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 federal-aid highways and homeland security. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Federal-Aid Highways: Federal Requirements for Highways May Influence Funding Decisions and Create Challenges, but Benefits and Costs Are Not Tracked. GAO-09-36, December 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-36
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0936high.pdf
• Homeland Security: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Planning and Execution Improvements Needed. GAO-09-96, December 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-96
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0996high.pdf
• Medicare Part D: Opportunities Exist for Improving Information Sent to Enrollees and Scheduling the Annual Election Period. GAO-09-4, December 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-4
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d094high.pdf
• Radio Communications: Congressional Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Collaborate to Develop a Joint Solution. GAO-09-133, December 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-133
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09133high.pdf
• Tax Administration: IRS Needs to Strengthen Its Approach for Evaluating the SRFMI Data-Sharing Pilot Program. GAO-09-45, November 7.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-45
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0945high.pdf
  
• Terrorism Insurance: Status of Coverage Availability for Attacks Involving Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, or Radiological Weapons. GAO-09-39, December 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-39
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0939high.pdf
  

Correspondence

• Actions Taken to Implement the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006. GAO-09-59R, November 21.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-59R
  
• Medicare Advantage Organizations: Actual Expenses and Profits Compared to Projections for 2006. GAO-09-132R, December 8.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-132R
• Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007). GAO-09-201R, December 11.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-201R

Testimony

• Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the House Committee on Financial Services. GAO-09-266T, December 10.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-266T