The Government Accountability Office (GAO) which is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This past week GAO investigated immigration, airlines, small businesses, and other issues. If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- Aviation Safety: Certification and Approval Processes Are Generally Viewed as Working Well, but Better Evaluative Information Needed to Improve Efficiency. GAO-11-14, October 7.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-14
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1114high.pdf - Telecommunications: FCC Should Assess the Design of the E-rate Program's Internal Control Structure. GAO-10-908, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-908
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10908high.pdf - Inspectors General: Continued Actions Needed to Strengthen IG Oversight of the United States International Trade Commission. GAO-11-5, October 22.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-5
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d115high.pdf - Defense Contracting: Enhanced Training Could Strengthen DOD's Best Value Tradeoff Decisions. GAO-11-8, October 28.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-8
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d118high.pdf - Defense Acquisition Workforce: DOD's Training Program Demonstrates Many Attributes of Effectiveness, but Improvement Is Needed. GAO-11-22, October 28.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-22
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1122high.pdf - Military Housing: Installations Need to Share Information on Their Section 801 On-Base Housing Contracts. GAO-11-60, October 28.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-60
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1160high.pdf - Guardianships: Cases of Financial Exploitation, Neglect, and Abuse of Seniors. GAO-10-1046, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1046
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d101046high.pdf - Nursing Homes: Complexity of Private Investment Purchases Demonstrates Need for CMS to Improve the Usability and Completeness of Ownership Data. GAO-10-710, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-710
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10710high.pdf - National Archives and Records Administration: Oversight and Management Improvements Initiated, but More Action Needed. GAO-11-15, October 5.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-15
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1115high.pdf - Information Security: National Archives and Records Administration Needs to Implement Key Program Elements and Controls. GAO-11-20, October 21.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-20
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1120high.pdf - Managing for Results: Opportunities to Strengthen Agencies' Customer Service Efforts. GAO-11-44, October 27.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-44
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1144high.pdf - Food and Drug Administration: Overseas Offices Have Taken Steps to Help Ensure Import Safety, but More Long-term Planning Is Needed. GAO-10-960, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-960
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10960high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_34.html - Drug Safety: FDA Has Conducted More Foreign Inspections and Begun to Improve Its Information on Foreign Establishments, but More Progress Is Needed. GAO-10-961, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-961
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10961high.pdf
Podcast available - http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog_episode_34.html - Tax Gap: IRS Can Improve Efforts to Address Tax Evasion by Networks of Businesses and Related Entities. GAO-10-968, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-968
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10968high.pdf
Video - http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-968?action=play - Tax Debt Collection: IRS Could Improve Future Studies by Establishing Appropriate Guidance. GAO-10-963, September 24.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-963
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10963high.pdf - Climate Change: A Coordinated Strategy Could Focus Federal Geoengineering Research and Inform Governance Efforts. GAO-10-903, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-903
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10903high.pdf - Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Efforts to Assess and Promote Resiliency Are Evolving but Program Management Could Be Strengthened. GAO-10-772, September 23.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-772
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10772high.pdf - Servicemember Reemployment: Agencies Are Generally Timely in Processing Redress Complaints, but Improvements Needed in Maintaining Data and Reporting. GAO-11-55, October 22.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-55
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1155high.pdf - Federal Aviation Administration: Agency Is Taking Steps to Plan for and Train Its Technician Workforce, but a More Strategic Approach is Warranted. GAO-11-91, October 22.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-91
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1191high.pdf - Recovery Act: Opportunities Exist to Increase the Public's Understanding of Recipient Reporting on HUD Programs. GAO-10-966, September 30.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-966
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10966high.pdf - Intragovernmental Revolving Funds: NIST's Interagency Agreements and Workload Require Management Attention. GAO-11-41, October 20.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-41
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1141high.pdf - Southwest Border: More Timely Border Patrol Access and Training Could Improve Security Operations and Natural Resource Protection on Federal Lands. GAO-11-38, October 19.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-38
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1138high.pdf - Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Strengthen Management and Oversight of Its Prime Contractor. GAO-11-6, October 18.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-6
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d116high.pdf - Recovery Act: Department of Justice Could Better Assess Justice Assistance Grant Program Impact. GAO-11-87, October 15.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-87
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1187high.pdf
- DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts. GAO-11-61R, October 28.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-61R - FEMA Has Made Limited Progress in Efforts to Develop and Implement a System to Assess National Preparedness Capabilities. GAO-11-51R, October 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-51R - Respite Care: Grants and Cooperative Agreements Awarded to Implement the Lifespan Respite Care Act. GAO-11-28R, October 22.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-28R - Participants in SBA's Microloan Program Could Provide Additional Information to Enhance the Public's Understanding of Recovery Act Fund Uses and Expected Outcomes. GAO-10-1032R, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-1032R - Status of Study Concerning Appraisal Methods and the Home Valuation Code of Conduct. GAO-11-158R, October 19.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-158R
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