Sorry, I was on vacation, so today will be an update on all the various reports that I didn't get reported in the last two weeks. First, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated the transit, stimulus funds, various governmental agencies, and other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: Greater Fraud Prevention Controls Are Needed. GAO-10-621, June 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-621
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10621high.pdf - Department of Homeland Security: Assessments of Selected Complex Acquisitions. GAO-10-588SP, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-588SP
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10588sphigh.pdf - Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader. GAO-10-645, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-645
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10645high.pdf
Podcast - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_24.html - Border Security: Improvements in the Department of State's Development Process Could Increase the Security of Passport Cards and Border Crossing Cards. GAO-10-589, June 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-589
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10589high.pdf - Information Security: Federal Guidance Needed to Address Control Issues with Implementing Cloud Computing. GAO-10-513, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-513
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10513high.pdf - Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization's System of Internal Control. GAO-10-660, July 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-660
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10660high.pdf - Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury's Framework for Deciding to Extend TARP Was Sufficient, but Could be Strengthened for Future Decisions. GAO-10-531, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-531
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10531high.pdf - Aviation Security: TSA Has Made Progress but Faces Challenges in Meeting the Statutory Mandate for Screening Air Cargo on Passenger Aircraft. GAO-10-446, June 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-446
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10446high.pdf - Transit Rail: Potential Rail Car Cost-Saving Strategies Exist. GAO-10-730, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-730
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10730high.pdf - Foreign Assistance: USAID Needs to Improve Its Strategic Planning to Address Current and Future Workforce Needs. GAO-10-496, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-496
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10496high.pdf - Homelessness: A Common Vocabulary Could Help Agencies Collaborate and Collect More Consistent Data. GAO-10-702, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-702
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10702high.pdf - Internal Revenue Service: Status of GAO Financial Audit and Related Financial Management Report Recommendations. GAO-10-597, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-597
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10597high.pdf - Secret Service: Additional Guidance Would Enhance Financial Management and Communication of Candidate Protection Spending to Congress. GAO-10-762, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-762
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10762high.pdf - Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Agencies Must Act Quickly to Address Risks That Jeopardize the Continuity of Weather and Climate Data. GAO-10-558, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-558
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10558high.pdf
Podcast - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_23.html - Personnel Practices: Conversions of Employees from Political to Career Positions May 2005-May 2009. GAO-10-688, June 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-688
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10688high.pdf - Recovery Act: Increasing the Public's Understanding of What Funds Are Being Spent on and What Outcomes Are Expected. GAO-10-581, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-581
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10581high.pdf - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Implications of Recent Legislative and Economic Changes for State Programs and Work Participation Rates. GAO-10-525, May 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-525
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10525high.pdf - Foreign Medical Schools: Education Should Improve Monitoring of Schools That Participate in the Federal Student Loan Program. GAO-10-412, June 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-412 - Information Technology: Management Improvements Are Essential to VA's Second Effort to Replace Its Outpatient Scheduling System. GAO-10-579, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-579
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10579high.pdf - Export Controls: Observations on Selected Countries' Systems and Proposed Treaties. GAO-10-557, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-557
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10557high.pdf - Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds' 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements. GAO-10-705, June 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-705
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10705high.pdf - Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces Challenges in Regulating Risk. GAO-10-549, May 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-549
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10549high.pdf - Troubled Asset Relief Program: Further Actions Needed to Fully and Equitably Implement Foreclosure Mitigation Programs. GAO-10-634, June 24
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-634
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10634high.pdf - Defense Infrastructure: Army Needs to Improve Its Facility Planning Systems to Better Support Installations Experiencing Significant Growth. GAO-10-602, June 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-602
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10602high.pdf - Humanitarian Assistance: Status of North Korean Refugee Resettlement and Asylum in the United States. GAO-10-691, June 24.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-691
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10691high.pdf - Students with Disabilities: More Information and Guidance Could Improve Opportunities in Physical Education and Athletics. GAO-10-519, June 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-519
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10519high.pdf - Former Federal Trade Officials: Laws on Post-Employment Activities, Foreign Representation, and Lobbying. GAO-10-766, June 23.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-766
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10766high.pdf - Superfund: EPA's Estimated Costs to Remediate Existing Sites Exceed Current Funding Levels, and More Sites Are Expected to Be Added to the National Priorities List. GAO-10-380, May 6.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-380
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10380high.pdf - Federal Courthouse Construction: Better Planning, Oversight, and Courtroom Sharing Needed to Address Future Costs. GAO-10-417, June 21.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-417
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10417high.pdf - Army Working Capital Fund: Army Faces Challenges in Managing Working Capital Fund Cash Balance during Wartime Environment. GAO-10-480, June 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-480
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10480high.pdf - Nuclear Weapons: Actions Needed to Identify Total Costs of Weapons Complex Infrastructure and Research and Production Capabilities. GAO-10-582, June 21.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-582
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10582high.pdf
- Independent Oversight of Recovery Act Funding for Mississippi's Weatherization Assistance Program. GAO-10-796R, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-796R - Management Report: Improvements Are Needed in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. GAO-10-743R, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-743R - Management Report: Improvements Are Needed in IRS's Internal Controls and Compliance with Laws and Regulations. GAO-10-565R, June 28.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-565R - Transportation Security: Additional Actions Could Strengthen the Security of Intermodal Transportation Facilities. GAO-10-435R, May 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-435R
- Information Security: Governmentwide Guidance Needed to Assist Agencies in Implementing Cloud Computing, by Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-855T, July 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-855T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10855thigh.pdf - Contracting Strategies: Better Data and Management Needed to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts, by John K. Needham, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-10-862T, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-862T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10862thigh.pdf - Aviation Security: Progress Made but Actions Needed to Address Challenges in Meeting the Air Cargo Screening Mandate, by Stephen Lord, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-10-880T, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-880T - Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Has Made Some Progress but Not Yet Completed a Strategic Plan for Its Global Nuclear Detection Efforts or Closed Identified Gaps, by Gene Aloise, director, natural resources and environment, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-10-883T, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-883T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10883thigh.pdf - Environmental Satellites: Planning Required to Mitigate Near-term Risks and Ensure Long-term Continuity, by David A. Powner, director, information technology management issues, before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science and Technology. GAO-10-858T, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-858T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10858thigh.pdf
Podcast - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_23.html - Warfighter Support: Cultural Change Needed to Improve How DOD Plans for and Manages Operational Contract Support, by William M. Solis, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-10-829T, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-829T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10829thigh.pdf - Military Training: Continued Actions Needed to Guide DOD's Efforts to Improve Language Skills and Regional Proficiency, by Sharon L. Pickup, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-10-879T, June 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-879T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10879thigh.pdf - Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment in Afghanistan, by William M. Solis, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Defense, House Committee on Appropriations (Unclassified version of a classified statement delivered March 4, 2010.) GAO-10-842T, June 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-842T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10842thigh.pdf - Superfund: EPA's Costs to Remediate Existing and Future Sites Will Likely Exceed Current Funding Levels, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. GAO-10-857T, June 22.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-857T
- "Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment," by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the annual conference of the National State Auditors Association, in Phoenix, Arizona. GAO-10-866CG, June 16, 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-866CG
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