The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as information and nuclear security at Los Alamos, Medicaid and tooth decay in children, the Secure Border Initiative, nuclear smuggling, NATO enlargement, and disaster recovery. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Carbon Offsets: The U.S. Voluntary Market Is Growing, but Quality Assurance Poses Challenges for Market Participants. GAO-08-1048, August 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1048
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081048high.pdf - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: EPA Needs More Information and a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air and Water Quality from Pollutants of Concern. GAO-08-944, September 4.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-944
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08944high.pdf - Defense Acquisitions: Sound Business Case Needed to Implement Missile Defense Agency's Targets Program. GAO-08-1113, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1113
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081113high.pdf - Department of Homeland Security: Improvements Could Further Enhance Ability to Acquire Innovative Technologies Using Other Transaction Authority. GAO-08-1088, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1088
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081088high.pdf - Disaster Recovery: Past Experiences Offer Insights for Recovering from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Other Recent Natural Disasters. GAO-08-1120, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1120
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081120high.pdf - DOD Financial Management: Improvements Are Needed in Antideficiency Act Controls and Investigations. GAO-08-1063, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1063
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081063high.pdf - Elections: States, Territories, and the District Are Taking a Range of Important Steps to Manage Their Varied Voting System Environments. GAO-08-874, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-874
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08874high.pdf - Electricity Restructuring: FERC Could Take Additional Steps to Analyze Regional Transmission Organizations' Benefits and Performance. GAO-08-987, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-987
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08987high.pdf - Energy Markets: Analysis of More Past Mergers Could Enhance Federal Trade Commission's Efforts to Maintain Competition in the Petroleum Industry. GAO-08-1082, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1082
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081082high.pdf - Food Safety: Improvements Needed in FDA Oversight of Fresh Produce. GAO-08-1047, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1047
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081047high.pdf - Information Management: The National Archives and Records Administration's Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan. GAO-08-1105, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1105
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081105high.pdf - Information Security: Actions Needed to Better Protect Los Alamos National Laboratory's Unclassified Computer Network. GAO-08-1001, September 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1001
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081001high.pdf - Information Technology: FBI Is Implementing Key Acquisition Methods on Its New Case Management System, but Related Agencywide Guidance Needs to Be Improved. GAO-08-1014, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1014
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081014high.pdf - Information Technology: Treasury Needs to Better Define and Implement Its Earned Value Management Policy. GAO-08-951, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-951
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08951high.pdf - Medicaid: Extent of Dental Disease in Children Has Not Decreased, and Millions Are Estimated to Have Untreated Tooth Decay. GAO-08-1121, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1121
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081121high.pdf - Military Disability System: Increased Supports for Servicemembers and Better Pilot Planning Could Improve the Disability Evaluation Process. GAO-08-1137, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1137
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081137high.pdf - Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Address Significant Risks in Delivering Key Technology Investment. GAO-08-1086, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1086
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081086high.pdf - Social Security Disability: Management Controls Needed to Strengthen Demonstration Projects. GAO-08-1053, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1053
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081053high.pdf - Space Acquisitions: Uncertainties in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program Pose Management and Oversight Challenges. GAO-08-1039, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1039
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081039high.pdf - U.S. Asylum System: Agencies Have Taken Actions to Help Ensure Quality in the Asylum Adjudication Process, but Challenges Remain. GAO-08-935, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-935
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08935high.pdf - U.S. Asylum System: Significant Variation Existed in Asylum Outcomes across Immigration Courts and Judges. GAO-08-940, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-940
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08940high.pdf - Veterans Affairs: Additional Details Are Needed in Key Planning Documents to Guide the New Financial and Logistics Initiative. GAO-08-1097, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1097
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081097high.pdf - Wildlife Refuges: Changes in Funding, Staffing, and Other Factors Create Concerns about Future Sustainability. GAO-08-797, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-797
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08797high.pdf
- Defense Acquisitions: DOD's Requirements Determination Process Has Not Been Effective in Prioritizing Joint Capabilities. GAO-08-1060, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1060
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081060high.pdf - Elections: 2007 Survey of State Voting System Programs (GAO-08-1147SP, September 2008), an E-Supplement to GAO-08-874. GAO-08-1147SP, September 25. [Internet only]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1147SP - Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Cost Estimates for Long-Term Support of Ballistic Missile Defense. GAO-08-1068, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1068
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081068high.pdf
