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 financial regulation, protecting marine animals from commercial fishing, and the process for granting immigrants permanent residency. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System. GAO-09-216, January 8.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-216
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09216high.pdf
• Immigration Benefits: Actions Needed to Address Vulnerabilities in Process for Granting Permanent Residency. GAO-09-55, December 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-55
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0955high.pdf
• Information Security: Continued Efforts Needed to Address Significant Weaknesses at IRS. GAO-09-136, January 9.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-136
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09136high.pdf
• Information Technology: Demand for the Social Security Administration's Electronic Data Exchanges Is Growing and Presents Future Challenges. GAO-09-126, December 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-126
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09126high.pdf
• National Marine Fisheries Service: Improvements Are Needed in the Federal Process Used to Protect Marine Mammals from Commercial Fishing. GAO-09-78, December 8.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-78
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0978high.pdf
  
• Research and Development: DOE Could Enhance the Project Selection Process for Government Oil and Natural Gas Research. GAO-09-186, December 29.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-186
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09186high.pdf

Correspondence

• Defense Business Transformation: Status of Department of Defense Efforts to Develop a Management Approach to Guide Business Transformation. GAO-09-272R, January 9.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-272R
• Social Security Disability: Improving Notices to Denied Claimants. GAO-09-183R, January 9.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-183R