The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated the Troubled Asset Relief Program, federal student aid, the No Child Left Behind act, and other topics. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.
Reports
1. Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Government Assistance Provided to AIG. GAO-09-975, September 21.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-975
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09975high.pdf
2. Proprietary Schools: Stronger Department of Education Oversight Needed to Help Ensure Only Eligible Students Receive Federal Student Aid. GAO-09-600, August 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-600
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09600high.pdf
3. Low-Income and Minority Serving Institutions: Management Attention to Long-standing Concerns Needed to Improve Education's Oversight of Grant Programs. GAO-09-309, August 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-309
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09309high.pdf
4. High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight is Needed. GAO-09-574, September 21.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-574
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09574high.pdf
5. Flood Insurance: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of the WYO Program. GAO-09-455, August 21.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-455
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09455high.pdf
6. Defense Contracting Integrity: Opportunities Exist to Improve DOD's Oversight of Contractor Ethics Programs. GAO-09-591, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-591
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09591high.pdf
7. Recovery Act: Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to Be Fully Addressed. GAO-09-1016, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1016
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091016high.pdf
8. No Child Left Behind Act: Enhancements in the Department of Education's Review Process Could Improve State Academic Assessments. GAO-09-911, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-911
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09911high.pdf
9. Affordable Housing in Transit-Oriented Development: Key Practices Could Enhance Recent Collaboration Efforts between DOT-FTA and HUD. GAO-09-871, September 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-871
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09871high.pdf
10. State Department: Wide Range of Emergency Services Provided to American Citizens Overseas, but Improved Monitoring Is Needed. GAO-09-989, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-989
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09989high.pdf
11. Results-Oriented Management: Strengthening Key Practices at FEMA and Interior Could Promote Greater Use of Performance Information. GAO-09-676, August 17.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09676.pdf
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09676high.pdf
12. 401(k) Plans: Policy Changes Could Reduce the Long-term Effects of Leakage on Workers' Retirement Savings. GAO-09-715, August 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-715
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09715high.pdf
13. Interagency Collaboration: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight of National Security Strategies, Organizations, Workforce, and Information Sharing. GAO-09-904SP, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-904SP
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09904sphigh.pdf
14. Military Readiness: DOD Needs to Strengthen Management and Oversight of the Defense Readiness Reporting System. GAO-09-518, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-518
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09518high.pdf
15. NASA: Constellation Program Cost and Schedule Will Remain Uncertain Until a Sound Business Case Is Established. GAO-09-844, August 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-844
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09844high.pdf
16. Understanding the Primary Components of the Annual Financial Report of the United States Government. GAO-09-946SP, September 2009.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-946SP
Related Product
1. Defense Contracting Integrity: Survey on Contractor Ethics Programs (GAO-09-646SP, September 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-591. GAO-09-646SP, September 22. [Internet only] http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-646SP
2. School Meal Programs: Changes to Federal Agencies' Procedures Could Reduce Risk of School Children Consuming Recalled Food. GAO-09-649, August 20.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-649
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09649high.pdf
3. School Meal Programs: Improved Reviews, Federal Guidance, and Data Collection Needed to Address Counting and Claiming Errors. GAO-09-814, September 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-814
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09814high.pdf
4. National Institutes of Health: Completion of Comprehensive Risk Management Program Essential to Effective Oversight. GAO-09-687, September 11.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-687
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09687high.pdf
5. Department of State: Additional Steps Needed to Address Continuing Staffing and Experience Gaps at Hardship Posts. GAO-09-874, September 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-874
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09874high.pdf
6. Department of State: Comprehensive Plan Needed to Address Persistent Foreign Language Shortfalls. GAO-09-955, September 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-955
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09955high.pdf
7. Recovery Act: Funds Continue to Provide Fiscal Relief to States and Localities, While Accountability and Reporting Challenges Need to Be Fully Addressed (State Appendixes). GAO-09-1017SP, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1017SP
8. DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform. GAO-09-468, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-468
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09468high.pdf
9. HIV/AIDS: Federal and State Efforts to Identify Infected Individuals and Connect Them to Care. GAO-09-985, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-985
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09985high.pdf
Correspondence
1. Juvenile Justice: A Time Frame for Enhancing Grant Monitoring Documentation and Verification of Data Quality Would Help Improve Accountability and Resource Allocation Decisions. GAO-09-850R, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-850R
2. Overseas Contingency Operations: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense. GAO-09-1022R, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1022R
Testimonies
1. Biosafety Laboratories: BSL-4 Laboratories Improved Perimeter Security Despite Limited Action by CDC, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-1038T, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1038T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091038thigh.pdf
2. High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed, by Nancy Kingsbury,Ph.D., managing director, applied research and methods, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-09-1036T, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1036T
3. DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, and Gayle L. Fischer, assistant director, financial management and assurance, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-1009T, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1009T
4. High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed, by Nancy Kingsbury, Ph.D., managing director, applied research and methods, before the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. GAO-09-1045T, September 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1045T
5. 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-09-1048T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1048T
6. Government Performance: Strategies for Building a Results-Oriented and Collaborative Culture in the Federal Government, by Bernice Steinhardt, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-1011T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1011T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091011thigh.pdf
7. Defense Acquisitions: Sound Practices Critical to Ensuring Value for the Defense Logistics Agency's Acquisitions, by William M. Solis, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-09-1040T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1040T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091040thigh.pdf
4. Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service Has Taken Some Initial Steps to Address Its Challenges, but Vulnerabilities Still Exist, by Mark L. Goldstein, director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-09-1047T, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1047T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091047thigh.pdf
5. Department of State: Persistent Staffing and Foreign Language Gaps Compromise Diplomatic Readiness, by Jess T. Ford, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-1046T, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1046T
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