Friday, April 02, 2010

GAO Reports

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated lobbyists, health care, workforce planning, and other topics. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

Army Corps of Engineers: Budget Formulation Process Emphasizes Agencywide Priorities, but Transparency of Budget Presentation Could Be Improved. GAO-10-453, April 2.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-453
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10453high.pdf

2009 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements. GAO-10-499, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-499
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10499high.pdf

VA Health Care: VA Has Taken Steps to Make Services Available to Women Veterans, but Needs to Revise Key Policies and Improve Oversight Processes. GAO-10-287, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-287
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10287high.pdf

Defense Health Care: 2008 Access to Care Surveys Indicate Some Problems, but Beneficiary Satisfaction Is Similar to Other Health Plans. GAO-10-402, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-402
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10402high.pdf

Medicare Recovery Audit Contracting: Weaknesses Remain in Addressing Vulnerabilities to Improper Payments, Although Improvements Made to Contractor Oversight. GAO-10-143, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-143
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10143high.pdf

Workforce Planning: Interior, EPA, and the Forest Service Should Strengthen Linkages to Their Strategic Plans and Improve Evaluation. GAO-10-413, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-413
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10413high.pdf

Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs. GAO-10-388SP, March 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-388SP
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10388sphigh.pdf

Warfighter Support: DOD Needs to Improve Its Planning for Using Contractors to Support Future Military Operations. GAO-10-472, March 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-472
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10472high.pdf

Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE Needs to Address Uncertainties with and Strengthen Independent Safety Oversight of Its Plutonium Disposition Program. GAO-10-378, March 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-378
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10378high.pdf

VA's Fiduciary Program: Improved Compliance and Policies Could Better Safeguard Veterans' Benefits. GAO-10-241, February 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-241
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10241high.pdf

Superfund: Information on Cost and Other Issues Related to the Cleanup of the Federal Creosote Site. GAO-10-277, February 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-277
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10277high.pdf

Vehicle Fuel Economy: NHTSA and EPA's Partnership for Setting Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards Improved Analysis and Should Be Maintained. GAO-10-336, February 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-336
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10336high.pdf


Correspondence

Military Personnel: Military and Civilian Pay Comparisons Present Challenges and Are One of Many Tools in Assessing Compensation. GAO-10-561R, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-561R

Defense Budget: Fourth Quarter Obligation Rates and Contract Obligations for Fiscal Years 2006-09. GAO-10-527R, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-527R

Final Review of Expenses from the Department of Justice Permanent Indefinite Appropriation Covering the 7-Month Period Ending September 30, 2009. GAO-10-524R, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-524R

Management Report: Improvements Needed in SEC's Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures. GAO-10-443R, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-443R

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