The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as health care, environment, and food. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Biofuels: Potential Effects and Challenges of Required Increases in Production and Use. GAO-09-446, August 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-446
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09446high.pdf - Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Continue to Face Challenges in Tracking Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. GAO-10-1, October 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-1
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101high.pdf - Continuing Resolutions: Uncertainty Limited Management Options and Increased Workload in Selected Agencies. GAO-09-879, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-879
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09879high.pdf - Emergency Preparedness: Improved Planning and Coordination Necessary for Modernization and Integration of Public Alert and Warning System. GAO-09-834, September 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-834
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09834high.pdf - Medicaid: Fraud and Abuse Related to Controlled Substances Identified in Selected States. GAO-09-957, September 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-957
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09957high.pdf - Ryan White CARE Act: Health Resources and Services Administration's Implementation of Certain Provisions Hampered by Lack of Timely and Accurate Information. GAO-09-1020, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1020
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091020high.pdf - Vocational Rehabilitation Funding Formula: Options for Improving Equity in State Grants and Considerations for Performance Incentives. GAO-09-798, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-798
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09798high.pdf - Disaster Housing: FEMA Needs More Detailed Guidance and Performance Measures to Help Ensure Effective Assistance after Major Disasters. GAO-09-796, August 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-796
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09796high.pdf - International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight. GAO-09-977SP, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-977SP - International Trade: U.S. Agencies Have Taken Some Steps, but Serious Impediments Remain to Restricting Trade in Burmese Rubies and Jadeite. GAO-09-987, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-987
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09987high.pdf - Intellectual Property: Enhanced Planning by U.S. Personnel Overseas Could Strengthen Efforts. GAO-09-863, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-863
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09863high.pdf - Nuclear Waste: Uncertainties and Questions about Costs and Risks Persist with DOE's Tank Waste Cleanup Strategy at Hanford. GAO-09-913, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-913
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09913high.pdf - Military Airlift: DOD Should Take Steps to Strengthen Management of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program. GAO-09-625, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-625
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09625high.pdf - Debt Management: Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Should Play a Heightened Role in Addressing Debt Management Challenges. GAO-09-932, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-932
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09932high.pdf - Combating Terrorism: U.S. Agencies Report Progress Countering Terrorism and Its Financing in Saudi Arabia, but Continued Focus on Counter Terrorism Financing Efforts Needed. GAO-09-883, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-883
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09883high.pdf - Emergency Communications: National Communications System Provides Programs for Priority Calling, but Planning for New Initiatives and Performance Measurement Could Be Strengthened. GAO-09-822, August 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-822
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09822high.pdf - Homeland Security: Actions Needed to Improve Security Practices at National Icons and Parks. GAO-09-983, August 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-983
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09983high.pdf - Medicare Physician Services: Utilization Trends Indicate Sustained Beneficiary Access with High and Growing Levels of Service in Some Areas of the Nation. GAO-09-559, August 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-559
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09559high.pdf - Nursing Homes: CMS's Special Focus Facility Methodology Should Better Target the Most Poorly Performing Homes, Which Tended to Be Chain Affiliated and For-Profit. GAO-09-689, August 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-689
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09689high.pdf - Democracy Assistance: U.S. Agencies Take Steps to Coordinate International Programs but Lack Information on Some U.S.-funded Activities. GAO-09-993, September 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-993
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09993high.pdf - International Food Assistance: USAID Is Taking Actions to Improve Monitoring and Evaluation of Nonemergency Food Aid, but Weaknesses in Planning Could Impede Efforts. GAO-09-980, September 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-980
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09980high.pdf
- U.S. Embargo on Cuba: Recent Regulatory Changes and Potential Presidential or Congressional Actions. GAO-09-951R, September 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-951R - Federal Student Loans: Audits and Reviews of the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan Programs. GAO-09-992R, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-992R - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau: Fiscal Year 2010 Proposed Licensing and Registration Fees Program. GAO-09-1023R, September 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1023R - Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Needs a Unified Strategy for Balancing Investments in Tactical Wheeled Vehicles. GAO-09-968R, September 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-968R - Defense Acquisitions: Army Aviation Modernization Has Benefited from Increased Funding but Several Challenges Need to Be Addressed. GAO-09-978R, September 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-978R
- Emergency Preparedness: Improved Planning and Coordination Necessary for Development of Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, 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-09-1044T, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1044T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091044thigh.pdf - Emergency Management: Preliminary Observations on FEMA's Community Preparedness Programs Related to the National Preparedness System, by William O. Jenkins, Jr., director, homeland security and justice issues, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response and the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-10-105T, October 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-105T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10105thigh.pdf - Personnel Security Clearances: An Outcome-Focused Strategy and Comprehensive Reporting of Timeliness and Quality Would Provide Greater Visibility over the Clearance Process, by Brenda S. Farrell, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. GAO-10-117T, October 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-117T - Medicaid: Fraud and Abuse Related to Controlled Substances Identified in Selected States, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-1004T, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1004T - Federal Judgeships: The General Accuracy of District and Appellate Judgeship Case-Related Workload Measures, by William O. Jenkins, Jr., director, homeland security and justice, before the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. GAO-09-1050T, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1050T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091050thigh.pdf - Financial Regulation: Recent Crisis Reaffirms the Need to Overhaul the U.S. Regulatory System, by Richard J. Hillman, managing director, financial markets and community investment, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-09-1049T, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1049T - Crime Victims' Rights Act: Increasing Victim Awareness and Clarifying Applicability to the District of Columbia Will Improve Implementation of the Act, by Eileen Larence, director, homeland security and justice, before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, House Committee on the Judiciary. GAO-09-1024T, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1024T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091024thigh.pdf - Federal Contracting: Observations on the Government's Contracting Data Systems, by William T. Woods, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-1032T, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1032T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091032thigh.pdf
- Emergency Preparedness: Results of Survey on State and Local Emergency Alert and Notification Capabilities (GAO-09-880SP, September 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-834. GAO-09-880SP, September 9.
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-09-880sp/index.html - Equal Employment Opportunity: DHS Has Opportunities to Better Identify and Address Barriers to EEO in Its Workforce. GAO-09-639, August 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-639
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09639high.pdf - Aviation Security: A National Strategy and Other Actions Would Strengthen TSA's Efforts to Secure Commercial Airport Perimeters and Access Controls. GAO-09-399, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-399
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09399high.pdf
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