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 genetically engineered crops, flood insurance, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and international climate change programs. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Financial Audit: Capitol Preservation Fund's Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements. GAO-09-92, December 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-92
• Flood Insurance: FEMA's Rate-Setting Process Warrants Attention. GAO-09-12, October 31.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-12
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0912high.pdf
• Genetically Engineered Crops: Agencies Are Proposing Changes to Improve Oversight, but Could Take Additional Steps to Enhance Coordination and Monitoring. GAO-09-60, November 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-60
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0960high.pdf
• International Climate Change Programs: Lessons Learned from the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. GAO-09-151, November 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-151
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09151high.pdf
• Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency. GAO-09-161, December 2.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-161
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09161high.pdf

Correspondence

• Transportation Security Administration's Suspension of the Butane Lighter Ban Onboard Commercial Aircraft. GAO-09-177R, December 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-177R

Testimonies

• Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the House Committee on Financial Services. GAO-09-247T, December 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-247T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09247thigh.pdf
• Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-09-242T, December 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-242T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09242thigh.pdf
• Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Defaults and Foreclosures on Home Mortgages, by Mathew J. Scire, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Senate Committee on Appropriations. GAO-09-231T, December 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-231T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09231thigh.pdf
  

Presentation By The Acting Comptroller General

• "Ensuring a Continuing Focus on Implementing Effective Human Capital Strategies," by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Human Capital Management: Federal 2008 conference. GAO-09-234CG, November 21, 2008

http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d09234cg.pdf