GAO Reports

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated the Small Business Administration, labor statistics, Medicare, drug safety, the Recovery Act, and other topics. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

Small Business Administration: Actions Needed to Improve the Usefulness of the Agency's Lender Risk Rating System. GAO-10-53, November 6.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-53
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1053high.pdf

Private Pensions: Additional Changes Could Improve Employee Benefit Plan Financial Reporting. GAO-10-54, November 5.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-54
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1054high.pdf

U.S. Labor Force Statistics: Illustrative Simulations of the Likely Effects of Underrepresenting Unauthorized Residents. GAO-10-99, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-99

Medicare: CMS Working to Address Problems from Round 1 of the Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program. GAO-10-27, November 6.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-27
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1027high.pdf

Financial Management Systems: DHS Faces Challenges to Successfully Consolidating Its Existing Disparate Systems. GAO-10-76, December 4.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-76
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1076high.pdf

Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Statements. GAO-10-301, December 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-301
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10301high.pdf

Drug Safety: FDA Has Begun Efforts to Enhance Postmarket Safety, but Additional Actions Are Needed. GAO-10-68, November 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-68
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1068high.pdf

Surface Coal Mining: Characteristics of Mining in Mountainous Areas of Kentucky and West Virginia. GAO-10-21, December 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-21
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1021high.pdf

Recovery Act: Status of States' and Localities' Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability. GAO-10-231, December 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-231
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10231high.pdf


Related Product

Recovery Act: Status of States' and Localities' Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability (Appendixes). GAO-10-232SP, December 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-232SP

Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Oversight of Wireless Phone Service. GAO-10-34, November 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-34
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1034high.pdf

Telecommunications: Surveys of Consumers and of State Utility Commissions about Wireless Phone Service (GAO-10-35SP, November 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-10-34.
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-10-35sp/index.html

Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Progress Made in Enrolling Workers and Activating Credentials but Evaluation Plan Needed to Help Inform the Implementation of Card Readers. GAO-10-43, November 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-43
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1043high.pdf


Correspondence

Smithsonian Institution: Implementation of Governance Reforms Is Progressing, but Work Remains. GAO-10-190R, December 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-190R
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10190rhigh.pdf


Testimony

Rail Transit: Observations on FTA's State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Oversight Role, by Katherine Siggerud, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-10-293T, December 8.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-293T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10293thigh.pdf

Intellectual Property: Enhancements to Coordinating U.S. Enforcement Efforts, by Loren Yager, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-219T, December 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-219T

Recovery Act: States' Use of Highway and Transit Funds and Efforts to Meet the Act's Requirements, by Katherine A. Siggerud, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-10-312T, December 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-312T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10312thigh.pdf

Rail Transit: Observations on FTA's State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Its Oversight Role, by David J. Wise, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-10-314T, December 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-314T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10314thigh.pdf

International Trade: Observations on U.S. and Foreign Countries' Export Promotion Activities, by Loren Yager, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-10-310T, December 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-310T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10310thigh.pdf

State Department: Challenges Facing the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 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-10-290T, December 9.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-290T

Smithsonian Institution: Governance and Facilities Reforms Progressing, but Work Remains, by Mark L. Goldstein, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-10-297T, December 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-297T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10297thigh.pdf


Reissued Product

Higher Education: Issues Related to Law School Cost and Access. GAO-10-20, October 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-20