GAO Releases This Week

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as enhancing social security number safety, environmental enforcement, and drug safety. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Drug Safety: Better Data Management and More Inspections Are Needed to Strengthen FDA's Foreign Drug Inspection Program. GAO-08-970, September 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-970
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08970high.pdf
• Small Business Administration: Opportunities Exist to Build on Leadership's Efforts to Improve Agency Performance and Employee Morale. GAO-08-995, September 24.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-995
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08995high.pdf
• U.S. Department of Agriculture: Recommendations and Options to Address Management Deficiencies in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. GAO-09-62, October 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-62
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0962high.pdf
• VA Health Care: Improved Staffing Methods and Greater Availability of Alternatate and Flexible Work Schedules Could Enhance the Recruitment and Retention of Inpatient Nurses. GAO-09-17, October 24.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-17
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0917high.pdf

Related Products

• Environmental Enforcement: EPA Needs to Improve the Accuracy and Transparency of Measures Used to Report on Program Effectiveness. GAO-08-1111R, September 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1111R
• Responses to Questions for the Record; September 2008 Hearing on the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status and Issues. GAO-09-130R, October 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-130R
• Social Security Numbers: Transfers and Sales of Public Records That May Contain Social Security Numbers (GAO-08-1004SP, September 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-1009R, September 19. [Internet only]
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1004SP

Correspondence

• Federal Energy Management: Agencies Are Acquiring Alternative Fuel Vehicles but Face Challenges in Meeting Other Fleet Objectives. GAO-09-75R, October 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-75R
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0975rhigh.pdf
• Social Security Numbers Are Widely Available in Bulk and Online Records, but Changes to Enhance Security Are Occurring. GAO-08-1009R, September 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1009R
• VA National Initiatives and Local Programs that Address Education and Support for Families of Returning Veterans. GAO-09-22R, October 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-22R