The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as African American children in foster care, the food stamp program, Veterans Affairs, bankruptcy reform, and tax compliance by businesses. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Airline Industry: Potential Mergers and Acquisitions Driven by Financial and Competitive Pressures. GAO-08-845, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-845
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08845high.pdf - Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities. GAO-08-740, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-740
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08740high.pdf - Bankruptcy Reform: Dollar Costs Associated with the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. GAO-08-697, June 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-697
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08697high.pdf - Border Security: State Department Is Taking Steps to Meet Projected Surge in Demand for Visas and Passports in Mexico. GAO-08-1006, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1006
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081006high.pdf - Combating Terrorism: Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership. GAO-08-860, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-860
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08860high.pdf - Defense Acquisitions: Cost to Deliver Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Likely to Exceed Budget. GAO-08-804, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-804
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08804high.pdf - DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Marine Corps System Acquisition Needs to Be Better Justified, Defined, and Managed. GAO-08-822, July 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-822
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08822high.pdf - Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but More Work Remains. GAO-08-954, July 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-954
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08954high.pdf - Food Stamp Program: Options for Delivering Financial Incentives to Participants for Purchasing Targeted Foods. GAO-08-415, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-415
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08415high.pdf - Human Rights: U.S. Government's Efforts to Address Alleged Abuse of Household Workers by Foreign Diplomats with Immunity Could Be Strengthened. GAO-08-892, July 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-892
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08892high.pdf - Information Security: Federal Agency Efforts to Encrypt Sensitive Information Are Under Way, but Work Remains. GAO-08-525, June 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-525
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08525high.pdf - Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects' Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals. GAO-08-925, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-925
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08925high.pdf - Medicare Part D: Complaint Rates Are Declining, but Operational and Oversight Challenges Remain. GAO-08-719, June 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-719
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08719high.pdf - Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration: Additional Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Requirements. GAO-08-855, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-855
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08855high.pdf - Prescription Drugs: FDA's Oversight of the Promotion of Drugs for Off-Label Uses. GAO-08-835, July 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-835
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08835high.pdf - Rebuilding Iraq: DOD and State Department Have Improved Oversight and Coordination of Private Security Contractors in Iraq, but Further Actions Are Needed to Sustain Improvements. GAO-08-966, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-966
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08966high.pdf - Safe Routes to School: Progress in Implementing the Program, but a Comprehensive Plan to Evaluate Program Outcomes Is Needed. GAO-08-789, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-789
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08789high.pdf - Tax Compliance: Businesses Owe Billions in Federal Payroll Taxes. GAO-08-617, July 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-617
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08617high.pdf - Tax Expenditures: Available Data Are Insufficient to Determine the Use and Impact of Indian Reservation Depreciation. GAO-08-731, June 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-731
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08731high.pdf - Telecommunications: Agencies Are Generally Following Sound Transition Planning Practices, and GSA Is Taking Action to Resolve Challenges. GAO-08-759, June 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-759
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08759high.pdf - Veterans Affairs: Continued Action Needed to Reduce IT Equipment Losses and Correct Control Weaknesses. GAO-08-918, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-918
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08918high.pdf - Veterans Affairs: Health Information System Modernization Far from Complete; Improved Project Planning and Oversight Needed. GAO-08-805, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-805
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08805high.pdf
- African American Children in Foster Care: HHS and Congressional Actions Could Help Reduce Proportion in Care, by Kay Brown, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-08-1064T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1064T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081064thigh.pdf - Chesapeake Bay Program: Recent Actions Are Positive Steps Toward More Effectively Guiding the Restoration Effort, by Anu K. Mittal, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-08-1033T, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1033T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081033thigh.pdf - Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding, by Paul L. Francis, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-08-1061T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1061T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081061thigh.pdf - Indian Health Service: Mismanagement Led to Millions of Dollars in Lost or Stolen Property and Wasteful Spending, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. GAO-08-1069T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1069T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081069thigh.pdf - Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Improve Planning, Management, and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars, by David A. Powner, director, information technology 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-08-1051T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1051T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081051thigh.pdf - Military Personnel: Preliminary Observations on DOD's and the Coast Guard's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs, by Brenda S. Farrell, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-1013T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1013T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081013thigh.pdf - Personnel Security Clearances: Preliminary Observations on Joint Reform Efforts to Improve the Governmentwide Clearance Eligibility Process, by Brenda S. Farrell, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. GAO-08-1050T, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1050T - Tax Compliance: Businesses Owe Billions in Federal Payroll Taxes, by Steven J. Sebastian, director, financial management and assurance, before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-08-1034T, July 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1034T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081034thigh.pdf - Veterans Health Administration: Improvements Needed in Design of Controls over Miscellaneous Obligations, by Kay L. Daly, acting director, financial management and assurance, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-08-1056T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1056T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081056thigh.pdf
- DOD Financial Management: Adjudication of Butterbaugh Claims for the Restoration of Annual Leave or Pay. GAO-08-948R, July 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-948R - Examples of Job Hopping by Commercial Drivers after Failing Drug Tests. GAO-08-829R, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-829R - Financial Management: DOD's Ability to Prevent, Identify, Investigate, and Report on Antideficiency Act Violations. GAO-08-941R, July 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-941R - Surface Transportation Programs: Proposals Highlight Key Issues and Challenges in Restructuring the Programs. GAO-08-843R, July 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-843R - TSA's Explosives Detection Canine Program: Status of Increasing Number of Explosives Detection Canine Teams. GAO-08-933R, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-933R - United States Postal Service: Information on the Irradiation of Federal Mail in the Washington, D.C., Area. GAO-08-938R, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-938R
- Highlights of a Forum Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States: Enhancing U.S. Partnerships in Countering Transnational Terrorism. GAO-08-887SP, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-887SP Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08887sphigh.pdf
- State Department: Comprehensive Strategy Needed to Improve Passport Operations. GAO-08-891, July 25. [File revised to insert correct graphic for figure 2 on page 10.]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-891 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08891high.pdf - Federal Records: National Archives and Selected Agencies Need to Strengthen E-Mail Management.GAO-08-742, June 13. [File revised to correct figure 1 on page 13.]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-742 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08742high.pdf
- Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM): Exposure Draft. GAO-08-1029G, July 2008. [Internet only]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1029G - Financial Audit Manual. (Issued jointly by GAO and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency.) Vol. 1 (Audit Methodology). GAO-08-585G, July 2008.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-585G - Financial Audit Manual. (Issued jointly by GAO and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency.) Vol. 2 (Audit Tools). GAO-08-586G, July 2008.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-586G
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