08-738T, May 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-738T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08738thigh.pdf - Medical Devices: FDA Faces Challenges in Conducting Inspections of Foreign Manufacturing Establishments, by Marcia G. Crosse, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-08-780T, May 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-780T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08780thigh.pdf - Transportation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation and Surface Transportation Security Programs, but More Work Remains, by Cathleen A. Berrick, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-08-487T, May 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-487T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08487thigh.pdf - U.S. Department of Agriculture: Management of Civil Rights Efforts Continues to Be Deficient Despite Years of Attention, by Lisa R. Shames, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-755T, May 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-755T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08755thigh.pdf
- No Child Left Behind Act: Education Actions Could Improve the Targeting of School Improvement Funds to Schools Most in Need of Assistance. GAO-08-380, February 29. [Reposted to correct maps on pages 21 and 28, which were reversed.]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-380
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08380high.pdf
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