Friday, December 18, 2009

GAO Reports

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated the flu, money laundering, juvenile justice, and other topics. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

Influenza Pandemic: Monitoring and Assessing the Status of the National Pandemic Implementation Plan Needs Improvement. GAO-10-73, November 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-73
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1073high.pdf

Anti-Money Laundering: Improved Communication Could Enhance the Support FinCEN Provides to Law Enforcement. GAO-10-141, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-141
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10141high.pdf

U.S. Postal Service: The Program for Reassessing Work Provided to Injured Employees Is Under Way, but Actions Are Needed to Improve Program Management. GAO-10-78, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-78
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1078high.pdf

VA Construction: VA is Working to Improve Initial Project Cost Estimates, but Should Analyze Cost and Schedule Risks. GAO-10-189, December 14.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-189
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10189high.pdf

Department of Homeland Security: Actions Taken Toward Management Integration, but a Comprehensive Strategy Is Still Needed. GAO-10-131, November 20.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-131
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10131high.pdf

Formula Grants: Funding for the Largest Federal Assistance Programs Is Based on Census-Related Data and Other Factors. GAO-10-263, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-263
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10263high.pdf

UN Office for Project Services: Management Reforms Proceeding but Effectiveness Not Assessed, and USAID's Oversight of Grants Has Weaknesses. GAO-10-168, November 19.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-168
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10168high.pdf

Juvenile Justice: DOJ Is Enhancing Information on Effective Programs, but Could Better Assess the Utility of This Information. GAO-10-125, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-125
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10125high.pdf

DOD Civilian Personnel: Intelligence Personnel System Incorporates Safeguards, but Opportunities Exist for Improvement. GAO-10-134, December 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-134
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10134high.pdf

Biosurveillance: Developing a Collaboration Strategy Is Essential to Fostering Interagency Data and Resource Sharing. GAO-10-171, December 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-171
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10171high.pdf

Softwood Lumber Act of 2008: Customs and Border Protection Established Required Procedures, but Agencies Report Little Benefit from New Requirements. GAO-10-220, December 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-220
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10220high.pdf


Correspondences

Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2008). GAO-10-211R, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-211R

Overseas Contingency Operations: Funding and Cost Reporting for the Department of Defense. GAO-10-288R, December 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-288R

Department of Veterans Affairs' Implementation of Information Security Education Assistance Program. GAO-10-170R, December 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-170R


Testimonies

Troubled Asset Relief Program: The U.S. Government Role as Shareholder in AIG, Citigroup, Chrysler, and General Motors and Preliminary Views on its Investment Management Activities, by Orice Williams Brown, director, financial markets and community investment, and A. Nicole Clowers, acting director, physical infrastructure, before the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-325T, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-325T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10325thigh.pdf

Veterans Health Administration: Inadequate Controls over Miscellaneous Obligations Increase Risk over Procurement Transactions, by Kay L. Daly, director, financial management and assurance, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-10-307T, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-307T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10307thigh.pdf

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Case Studies Show Fraud and Abuse Allowed Ineligible Firms to Obtain Millions of Dollars in Contracts, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-10-306T, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-306T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10306thigh.pdf

Department of Homeland Security: A Comprehensive Strategy Is Still Needed to Achieve Management Integration Departmentwide, by Bernice Steinhardt, director, strategic issues, 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-10-318T, December 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-318T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10318thigh.pdf

Impoundment Control Act: Use and Impact of Rescission Procedures, by Susan A. Poling, managing associate general counsel, office of general counsel, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-10-320T, December 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-320T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10320thigh.pdf


Reissued Product

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 the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response, 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

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