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 oil and gas royalties, Check 21 Act, and export controls with China. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• 2010 Census: Census Bureau Needs Procedures for Estimating the Response Rate and Selecting for Testing Methods to Increase Response Rate. GAO-08-1012, September 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1012
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081012high.pdf
• Check 21 Act: Most Consumers Have Accepted and Banks Are Progressing Toward Full Adoption of Check Truncation. GAO-09-8, October 28.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-8
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d098high.pdf
• Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS's Phase 3 Test Report on Advanced Portal Monitors Does Not Fully Disclose the Limitations of the Test Results. GAO-08-979, September 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-979
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08979high.pdf
• Defense Critical Infrastructure: Developing Training Standards and an Awareness of Existing Expertise Would Help DOD Assure the Availability of Critical Infrastructure. GAO-09-42, October 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-42
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0942high.pdf
• Defense Health Care: Additional Efforts Needed to Ensure Compliance with Personality Disorder Separation Requirements. GAO-09-31, October 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-31
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0931high.pdf
• Export Controls: Challenges with Commerce's Validated End-User Program May Limit Its Ability to Ensure That Semiconductor Equipment Exported to China Is Used as Intended. GAO-08-1095, September 25.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1095
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081095high.pdf
• Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative: Further Progress Is Needed in Developing a Risk-Based Monitoring Approach to Help HHS Improve Program Oversight. GAO-08-1002, September 26.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1002
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081002high.pdf
• USA Patriot Act: Better Interagency Coordination and Implementing Guidance for Section 311 Could Improve U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Efforts. GAO-08-1058, September 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1058
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081058high.pdf

Related Products

• Check 21 Act: Questions for Consumers about Check 21 Act (GAO-09-9SP, October 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-09-8, October 28. [Internet only]
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-9SP

Correspondence

• Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage: Federal Oversight of Reported Price Concessions Data. GAO-08-1074R, September 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1074R
• Oil and Gas Royalties: MMS's Oversight of Its Royalty-in-Kind Program Can Be Improved through Additional Use of Production Verification Data and Enhanced Reporting of Financial Benefits and Costs. GAO-08-942R, September 26.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-942R
  
• Status of GSA's Implementation of Selected Green Building Provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. GAO-09-111R, October 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-111R