The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as private pensions and military base realignments and closures. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Drug Control: Cooperation with Many Major Drug Transit Countries Has Improved, but Better Performance Reporting and Sustainability Plans Are Needed. GAO-08-784, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-784
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08784high.pdf - International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005: Agencies Have Implemented Some, but Not All of the Act's Requirements. GAO-08-862, August 8.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-862
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08862high.pdf - Private Pensions: Fulfilling Fiduciary Obligations Can Present Challenges for 401(k) Plan Sponsors. GAO-08-774, July 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-774
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08774high.pdf - Tax Administration: Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005. GAO-08-957, July 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-957
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08957high.pdf - Transportation Security: TSA Has Developed a Risk-Based Covert Testing Program, but Could Better Mitigate Aviation Security Vulnerabilities Identified Through Covert Tests. GAO-08-958, August 8.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-958
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08958high.pdf
- Military Base Realignments and Closures: Army Is Developing Plans to Transfer Functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, but Challenges Remain. GAO-08-1010R, August 13.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1010R - Military Personnel: Improvements Needed to Increase Effectiveness of DOD's Programs to Promote Positive Working Relationships between Reservists and Their Employers. GAO-08-981R, August 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-981R - Review of Transportation Security Administration's Air Cargo Screening Exemptions Report. GAO-08-1055R, August 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1055R - Schedule and Timing Issues Complicate Withholding Premiums for Medicare Parts C and D from Social Security Payments. GAO-08-816R, July 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-816R
- Private Pensions: GAO Survey of 401(k) Plan Sponsor Practices (GAO-08-870SP, July 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-774. GAO-08-870SP, July 16. [Internet only]
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-08-870sp - Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Needs Framework for Balancing Investments in Tactical Radios. GAO-08-877, August 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-877
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08877high.pdf - Defense Critical Infrastructure: Adherence to Guidance Would Improve DOD's Approach to Identifying and Assuring the Availability of Critical Transportation Assets. GAO-08-851, August 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-851
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08851high.pdf
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