GAO Reports and Releases

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Reports

• Consumer Finance: Factors Affecting the Financial Literacy of Individuals with Limited English Proficiency. GAO-10-518, May 21.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-518
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10518high.pdf
• Aviation Security: Efforts to Validate TSA's Passenger Screening Behavior Detection Program Underway, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Validation and Address Operational Challenges. GAO-10-763, May 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-763
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10763high.pdf
• Homelessness: Information on Administrative Costs for HUD's Emergency Shelter Grants Program. GAO-10-491, May 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-491
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10491high.pdf
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Policies and Procedures for Public Health Product Preparation Should Be Strengthened. GAO-10-449, April 30.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-449
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10449high.pdf
• Debt Management: Treasury Was Able to Fund Economic Stabilization and Recovery Expenditures in a Short Period of Time, but Debt Management Challenges Remain. GAO-10-498, May 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-498
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10498high.pdf
• Nonprofit Sector: Treatment and Reimbursement of Indirect Costs Vary among Grants, and Depend Significantly on Federal, State, and Local Government Practices. GAO-10-477, May 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-477
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10477high.pdf
  

Correspondence

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: An Appropriate Methodology Is Needed for Determining Administrative Costs Attributable to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. GAO-10-610R, May 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-610R
  

Testimonies

• Sourcing Policy: Initial Agency Efforts to Balance the Government to Contractor Mix in the Multisector Workforce, by John K. Needham, director, acquisition and sourcing management, 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-10-744T, May 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-744T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10744thigh.pdf
• Concussion in High School Sports: Overall Estimate of Occurrence Is Not Available, but Key State Laws and Nationwide Guidelines Address Injury Management, by Linda T. Kohn, director, health care, before the House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO-10-569T, May 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-569T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10569thigh.pdf
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Policies and Procedures for Preparing Public Health Products Should Be Strengthened, by Cynthia A. Bascetta, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science and Technology. GAO-10-741T, May 20.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-741T
• Defense Acquisitions: Observations on Weapon Program Performance and Acquisition Reforms, by Michael J. Sullivan, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-706T, May 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-706T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10706thigh.pdf
• Small Business Administration: Continued Attention Needed to Address Reforms to the Disaster Loan Program, by William B. Shear, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. GAO-10-735T, May 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-735T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10735thigh.pdf
• Information Security: Veterans Affairs Needs to Resolve Long-Standing Weaknesses, by Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, and Valerie C. Melvin, director, information management and human capital issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-10-727T, May 19.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-727T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10727thigh.pdf
• Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands: DHS Needs to Conclude Negotiations and Finalize Regulations to Implement Federal Immigration Law, by David Gootnick, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, House Committee on Natural Resources. GAO-10-671T, May 18.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-671T
• Head Start: Undercover Testing Finds Fraud and Abuse at Selected Head Start Centers, by Gregory D. Kutz, managing director, forensic audits and special investigations, before the House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO-10-733T, May 18.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-733T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10733thigh.pdf
  

Special Publication

• United States Government Accountability Office Fiscal Year 2011 Performance Plan. GAO-10-598SP, May 21.
  http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-598SP