- Audit of Special Counsel Expenditures for the 6 Months Ended March 31, 2008. GAO-08-1122R, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1122R - Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS's Program to Procure and Deploy Advanced Radiation Detection Portal Monitors Is Likely to Exceed the Department's Previous Cost Estimates. GAO-08-1108R, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1108R - Federal User Fees: Improvements Could Be Made to Performance Standards and Penalties in USCIS's Service Center Contracts. GAO-08-1170R, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1170R - Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: Number Associated with Medical Devices Unknown, but Experts Report Provider Practices as a Significant Factor. GAO-08-1091R, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1091R - Medicare: Trends in Fees, Utilization, and Expenditures for Imaging Services before and after Implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. GAO-08-1102R, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1102R - Millennium Challenge Corporation: Summary Fact Sheets for 11 Compacts Entered into Force. GAO-08-1145R, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1145R - NATO Enlargement: Reports on Albania and Croatia Respond to Senate Requirements, but Analysis of Financial Burdens Is Incomplete. GAO-08-1165R, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1165R - Recent Actions by the Chesapeake Bay Program Are Positive Steps Toward More Effectively Guiding the Restoration Effort, but Additional Steps Are Needed. GAO-08-1131R, August 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1131R - U.S. Postal Service: Progress Made Toward Implementing GAO's Recommendations to Strengthen Network Realignment Planning and Accountability and Improve Communication. GAO-08-1134R, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1134R
- 2010 Census: The Bureau's Plans for Reducing the Undercount Show Promise, but Key Uncertainties Remain, by Robert Goldenkoff, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-08-1167T, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1167T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081167thigh.pdf - Aviation Safety: FAA Has Increased Efforts to Address Runway Incursions, by Gerald L. Dillingham, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-08-1169T, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1169T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081169thigh.pdf - Capitol Visitor Center: Update on Status of Project's Schedule and Cost as of September 24, 2008, by Terrell G. Dorn, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-08-1172T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1172T - Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Needs to Consider the Full Costs and Complete All Tests Prior to Making a Decision on Whether to Purchase Advanced Portal Monitors, by Gene Aloise, director, natural resources and environment, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-08-1178T, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1178T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081178thigh.pdf - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: EPA Needs More Information and a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air and Water Quality, by Anu K. Mittal, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-08-1177T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1177T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081177thigh.pdf - Digital Television Transition: Information on the Implementation of the Converter Box Subsidy Program and Consumer Participation in the Program, by Mark L Goldstein, director, physical infrastructure, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-08-1181T, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1181T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081181thigh.pdf - Employment and Training Program Grants: Labor Has Outlined Steps for Additional Documentation and Monitoring but Assessing Impact Still Remains an Issue, by George A. Scott, director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. GAO-08-1140T, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1140T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081140thigh.pdf - Information Technology: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but Further Actions Are Needed, by Valerie C. Melvin, director, human capital and management information systems issues, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-08-1158T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1158T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081158thigh.pdf - Mass Care in Disasters: FEMA Should Update the Red Cross Role in Catastrophic Events and More Fully Assess Voluntary Organizations' Mass Care Capabilities, by Cynthia M. Fagnoni, managing director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-08-1175T, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1175T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081175thigh.pdf - Medicaid: Extent of Dental Disease in Children Has Not Decreased, by Alicia P. Cackley, acting director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-1176T, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1176T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081176thigh.pdf - Nuclear Security: Los Alamos National Laboratory Faces Challenges In Sustaining Physical and Cyber Security Improvements, by Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-08-1180T, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1180T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081180thigh.pdf - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Improvements Needed to Address Financial and Management Challenges, by Barbara D. Bovbjerg, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Subcommittee on Oversight, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-08-1162T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1162T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081162thigh.pdf - The Upcoming Transition: GAO's Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-08-1174T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1174T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081174thigh.pdf - Visa Waiver Program: Actions Are Needed to Improve Management of the Expansion Process, and to Assess and Mitigate Program Risks, by Jess T. Ford, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. GAO-08-1142T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1142T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081142thigh.pdf - Wildlife Refuges: Trends in Funding, Staffing, Habitat Management, and Visitor Services for Fiscal Years 2002 through 2007, by Robin M. Nazzaro, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, House Committee on Natural Resources. GAO-08-1179T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1179T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081179thigh.pdf
- Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status of Systems Acquisition and the Transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System. GAO-08-1078, September 11. [Revised file includes changes in language on pages 4 and 29.]
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1078
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081078high.pdf
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