GAO Reports and Releases

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This past week GAO investigated finance, child care, security, and other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports

• Animal Welfare: USDA's Oversight of Dealers of Random Source Dogs and Cats Would Benefit from Additional Management Information and Analysis. GAO-10-945, September 24.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-945
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10945high.pdf
• Nonprime Mortgages: Analysis of Loan Performance, Factors Associated with Defaults, and Data Sources. GAO-10-805, August 24.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-805
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10805high.pdf
  Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_30.html
• Securities and Exchange Commission: Action Needed to Improve Rating Agency Registration Program and Performance-Related Disclosures. GAO-10-782, September 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-782
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10782high.pdf
  
• Child Care and Development Fund: Undercover Tests Show Five State Programs Are Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse. GAO-10-1062, September 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1062
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101062high.pdf
  
• Public Transit Security Information Sharing: DHS Could Improve Information Sharing through Streamlining and Increased Outreach. GAO-10-895, September 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-895
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10895high.pdf
• Building Security: New Federal Standards Hold Promise, But Could Be Strengthened to Better Protect Leased Space. GAO-10-873, September 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-873
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10873high.pdf

Correspondences

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Performance Management Processes. GAO-10-946R, September 24.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-946R
• Mortgage Financing: Opportunities to Enhance Management and Oversight of FHA's Financial Condition. GAO-10-827R, September 14.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-827R

Testimonies

• Mortgage Financing: Financial Condition of FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, by Mathew ScirŠ, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-10-1066T, September 23.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1066T
• VA Health Care: Preliminary Observations on the Purchasing and Tracking of Supplies and Medical Equipment and the Potential Impact on Veterans' Safety, by Debra Draper, director, health care, before the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-10-1038T, September 23.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1038T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101038thigh.pdf
• Disaster Response: Criteria for Developing and Validating Effective Response Plans, by William O. Jenkins, Jr., director, homeland security and justice issues, before the House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-10-969T, September 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-969T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10969thigh.pdf
  
• National Flood Insurance Program: Continued Actions Needed to Address Financial and Operational Issues, by Orice Williams Brown, director, financial markets and community investment, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. GAO-10-1063T, September 22.
  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1063T
  Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101063thigh.pdf