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 foster care, Medicaid funding, and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Foster Care: State Practices for Assessing Health Needs, Facilitating Service Delivery, and Monitoring Children's Care. GAO-09-26, February 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-26
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0926high.pdf
• Broadcasting to Cuba: Actions Are Needed to Improve Strategy and Operations. GAO-09-127, January 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-127
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09127high.pdf
• Surface Transportation: Clear Federal Role and Criteria-Based Selection Process Could Improve Three National and Regional Infrastructure Programs. GAO-09-219, February 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-219
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09219high.pdf

Correspondence

• Aviation Security: Status of Transportation Security Inspector Workforce. GAO-09-123R, February 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-123R
• Estimated Adjusted Medicaid Funding Allocations Related to the Proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. GAO-09-371R, February 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-371R
• Estimated Temporary Medicaid Funding Allocations Related to Section 5001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. GAO-09-364R, February 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-364R
• Issues Involving the Use of the Futures Markets to Invest in Commodity Indexes. GAO-09-285R, January 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-285R

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• Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-09-349T, February 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-349T
• Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-09-359T, February 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-359T

Guidance

• Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM). GAO-09-232G, February 2009.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-232G