The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as the Small Business Administration, highway safety, hunger in Africa, fair lending, and food safety. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- 2010 Census: Census Bureau Should Take Action to Improve the Credibility and Accuracy of Its Cost Estimate for the Decennial Census. GAO-08-554, June 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-554
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08554high.pdf - Air Traffic Control: FAA Uses Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Information Technology Acquisitions, but Needs to Clarify Policy and Strengthen Oversight. GAO-08-756, July 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-756
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08756high.pdf - Broadcasting to Cuba: Weaknesses in Contracting Practices Reduced Visibility into Selected Award Decisions. GAO-08-764, July 11.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-764
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08764high.pdf - Defense Space Activities: DOD Needs to Further Clarify the Operationally Responsive Space Concept and Plan to Integrate and Support Future Satellites. GAO-08-831, July 11.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-831
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08831high.pdf - Emergency Preparedness: States Are Planning for Medical Surge, but Could Benefit from Shared Guidance for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources. GAO-08-668, June 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-668
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08668high.pdf - Export-Import Bank: Performance Standards for Small Business Assistance Are in Place but Ex-Im Is in the Early Stages of Measuring Their Effectiveness. GAO-08-915, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-915
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08915high.pdf - Fair Lending: Race and Gender Data Are Limited for Nonmortgage Lending. GAO-08-698, June 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-698
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08698high.pdf - Food Safety: Selected Countries' Systems Can Offer Insights into Ensuring Import Safety and Responding to Foodborne Illness. GAO-08-794, June 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-794
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08794high.pdf - Gulf Opportunity Zone: States Are Allocating Federal Tax Incentives to Finance Low-Income Housing and a Wide Range of Private Facilities. GAO-08-913, July 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-913
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08913high.pdf - Los Alamos National Laboratory: Long-Term Strategies Needed to Improve Security and Management Oversight. GAO-08-694, June 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-694
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08694high.pdf - Medicare Part B Imaging Services: Rapid Spending Growth and Shift to Physician Offices Indicate Need for CMS to Consider Additional Management Practices. GAO-08-452, June 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-452
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08452high.pdf - National Flood Insurance Program: Financial Challenges Underscore Need for Improved Oversight of Mitigation Programs and Key Contracts. GAO-08-437, June 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-437
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08437high.pdf - Nuclear Security: NRC and DHS Need to Take Additional Steps to Better Track and Detect Radioactive Materials. GAO-08-598, June 19.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-598
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08598high.pdf - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: A More Strategic Approach Could Improve Human Capital Management. GAO-08-624, June 12.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-624
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08624high.pdf
- Small Business Administration: Additional Actions Are Needed to Certify and Monitor HUBZone Businesses and Assess Program Results. GAO-08-643, June 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-643
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08643high.pdf - Tax Debt Collection: IRS Has a Complex Process to Attempt to Collect Billions of Dollars in Unpaid Tax Debts. GAO-08-728, June 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-728
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08728high.pdf - Traffic Safety: NHTSA's Improved Oversight Could Identify Opportunities to Strengthen Management and Safety in Some States. GAO-08-788, July 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-788
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08788high.pdf
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: A More Strategic Approach Could Improve Human Capital Management. GAO-08-624, June 12. [Report revised to correct graphic on page 20.]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-624
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08624high.pdf
- Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration May Face Resource and Other Challenges in Developing a System to Screen All Cargo Transported on Passenger Aircraft, by Cathleen A. Berrick, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-08-959T, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-959T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08959thigh.pdf - Biosurveillance: Preliminary Observations on Department of Homeland Security's Biosurveillance Initiatives, by William O. Jenkins, Jr., director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-08-960T, July 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-960T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08960thigh.pdf - Department of Labor: Case Studies from Ongoing Work Show Examples in Which Wage and Hour Division Did Not Adequately Pursue Labor Violations, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO-08-973T, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-973T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08973thigh.pdf - Fair Labor Standards Act: Better Use of Available Resources and Consistent Reporting Could Improve Compliance, by Anne-Marie F. Lasowski, acting director, education, workforce, and income security, before the House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO-08-962T, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-962T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08962thigh.pdf - Fair Lending: Race and Gender Data Are Limited for Nonmortgage Lending, by Orice M. Williams, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Financial Services. GAO-08-1023T, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1023T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081023thigh.pdf - Force Structure: Preliminary Observations on the Progress and Challenges Associated with Establishing the U.S. Africa Command, by John H. Pendleton, director, defense capabilities and management issues, before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-947T, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-947T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08947thigh.pdf - Highway Safety: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Implement Changes in the Highway Safety Improvement Program Since SAFETEA-LU, by Katherine A. Siggerud, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. GAO-08-1015T, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1015T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081015thigh.pdf - HUBZone Program: SBA's Control Weaknesses Exposed the Government to Fraud and Abuse, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations and Bruce A. Causseaux, senior level specialist, forensic audits and special investigations, , before the House Committee on Small Business. GAO-08-964T, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-964T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08964thigh.pdf - National Airspace System: DOT and FAA Actions Will Likely Have a Limited Effect on Reducing Delays during Summer 2008 Travel Season, by Susan A. Fleming, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-08-934T, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-934T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08934thigh.pdf - Nuclear Detection: Preliminary Observations on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's Efforts to Develop a Global Nuclear Detection Architecture, by David C. Maurer, acting director, natural resources and environment, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-08-999T, July 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-999T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08999thigh.pdf - Nuclear Weapons: Views on NNSA's Proposal to Transform the Nuclear Weapons Complex, by Gene Aloise, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-08-1032T, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1032T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081032thigh.pdf - Small Business Administration: Additional Actions Are Needed to Certify and Monitor HUBZone Businesses and Assess Program Results, by William B. Shear, director, financial markets and community investment, before the House Committee on Small Business. GAO-08-975T, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-975T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08975thigh.pdf - Traffic Safety Programs: Progress, States' Challenges, and Issues for Reauthorization, by Katherine A. Siggerud, managing director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-08-990T, July 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-990T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08990thigh.pdf - U.S. Capitol Police: Progress Made in Addressing Prior GAO Recommendations on Administrative and Management Operations, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice, before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. GAO-08-1000T, July 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1000T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081000thigh.pdf
- Emergency Management: GAO Responses to Post-hearing Questions for the Record. GAO-08-1003R, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1003R - Financial Management: FBI Has Designed and Implemented Stronger Internal Controls over Sentinel Contractor Invoice Review and Equipment Purchases, but Additional Actions Are Needed. GAO-08-716R, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-716R - Food Insecurity Persists in Sub-Saharan Africa despite Efforts to Halve Hunger by 2015. GAO-08-1007R, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1007R - Hurricane Katrina: Trends in the Operating Results of Five Hospitals in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina. GAO-08-681R, July 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-681R - Personnel Clearances: Questions for the Record Regarding Security Clearance Reform. GAO-08-965R, July 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-965R - Rapid Acquisition of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles. GAO-08-884R, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-884R
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