The Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This past week GAO investigated healthcare, defense, the enviroment, and other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Aviation and the Environment: Systematically Addressing Environmental Impacts and Community Concerns Can Help Airports Reduce Project Delays. GAO-10-50, September 13.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-50 - Defense Exports: Reporting on Exported Articles and Services Needs to Be Improved. GAO-10-952, September 21.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-952
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10952high.pdf - Recovery Act: Opportunities to Improve Management and Strengthen Accountability over States' and Localities' Uses of Funds. GAO-10-999, September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-999
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10999high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_28.html - State and Local Government Pension Plans: Governance Practices and Long-term Investment Strategies Have Evolved Gradually as Plans Take On Increased Investment Risk. GAO-10-754, August 24.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-754
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10754high.pdf - National Institutes of Health: Awarding Process, Awarding Criteria, and Characteristics of Extramural Grants Made with Recovery Act Funding. GAO-10-848, August 6.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-848
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10848high.pdf - President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Efforts to Align Programs with Partner Countries' HIV/AIDS Strategies and Promote Partner Country Ownership. GAO-10-836, September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-836
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10836high.pdf - Sudan Divestment: U.S. Investors Sold Assets but Could Benefit from Increased Disclosure Regarding Companies' Ties to Sudan. GAO-10-742, June 22.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-742
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10742high.pdf - Global Positioning System: Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Capabilities Persist. GAO-10-636, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-636
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10636high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_29.html - Whistleblower Protection: Sustained Management Attention Needed to Address Long-standing Program Weaknesses. GAO-10-722, August 17.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-722 - Community Development Block Grants: Entitlement Communities' and States' Methods of Distributing Funds Reflect Program Flexibility. GAO-10-1011, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1011
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101011high.pdf - Financial Management Systems: Experience with Prior Migration and Modernization Efforts Provides Lessons Learned for New Approach. GAO-10-808, September 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-808
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10808high.pdf - Information Security: Progress Made on Harmonizing Policies and Guidance for National Security and Non-National Security Systems. GAO-10-916, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-916
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10916high.pdf - Nuclear Waste: Actions Needed to Address Persistent Concerns with Efforts to Close Underground Radioactive Waste Tanks at DOE's Savannah River Site. GAO-10-816, September 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-816
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10816high.pdf - Public Transportation: Use of Contractors Is Generally Enhancing Transit Project Oversight, and FTA Is Taking Actions to Address Some Stakeholder Concerns. GAO-10-909, September 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-909
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10909high.pdf - Iraqi-U.S. Cost-Sharing: Iraq Has a Cumulative Budget Surplus, Offering the Potential for Further Cost-Sharing. GAO-10-304, September 13.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-304
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10304high.pdf - Perchlorate: Occurrence Is Widespread but at Varying Levels; Federal Agencies Have Taken Some Actions to Respond to and Lessen Releases. GAO-10-769, August 12.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-769
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10769high.pdf
- 2010 Resubmission of the U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Further Actions Needed by State and Other Agencies to Improve the Review of the Classified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment. GAO-10-1039R, September 21.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1039R - House and Senate Campaign Expenditures: Available Historical Data Limited, but Range of Limited Estimates for Reported Media-Related Expenditures Possible. GAO-10-685R, September 21.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-685R - Recovery Act: Survey of State Housing Finance Agencies' Use of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) and the Section 1602 Program. GAO-10-1022R, September 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1022R - Carbon Trading: Current Situation and Oversight Considerations for Policymakers. GAO-10-851R, August 19.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-851R - Export Promotion: The Export-Import Bank's Financing of Dual-Use Exports. GAO-10-1052R, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1052R - Joint Strike Fighter: Assessment of DOD's Funding Projection for the F136 Alternate Engine. GAO-10-1020R, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1020R - Military Training: DOD Continues to Improve Its Report on the Sustainability of Training Ranges. GAO-10-977R, September 14.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-977R - Defense Planning: DOD Needs to Review the Costs and Benefits of Basing Alternatives for Army Forces in Europe. GAO-10-745R, September 13.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-745R
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Implications of Caseload and Program Changes for Families and Program Monitoring, by Kay E. Brown, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-10-815T, September 21. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-815T
Highlights: http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10815thigh.pdf - Veterans' Benefits: Training for Experienced Disability Claims Processors, by Daniel Bertoni, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-10-1029T, September 16.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1029T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101029thigh.pdf - Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Inadequate Communication and Oversight Hampered DHS Efforts to Develop an Advanced Radiography System to Detect Nuclear Materials, statement for the record by Gene Aloise, director, natural resources and environment; and Stephen L. Caldwell, director, homeland security and justice, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-10-1041T, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1041T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101041thigh.pdf - Medicare: CMS Has Addressed Some Implementation Problems from Round 1 of the Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program for the Round 1 Rebid, by Kathleen M. King, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. GAO-10-1057T, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1057T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101057thigh.pdf - Defense Health Care: Status of Efforts to Address Lack of Compliance with Personality Disorder Separation Requirements, by Debra A. Draper, director, health care, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-10-1013T, September 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1013T
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