GAO Reports and Releases

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as TARP, postal services, and defense. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.


Reports

• Millennium Challenge Corporation: MCC Has Addressed a Number of Implementation Challenges, but Needs to Improve Financial Controls and Infrastructure Planning. GAO-10-52, November 6.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-52
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1052high.pdf
• Troubled Asset Relief Program: Continued Stewardship Needed as Treasury Develops Strategies for Managing and Divesting Financial Interests in Chrysler and GM. GAO-10-151, November 2.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-151
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10151high.pdf

Testimonies

• National Archives: Progress and Risks in Implementing its Electronic Records Archive Initiative, by David A. Powner, director, information technology management issues, before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-222T, November 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-222T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10222thigh.pdf
• U.S. Postal Service: Financial Challenges Continue, with Relatively Limited Results from Recent Revenue-Generation Efforts, by Phillip Herr, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-191T, November 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-191T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10191thigh.pdf
• Contingency Contracting: Further Improvements Needed in Agency Tracking of Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. GAO-10-187, November 2.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-187
• Operation Iraqi Freedom: Preliminary Observations on DOD Planning for the Drawdown of U.S. Forces from Iraq, by William M. Solis, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. GAO-10-179, November 2.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-179
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10179high.pdf

Correspondences

• Afghanistan's Security Environment. GAO-10-178R, November 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-178R
• Defense Infrastructure: The Army Needs to Establish Priorities, Goals, and Performance Measures for Its Arsenal Support Program Initiative. GAO-10-167R, November 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-167R
• Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Further Enhanced to Better Inform Congress. GAO-10-172R, November 4.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-172R
• Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2009 Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes. GAO-10-92R, November 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-92R
• Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2009 Highway Trust Fund Excise Taxes. GAO-10-93R, November 5.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-93R

Reissued Product

• 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, 2009.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-1016
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d091016high.pdf