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 the IRS's 2008 Filing Season and defense infrastructure. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Defense Infrastructure: Additional Information Is Needed to Better Explain the Proposed 100,000-Acre Expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. GAO-09-171, January 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-171
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09171high.pdf
• Defense Infrastructure: Army's Approach for Acquiring Land Is Not Guided by Up-to-Date Strategic Plan or Always Communicated Effectively. GAO-09-32, January 13.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-32
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0932high.pdf
• Defense Inventory: Army Needs to Evaluate Impact of Recent Actions to Improve Demand Forecasts for Spare Parts. GAO-09-199, January 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-199
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09199high.pdf
• Defense Logistics: Lack of Key Information May Impede DOD's Ability to Improve Supply Chain Management. GAO-09-150, January 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-150
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09150high.pdf
• Inspectors General: Actions Needed to Improve Audit Coverage of NASA. GAO-09-88, December 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-88
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0988high.pdf
• International Taxation: Large U.S. Corporations and Federal Contractors with Subsidiaries in Jurisdictions Listed as Tax Havens or Financial Privacy Jurisdictions. GAO-09-157, December 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-157
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09157high.pdf
• Medical Devices: FDA Should Take Steps to Ensure That High-Risk Device Types Are Approved through the Most Stringent Premarket Review Process. GAO-09-190, January 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-190
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09190high.pdf
• Tax Administration: IRS's 2008 Filing Season Generally Successful Despite Challenges, although IRS Could Expand Enforcement during Returns Processing. GAO-09-146, December 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-146
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09146high.pdf

Special Products

• Citizens' Report: Fiscal Year 2008 Summary of GAO's Performance and Financial Results. GAO-09-2SP, January 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-2SP
  

Correspondence

• Missouri River Navigation: Data on Commodity Shipments for Four States Served by the Missouri River and Two States Served by Both the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. GAO-09-224R, January 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-224R
• U.S. Postal Service: Age and Disability Diversity in the Executive Service. GAO-09-255R, January 12.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-255R
  

Testimonies

• Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Congressional Oversight Panel. GAO-09-310T, January 14.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-310T
• Health Information Technology: Federal Agencies' Experiences Demonstrate Challenges to Successful Implementation, by Valerie C. Melvin, director, human capital and management information systems issues, before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. GAO-09-312T, January 15.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-312T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09312thigh.pdf